Evening Star Newspaper, October 16, 1931, Page 38

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, Handbags Repaired & Relined Pocketbooks RELINED Overnite Bags Fitted Bags Leather Goods LADIES’ Handbags Wrist Wateh Straps M. KOHRN North 1210 1748 M 5t N.W.—A¢ Conn. Ave, LUI (0 LOOKLAG (onGeR UEHRITC RAIL WAGES HINGE Roads Expected to Propose Pay Reduction if Rate Increases Too Small. That the decision of the Interstate Commerce Commission on the applica- tion of railroads for a 15 per cent in- crease in freight rates will come very | soon is the only aspect of the decision about which there is certainty. The 11 men composing the commissicn are as independently free to come to their own conclusions within their field as the nine men composing the Supreme | Court within their jurisdiction. |~ The occasional public surmises ab-ut the commission's pending decision are surmises and nothing more. Practically ( none of these surmises suggests the | commission will grant the full 15 per cent flatly. Practically no one thinks the commission will deny the railrcads any relief whatever. All assume the commission will, es the phrese goes, “do something” for the Hflrcud‘ The de- gree of the surmised “something” is necessarily extremely elastic. | Wage Reduction Possible. It is certain that, just as soon as the | commission hands down its decision, there will be a hurried scratching of ratlro2d pencils to determine how much the decision will amount to in its effect on total railroad earnings and, there- ON.C.C. DECISION Silent Church Bell And Tower Beacon Result of Chance 7th Century Oflicml Do- nated Fund to Provide Guide After Boat Sinking. LONDON, October 16—In the porch of old Chelsea Church stands a bell that 18 never rung, and high up in the steeple the clock shines like a lighted beacon for travelers by road and river. And thereby hangs a tale. On a Winter's evening in 1679, the King's cofferer came from a rout at Whitehall in all his bravery of lace and velvet, and hailed a boat to take him to his house at Chelsea. It was cqld and the heavy mist over the river was de- | wloplng into one of London's yellow soft tanned leather were soaking wet, and the boat was rapidly filling with cold and very dirty water; and still they did not reach the opposite bank. Then the crazy vessel sank and left boatman and passenger struggling in the stream. Just as the King's cofferer thought all was over, the clock of Chelsea struck th& hou.r lnd swimming in the direc- he sound, he floundered into the lhlck black mud of Chelsea’s fore- shore. ‘The King's cofferer had a conscience; also he thought something was due to the power whose clock bad struck so conveniently in the nick of time. So he invested in a great bell, and directed that it should be hung in the church tower and rung every night from No- vember to March, betwem the hours | 3ssessed a “terminal use charge” of 9 pm. and 6 a. And so it was, untll 1822, when the tower. became unsafe, and the money MOTOR TRUCK TARIFF IS PLANNED BY PORTS “Terminal Use Charge” of 5 Cents Per 100 Pounds to Be Assessed in South. ' ATLANTA, Ga. October 16 (F)— Commodities moved to or from railroad port terminals by motor truck will be of 5 cents per 100 pounds under a tariff put into effect yesterday by railroads serving in 39 Southern terminals from provided for the bell's upkeep was used | Norfolk, Va., to Gulfport, Miss. for turning the church clock into a| shining beacon for u'a\tlers i e ‘The Netherland East Indles are im- porting more automobile tires frcm the United States than a ycar ago. French hotel keepers are complaining fogs. The silence and darkness got on the | because visitors this year were not! cofferer’s nmerves. His dainty boots of No Guessing - “spenders.” ‘The new tariff, drawn by the South- ern Freight Tariff Bureau here, affects traffic interchanged between trucks and | water carriers over railroad water-front | terminals and also traffic interchanged between river or bay carriers and es- tablished water carriers over railroad terminals. ‘Truck operators have been active along the coast in moving trafiic to and We Study Our Customers’ Demands SALE of OCTOBER 16 products by executive session of naval stores inter- 1931. ests was called to discuss the mnew charge. Since the assessment is & local charge, it was not necessary to obtain permis- Public Service Commission, nouncement said. AWARDED TO sion elither from the Interstate Com- merce Commission or from the State the an- yp fore. in its capacity to save some | threatened railroads from failing to earn the interest on their bonds and other | fixed charges. Upon this_compilation will depend the question whether the | raflroads will insugurate a movement for a reduction of the wages of railroad workers, The common judgment among rail- 2nd Prize 527 3rd Prize $axe 4& Pm Ulfllllt Sth Prize = °°"‘°" 6th Prize S We take this opportunity to thank the many thousands who sent in solutions. A great many identified the correct five faces, but the above six winners, in the opinion of the judges, presented their solutions in most neat and unique forms. A group of the winning solutions will be on display AND STILL SUPREME FIRST PRIZE A Beautiful, New ‘- Grand Piano - ; " i Awarded to for immediate wear "8 S. BUYNITZKY 9 Wm. H. Reynolds 1914 G St N W, Louis R. Moss 4006 Chevy Chase Bivd. Chevy Chase, Md. Miss Carol Carr 116 East Windsor Ave, Alexandria, Va. F. S. Harris €308 Fifth St. N. W, Mrs. Nina Piozet 82 Frankin Bt Hyatteville, Md, road officials is that the increase in freight rates. whatever it may amount to, will hardly be enough to save all the railroads, and that they will be obliged to consider a reduction in wages. This common judgment fis shared by rallroad workers. Both groups practically take it for granted the question of wage reduction will come up. ‘There is gossip in rallroad circles to the effect that some of the heads of | railroad unions are as convinced as the railroad executives that wages may need to be readjusted. Some union | officials are as expert in their knowl- | edge of railroad conditions as the rail- road presidents themselves. Soma of the heads of the unions are equally disposed toward taking gercral condi- tions into account and toward acting L - e i JUDGES Clarkson Gemmill, “Times” Floyd G. Caskey. “Herald” Fred W. Darby, San. Herald Frank F. 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It is understood some of the heads sist a reduction in wages, p were specifically arranged tha duction should be for the period nI the depression only, and that thereafter wages should rise in proportion with increased volume of traffic and, there- | fore, with increased railroad prosperity. | While some of the officials the | railroad unions may feel this way, some others are less accommodating in spirit. | Among these are a smali number of | union officials in some parts of the | country who believe in Government | ownership, and their personal policies | at such a time as the present are likely | to be determined by whatever would promote the idea of Government own- ersh!p as an ultimate objective, { Long Delay Foreseen. | Unless there is compromise and mu- tual agreement, presumably upon a sliding scale of rallroad -“vages, the process of effecting a reduction in| wages would consume & long time. It is not possible with the railroeds. as it was with the steel corporations, merely to announce a reduction in wages and put it in effect on a fixed date. Virtually all the railroads have intricate contracts with railroad unions. Under these contracts and other ar- rangements the rallroad companies, or a group of them, can announce a pur- pose to reduce wages. After such an- nouncement, the unions have 30 days in which to reply. If the unions do not agree, the dispute is carried to an | official Government board of media- tion. The board has power only to | exert what is called its “good offices.” If the board should be unsuccessful in mediating, the next step would be s board of arbitration in which the rall- road companies would appoint one member, the unions one member, and these two would agree on a neutral member. The process as a whole could readily consume several months. . 8. (Copyright, 1931 KIDWELL'S MARKETS, Inc. 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