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...American Congress of Labor "supersede and embrace" A. F. of L., C. I. 0., and the hitherto independent Big Four railroad brotherhoods (Engineers, Firemen & Enginemen, Railway Conductors, Trainmen...
...Messrs. Green & Lewis be barred from any office, reserving the presidency for a railway brother like Trainman A. F. Whitney or Engineman David Brown Robertson...
...position is one big difference: the Federation prefers to settle jurisdictional conflicts before admitting C. I. O.'s unions to a reunited organization. Otherwise, industrial unionists would be sure to dominate from the start. New to peace talk was the Lewis proposal to include the railway brotherhoods' 300,000-odd members...
...deluges the press with polished expositions of his views. Last week in Cleveland he agreed with C. I. 0. that jurisdictional rows should be settled after reunion, said he might "go along" with John Lewis' Congress. For this there was some reason. Long jealous of their independence, many railway brothers now look with favor on unity. Reason: they need help in opposing railroad consolidations at the cost of railroad jobs...
When asked about the dangers of the expedition, he replied, "I have been told that There are many bandits in that region but I doubt that they will bother me particularly. The thing that most concerns me is the Japanese, who may bomb the main railway line. In that case I will proceed by car, mule-pack, or on foot. I am travelling along because in the first place it will be easier to get through; then, too, it is less expensive...