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The Butler County Press
Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio
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Railroad shop men's organizations opposed the reappointment of former Texas Governor Pat M. Neff to the Federal Board of Mediation at a U.S. Senate Interstate Commerce Committee hearing in Washington, citing his past advice voiding a union contract and misunderstanding of labor laws.
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Washington.—The reappointment of former Governor Pat M. Neff of Texas as a member of the Federal Board of Mediation was opposed by the railroad shop men's organizations at a hearing held by the Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce.
Mr. Neff, according to his own testimony, investigated a labor dispute and advised these employes that their contract was void.
Thomas Stevenson, attorney for the unions, told the committee that Governor Neff does not understand the railway labor act.
"The Board of Mediation has no jurisdiction to decide the legality of contracts," said Mr. Stevenson. "If the board should decide a contract was void we would ask that the board be abolished. They would be deciding against us and they have no legal right to make a decision on our disputes."
The workers also charged that Governor Neff advised them to join a company "union.
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opposition expressed by railroad shop men's organizations to neff's reappointment; charges that neff lacks understanding of railway labor act and advised joining company union
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The reappointment of former Governor Pat M. Neff of Texas as a member of the Federal Board of Mediation was opposed by the railroad shop men's organizations at a hearing held by the Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce. Mr. Neff testified that he investigated a labor dispute and advised the employees that their contract was void. Thomas Stevenson, attorney for the unions, told the committee that Governor Neff does not understand the railway labor act and that the Board of Mediation has no jurisdiction to decide the legality of contracts. The workers charged that Governor Neff advised them to join a company union.