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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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In Washington, the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen pleaded guilty to contempt for 'sick' strikes disrupting rail service during army operation and was fined $75,000 by Judge Edward A. Tamm, including compensation for government costs.
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WASHINGTON, (AP)--The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen pleaded guilty to contempt of court today in the recent "sick" strikes in railyards and was fined $75,000.
Federal judge Edward A. Tamm ordered the fine in U. S. district court here immediately after the surprise plea.
He said he was fining the union $50,000 for criminal contempt as a "punitive" penalty for the strikes which occurred despite army operation of the railroads.
The other $25,000 for civil contempt was intended to compensate the government for the cost of bringing the legal proceedings against the union.
Judge Tamm said it would require "a firm of accountants working for years" to determine the actual damage suffered by the public in delayed service, missed
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connections of the blocking of shipments of munitions and supplies to Korea.
The union already had drawn a $25,000 fine in a parallel case before federal judge Igoe in Chicago. That verdict is being appealed. Judge Tamm today said that in all his research he had never encountered a plea of guilty by a labor union in a similar charge. He called it "a unique case." The stoppages first broke out in December with men reporting "sick" in protest over failure of pay and working rules negotiations. Similar walkouts occurred again early this month. They were ended ten days ago when the army, operating the rail carriers under government seizure, threatened to fire non-working unionists with resulting loss of treasured seniority.
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the union was fined $75,000 ($50,000 for criminal contempt as a punitive penalty and $25,000 for civil contempt to compensate the government). the union already had drawn a $25,000 fine in a parallel case before federal judge igoe in chicago, which is being appealed.
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The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen pleaded guilty to contempt of court in U.S. district court for recent 'sick' strikes in railyards despite army operation of the railroads. Federal judge Edward A. Tamm ordered the fine immediately after the surprise plea. The stoppages first broke out in December with men reporting 'sick' in protest over failure of pay and working rules negotiations. Similar walkouts occurred again early this month and were ended ten days ago when the army threatened to fire non-working unionists with loss of seniority.