Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 193, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 December 1920 — Page 8

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‘PENNSY’ LINES DECENTRALIZE FOR SERVICE Official Points Advantages in Rail Operations Under Divisions. CITES BETTER RESULTS Decentralization of the operation of the Pennsylvania Railroad as beneficial to the public and to employes has been decided upon, according to an announcement made by W. W. Atterbury, vice president In charge of operations, in a meeting at Philadelphia attended by officials of the road and more than 300 representatives of employes. Mr. Atterbury's statement to the meetiug has been transmitted to the local office of the railroad. Mr. Atterbury said in part: “Coincident with the return of the railroads to their owners on -March 1, it has been decided that so far as the Pennsylvania system was conceded, decentralization as far as practicable, would tevoine effective, and with this end in view the regional system was adopted. Prior to Government control, we had the K.stern linos and Western lines, with the Oumberaiud Valley, the Grand Rapids & Indiana, the Yandaiia, and the New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk, operated more or less independently. The great transportation centers of St. Louis and Chicago, die gateways of the West, and of the South were without adequate executive representation. We are again in active competition with the other trunk lines, but now enjoy the advantage of having the organization so decentralized that important matters can now be settled without the necessity of coming to system headquarters for decision. This means satisfied patrons and satisfied patrons means good business. VALIES PLEASED PATRONAGE. “As representatives of the employes you are vitally interested in a pleased patronage. and an aggressive, business-getting organization. To you it means greater earnings, more regular employment and earlier promotion. * "It has been clear to me that the existing overlapping of the schedules, or Contradictory schedules, on the divisions, •r in the regions, would necessarily create a situation which the men would themselves reeogulze and would voluntarily organize themsedves, to provide regional committees to correspond with our regional organizations. I have been willing to await this time, but our hand, have been forced, I feel, by the decision of the labor boards that they have no jurisdiction in regard to boards of adjustment. The board# of adjustment can only be formed by the voluntary act of the management and its employes. This explains why I have called this meetiug. "Three principal points should be discussed: First, regional committees; second, the principals of schedules, whether system, regional or divisional; third, the setting up of machinery to promptly handle controversial questions. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. “We have had ‘collective bargaining' in force for at least seventeen years. This meeting today Is In continuation of that policy. “In all these seventeen years, although occasionally strikes have been threatened, never once has a strike been called. We have always been able to compose our difficulties. You represent the “conservative"' in labor organizations. You neither practice nor advocate the “closed shop,” nor the “sympathetic strike, nor can a strike of your organizations be called without its being properly submitted to your membership, t>y ballot. You do not intentionally through your schedule limit production, as the combination of “day” and “mileage” is "piece work" pure and simple. “The management also has a duty to the public. If the railroad la granted reasonable and fair rates, the public in return is entitled to efficient aim satisfactory service. LAX DISCIPLINE SPELLS DISASTER. . "Last, but not least is the duty of the management to the employes, that is good wages, good working condition?, and discipline facility and Impartially maintained. Kindness, courtesy and con-

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sideration are not to compatible with good discipline. Lax discipline is not kindness, for, in your occupation, lax discipline spells death and disaster. “The employes equally with the management have their responsibilities. Given fair wages, and lair working conditions. the manageramt has the right to expect and exact from the employes an honest day's work. Prompt, willing and cheerful observance of orders atm economical use and care of the property entrusted to them. The management has the right to ask the same kindness, courtesy and consideration to the officers and to the public on the part of the employes, which the employes have the right to expect from their officers. DENNIS J. BUSH IS STILL AT LIBERTY i (Continued From Page One.) the clerk. It is their duty to see that the sentence is carried out, not mine.” So that is where the Denny Bush case stands now. It lay for three days in the office of the clerk of the Supreme Court and no action was taken until action was insisted upon. Then it spent one day In the mails. Now it has been in the hands

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of the Criminal Court for five days. The only action that has been taken la the notification by mail of the special judge who says he has nothing whatever to do with the matter. Meanwhile, Denny Bush is preparing to spend the holidays at home. The Bush case in the Supreme Court became known as one of the longest on record, haring been on the docket for more than four years. OUTGROWTH OF 1914 POLITICAL CAMPAIGN. The case grew out of the political campaign of 1914, when Ralph E. Richman was assaulted In his own home by a gang headed by Bob Walters. The trail led to Bush as the Instigator, and be was convicted by a jury, fined S9OO and sentenced to serve four months on the penal farm. The case was Immediately appealed. Although Bush was the most deeply involved in law violations of any member of the Bell administration, this was the only charge on which he was over tried. He joined the opposition to the Bell administration a,nd since has been apparently Immune from prosecution On the assault and battery charge Bush was indicted July 10, 1910, almost two years after the alleged offense was committed, together with Walters, Otto, Jones and Ralph (Stibbie) Stnub. Bush was fined and sentenced Ook. 30, and Walters and Staub were each fined SSOO and costs

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and sentenced to six months Nov. 0. Jones was not convicted. The assault and battery case, however, was just au incident. Nineteen indictments were returned against Bush isov. 29, 1910, charging hint with manipulating pay rolls, with receiving large sums of money illegally and with conspiracy. These indictments were returned ns a result of Bush's activities as street commissioner. The ntiieteep indictments included eighteen returned Nov. 29, 1916, against Bush and James MeCrossan, jointly, charging them with the presentation of false pay rolls. No further action was taken In these cases until Dec. fi, 1918, when they were nulled on the motion of the State. The nineteen indictments returned Nov. 29, 1910, charged Bush and five other defendants with conspiracy. The other defendants were MeCrossan, Margaret McGlinchey, Robert Walters, DolpU Staub and Hugh Costello. MeCrossan pleaded guilty Dec. 11, 1916, but judgment was withheld on an order issued Dec. 27, 1918. Stuub pleaded not guilty and Margaret McGlinchey pleaded not guilty. OTHERS PENDING FOR TWO YEARS. The Indictments were pending in Criminal Court for two years. In the meantime the Federal Court began the prosecution of numerous administration mem-

bers and Bush did yeoman service to the element which was conducting the prosecution, with the result that on Dec. 27, 1918, the conspiracy indictment pending against him and the other defendants was nolied by Judge James A. Collins on motion of Alvah J. Rucker, prosecuting attorney, the others having been nolied a few days before. Thus Bush, who was originally branded as the arch conspirator in the Bell cases, was relieved of all possibility of punishment, except in an insignificant assault and battery case, which he succeeded lit keeping in the courts more than four years, and the Judgmeut of which ho is now avoiding. During the long interval that Bush has been avoiding the judgment of the court he has been the most priviligtd citizen of Indianapolis, Following a midnight conference in a saloon where he wag promised immunity from the indictments against him. he took up his stand at a gambling house in West Ohio street, where race pools were sold without molestation under the police administration of George V. Coffin. Bush was a frequent visitor at the chief's office and there never w T as a police raid on the gambling house until nfler a representative of The Times placed a bet there and exposed it. Since that time Bush has been engaged In race pool selling at divers places, coming Into court and pleading guilty uuder

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the alias J. J. Casey, when caught by a fornwer morals squad. # At that time he was permitted to enter Ills plea at a special noontime session of the City Court and escaped with a light flno, although subsequent raids on Minilnr pool-sellers nave been attended by Jail sentences. Bush is frequently seen about the city ball, where he calls often on Thomas Riley, member of the Jewett board of works. He is friendly with many other members of the administration and is generally conceded to be the one man in Indlanapolfs who has influence enough to side-step not only the county courts but the judgment of the Supreme Court id Indiana.

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HINES’ PROTEST IS ANSWERED No aid will be given L. N. Hines, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, by Albert S. Burleson, Postmaster General, in the effort to have the practice of signing for registered packages for a date different than that of delivery. This is Indleated In a letter received today by Mr. Hines from the acting third assistant postmaster general, in reply to n letter of protest written some time ago b; Mr. Hines. Mr. Hines’ letter referred to the signing of a receipt for a registered package containing teachers’ examination ques j

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tions, by the superintendent of school® in Fountain County. The questions arfl mailed at Indianapolis on the Tuesdn® ! preceding the examinations on Saturday® ; with requests to postmasters that the® | not be delivered until Saturday morning® ' when (hey are to be opened in the ex® aniination room before not less than threA persons. I The county superintendent at ton, however, received the package, dated 4 the receipt Oct. 30, and the receipt was' returned to the superintendent at Indianapolis Oct. 29, • i The letter In reply to Mr. Hines’ pro-; test Indicated that the postmaster wasj not obligated to deliver the package on Saturday, thus leaving the protest of no avail.