INTRODUCTION.

Title III of the Transportation Act, 1920, provides that the United States Railroad Labor Board shall publish from time to time its official decisions, together with certain related data. The specific requirements of the law in this respect are

SEC. 308. The Labor Board

(5) Shall at least annually collect and publish the decisions and regulations of the Labor Board and the adjustment boards and all court and administrative decisions and regulations of the Commission in respect to this title, together with a cumulative index-digest thereof.

The Labor Board was organized on April 16, 1920, and this volume represents the first attempt to present in systematic and complete form the decisions, addenda, interpretations, and regulations which have been rendered, and covers the period from the date of organization to the end of December, 1920. The omission of any reference to decisions of the adjustment boards is due to the fact that no such boards have been created under the provisions of the Transportation Act, 1920.

For convenient reference, the compilation has been subdivided into four parts, as follows:

Part 1-Decisions.

Part 2.-Addenda.

Part 3.-Interpretations.
Part 4.-Appendix.

The first, second, and third parts contain a verbatim copy of all decisions, addenda, and interpretations, together with an alphabetical index of carriers, organizations, and subjects. The fourth part, designated as an appendix, contains a copy of Title III, Transportation Act, 1920, as enacted by Congress, and the orders, regulations, and announcements issued by the Labor Board, and gives the text of all court decisions and Interstate Commerce Commission regulations in respect to Title III of the Transportation Act, 1920. Each part is separately indexed.

The cumulative index-digest, as the title suggests, will be reproduced in each succeeding volume, and will permit those who are interested in any particular subject to locate all preceding cases of a similar character. The digest has been made as brief as possible and seeks only to bring out the principal points involved; obviously, it can not be stated in the exact language used in the decisions and regulations, and is not intended to have the same force and effect. It is expected that those who desire to use the decisions and regulations will avail themselves of the original text, which can be found by noting the citations given.