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THE OMAHA BF.E: SATURDAY. AUGUST 10. 1022.
llnnl in; Addresses Congress
on Industrial Situation in U. S.
President Tell of Efforts Made by Government to
Settle Coal and Kailroad Striken- I)c
dares Conditions Serious.
Washington, Aug, IS. (Bv A. P.)
-Tin test i.f i'fr nf Harding's
addrri t ctntr'f nn lic intu(nl
Situation was a fullowt;
l.entlrmen of the congress;
ll ia riiaml-atly my duty In bring
lit jour attention the industrial situa
tion m tilth confronts the country.
'I h tituation growing out of l lie
prra4iig railway and coal mining
strikes K an aeri'Hit, to menacing la
iutnn' we!fr that I should
i remise if I (mini (lankly 1a, lay
the matter before ou and at the
same lime acijuainl you and ' the
whole people with tuih rlloris at
l rxrrutive branch of lh govern
ment ha mail by th voluntary
ercie of lit good ohices to effect
i ttlrmeiit.
Th suspension of the roat industry
dates hack to IjM April 1, when the
working agreement between mm op.
rratort ami llit United Mine Workers
came to an end. Anticipating thai
expiration of contract which was
rif-Koliatrfl with the government's
miction in t Lie present admin
istration sought, at early aa last Oc
tober, conferences del ween the op
erators and miners in ordrr to facili
tate either new or extended agree
punt in or ft it to avoid any suspen
sion of production when April 1 ar
rived. At that time the trine work
erf declined to confer, though the
operators were agreeable, the mine
workers excusing their declination
on the groud that llie union official
coiihl, have no authority to negotiate
until after their annual convention.
Invited Conference.
A ahort lime prior to the rxpira-
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KRUG PARK
Saturday Evening, 7 p. sn.
Sunday Afternoon, 4i30 t. an.
lion of the working aatreiiient the
mine wutkrrt invited a cuiiiercme
with Ih operator m the central
competitive- field, covering the tiatrt
of I'rnntylvsma, Ohm. Indiana and
Illinois, and in spit of union declin
ation of govrMiiiirnl't inluiiiul ug
gettion lur the conference, hv
nioii tin before, the government, in
formally hut sincerely, commended
the eonfrrrnce, but it wat declined
by certain gruupt of operators, and
the coal mining controversy ended in
the strike of April I. It was uistani
ly made nation-wide, so far ai I he
organized mine worker could con
trol and included many district in
th hituminoua fif'el where iher wat
neither grievance nor dispute, and
elferted a complete tie-up of the pro
duction in the anthracite held.
It it noted that when the suspen
tioii began large stocks of coal were
on hami, mined at waget higher than
those paid during Ihe war. There
wai only Ihe buying impelled by
necesaity, tnd there was brhrf that
real mint yirld to Jh pott-war read
juttrnent. When the stocks on hand
began to rearh such diminution ai
to menace industry and hinder trant
portal ion, approximately June I,
overturn were initiated by Ihe gov
ernment in the hope of expediting
tettlrmrnt. None of thrte availed.
Individual and dittrict tenders of
lettlement on the part of operators
in some instances appeal for
rttlemrnt-were wholly unavailing.
The, dominant groups among the
operators were insistent on having
district agreement; ihe dominant
mine workers were demanding a nation-wide
settlement. The govern
ment being without authority to en
force a strike seltli'tiirnt in the coal
industry could only volunteer its
good office in finding a way of ad
justment. y
Conference Called. '
' Accordingly, a conference of tin
coal operator t associations and the
general and dittrict officials of the
United Mine Workers was called to
meet In Washington on July 1. The
designation of representation was left
to the officials of the various organi
zations and there was nation-wide,
representation, except from the non
union fields of the country, Ilefore
the joint -meeting I expressed Ihe
deep concern of the country and in-
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Aa eicltlnf aawaaaasr tamaaV-arama,
a tripsina slaejr at Calataa uaiiarwarU
llltl raataBik, thnlllat, atytUlylaf.
It yau aa lay Doutlaa Ftlraankt, yatt
vlll atarval al Ricaara Tauaaata,
sit4 thent la n el at a coafereace
table and end l'e d putt betwea
Ihrnw 1 he cauiereac 4il not Ue
setup even a hope. The operators
were asking lor their dttricl or tern.
ttftal conlcrrnres: the workers d
nunded national settlement on aid
Utis.
Appriiiif correctly the hopeless
nets ot Ihe situation, I again invited
Loth operators and workers lo meet
with me, and tendered a means of set
tlement so lustly inai!td that it waa
dillicull Id see how any one telieving
in tnduttrial peace and juitke to all
concerned could reject it. In suhiiance
it called on th operators to open
their mines, on the mine worker to
retume woik at the same pay and
under the same wgikmg conditions
as prevailed at the tune the strike
began. In turn, the government was
lo create al once a toal comniistion,
or two of Ihem, if preferred by all
pariirs lo the diapute, so that one
could ileal with the bituminous situ
ation, the other with the problems
in the anthracite field. Among the
commissioners were to be representa
tives of the operators, repretentatives
of the mine workers, and outstanding,
disinterested and able repretentatives
of Ihe American public The eoin
mittion was lo be instructed to direct
its first inouiry to the rate of wage
to be paid tor the period ending neat
April I and then lo enter upon a
fact finding Inquiry into every phase
of the industry and point the way
lo avoid future suspensions In pro
duclion. Suggestion Endorsed
The ditputstits alt endorsed the
suggestion ot a fact-finding commis
sion. The anthracite operators
promptly accepted Ihe entire propo.
aal. The mine workers refuted td
resume work under Ihe arbitration
ptan. The majority of the bitumin
ous operators filed an acceptance, but
a considerable minority declined the
proposal.
Under these circumstances having
no authority to demand compliance,
Ihe government liad no other course
than lo invite a resumption of pro
duction by all parties of the contro
versy with atsurance of government
protection of each and every one in
his lawful pursuits. This fact was
communicated with the governors of
all coal -producing states, snd with
two exceptions assurances of main
tained law and order were prompt!
given. In some instances concrete
proof of effective readiness to protect
all men, strikers snd ponstriking
workmen alike, was promptly given.
Jiut little or ho new production fol
lowed. The simple nut significant
truth was revealed, that except for
such coal as come from the districts
worked byx nonorganized miners,
the country Is at the mercy of the
United Mine Workers.
Settlement Beseeched.
Governors in various states re
ported that their operators snd min
ers had no ditpute and were eager
to resume production. District lead
ers informed me that their jfprkmen
were anxious to return to their' Jobs,
hut that they were not permitted to
do so. Hundreds of wives of work
men had addressed the White House,
beseeching a settlement, alleging
that they knew no grievance, and
there is an unending story of appeals
for relief where necessity or suffer
ing were impelling, where a mere
expression of need ought to find
ready compliance.
At every atage, the government has
been just and neutral regarding wage
scales and working contracts. There
are fundamental evils in our part sys
tem of production and distribution
which make the wage problem diffi
cult. In th bituminous coal fields
are etly more ueines than are re
quitite to lh country' needs, and
there art 3U0arM more nun workers
than arc needed lo produce in con
tinuous employment ihe country'
normal requirements. ly continuous
employment I mean approximately
.fcJ working dsjs in the year, in
many tnUnres last year men wr
employed let than 150 days, in some
cates much fewer than thai. In the
over-manned sections men divide the
working tune, and high wagea are
necetrary lo meet the ct of the bar
ett living. Interrupted transporta
tion, sorely broken employment, the
failure lo develop storage against
enlarged demands, and inadequate
carrying all these present problems
bearing on righteous wage adjust
ments, and demand constructive so
lution. ' Unjustifiable Profits.
1 he cause of (here thing, beraute
of impressions of many cates of tin.
iuttiliablc profits in Ihe jnduttry, and
becaute publie inlerett demands in
veitigation and demands the finding
of (ad be given to the public I am
akir.g at your hands authority to
create a rommittion lo make a
tearching investigation Into the whole
coal Industry, with provision for its
lawful activities and the bestowal of
authority to reveal every phas of
coal production, sale and distribution.
I am speaking now on behalf of mine
workers, mm operators and Ihe
American public. It will bring pro
tection to all and jwint Ihe way lo
continuity of production and Ih bet
ter economic functioning of Ihe in
dustry in the future. .
The necessity for such a search
ing national investigation with con
structive recommendation is Impera
tive. At the moment the eoal skies
arc clearing, but unless we find a cure
for Ihe economic ills which affect the
Industry, and therein find a basis for
righteous relationship, w shall be
faced with a tike menacing situation
on next April I, on the expiration of
the wage contracts which are now
being made, i
Need (or Investigation.
The need" for such investigation
and independent consideration i re
vealed by both operator and mine
worker In the provision in the
Cleveland agreement so recently
made. The government will gladly
co-operate with the Industry in this
program so'far as it is in the public
Interest so to do, but I have an un
alterable conviction that no lasting
satisfaction or worth-while results
will ensue unless we may have a gov
ernment commission, independent of
Ihe industry, clothed with authority
by the congress to search deeply, so
that it may advise as to fair wages
and as to condition of labor and
recommend the enactment of taws
to protect the public in the future.
The almost total exhaustion of
stock of coal, the crippled condition
of the railways, the distressed situa
tion that has arisen and might grow
worse in our great cities due to the
shortage of anthracite, the suffering
which might arise in the northwest
through failure to meet winter needs
by lake transportation, all these,
added to the possibility of outrageous
price demands, in spite of the most
zealous voluntary effort of the gov
ernment to restrain them, make it
necessary to ask von to consider at
once some form of temporary control
of distribution and prices.
Rightful Distribution.
The administration earnestly has
sought to restrain profiteering and
to secure the rightful distribution of
such coal a has been available in
thi emergency. There were no legal
pocrs Mr etiii control. There has
been cordial co-operation in many
fields, a tme revelation of business
rontctenrc stronger than th tempt
tton to proiit by a people' misfor
tune. There have been instances of
flat icfutal. 1 rejoice to make grate,
(ul acknowledgement to I hot who
preferred lo contribute to national
weltai rather than profit by a na
tion's distress.
If it may have your approval, I
recommend immediate provision for
a temporary national coat agency
with needed capital, lo purchase and
distribute coal in carrying on inter
ttate shipment, I d not mean that
all roal shall be handled try suth
a federal organisation. Perhaps none
will be necestary, but it will restore
its capital to the public treasury and
will he the instrumentality of guard
ing the public interest where but
cuntnciitc is intensible lo a public
need.
This proposal does not relate to
any pntaibie employment in intra
state shipments. 1'nce restraint and
equitable distribution in intrastate
shipment is a responsibility of th
state' own government. In such
voluntary aciivitiet a have been car
ried on thus far, Ihe federal govern,
merit ha endeavored to re-establish
Ihe authority and responsibility in
Ihe state which was undermined in
the necessary centralization of au
thority during th world war. - (
Shopcrafts Strike.
Th' public menace in the coal
situation wa made more acute
and more serious at the begin
ning of July by Ihe strike of
the federated shopcrafts in the
railroad service strike against a
wage decision made by the railroad
labor board directly affecting ap
proximately 4W,) men. The lustirc
of ihe decision is not for discussion,
here. T he decision has been lost
light of in subrequent developments.
In any event, it was always possible
lo appeal for rehearing and the sub
mission of new evidence, and it it
always a aafe assumption that a gov
ernment agency of adjuttment decid
ing unjustly will be quick to Jiake
right any wrong. v
The railroad labor bqard was
created by congress for the express
purpose of hearing and deciding dis
pute between Ihe carrier and their
employe so that no controversy
need lead to an interruption in in
terstate transportation.
Not Advocated Nor Opposed.
It wa inevitable that many watte
dispute should arise. Wages had
mounted upward, necessarily and
justly, during the war upheaval, like
wise the cost of transportation, so
that the higher wages might be paid.
It was inevitable that some readjust
ment should follow. Naturally
these readjustments were resisted.
The administrative government neith
er advocated nor opposed it. It only
held that the labor board wa the
lawful agency of the government to
hear and decide dispute and it au
thority must be sustained, as the law
contemplate. This must be io.
whether the carrier or the employes
ignore it decision.
Unhappily a number of decisions
of thi board had been ignored by
the carrier. In only one instance,
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