N S. Back to Work at af Ironton fronton AS THE RESULT of an appeal of the national nation nation- AIS al defense medi mediation tion board to both management management management man man- and work workers rs the Ironton plant of the Pacific States Cast Iron Pipe company has re resumed ze- ze operations after being shut down since July 15 By today it was expected the plant plantS would be in full S production with all aU its on the job The strike was called by the Steelworkers' Steelworkers Organizing committee after failure to reach an agreement with the management It lasted S just five weeks tying up production on a considerable considerable con con- amount of pipe needed on defense projects and other important construction jobs v S Its It's good news for Utah that this important Industry is resuming operations and both mani management management man- man i and labor are to be congratulated on Sc their acceptance of the m mediation boards board's proposal pro pro- pow pi that work be resumed immediately with contract negotiations to be carried on in the theS S meantime a aIts aIt's Its It's too bad though that there ever had to be a strike Apparently it didn't settle any any- c thing The workers and the company still stillS S have to re reach ch an agreement They might just justas H as well have been continuing operations all this time turning out pipe and putting paychecks paychecks paychecks pay- pay checks into the pockets of True the union a practical demonstration of its strength and its ability to close down the plant Still it would seem that demonstration might have been given in less costly fashion fashion- without halting vitally needed industrial acS ac ac- ac S and depriving of their earnings earnings earn earn- ings the company of its profits and the public of plant output All too often strikes arising from labor- labor management disputes seem to be so futile and unnecessary unnecessary sheer sheer waste of f time and money For the want of a spirit of cooperation and S J understanding on both sides for th the lack of and restraint because of pride and obstinacy in so many of these cases of of f f- labor dispute shutdowns there is needless loss 5 i for everybody concerned management concerned management labor laborS S S an and l the public generally I