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Show PAGE SIX MI OWNER FRIDAY. EVERY THE BUN, PRICE, UTAH IS DEFENDED BY OF PRESIDENT COOUDGE WASHINGTON, D. C.', April 20. Politinal byplay livertl the senate committee eoft coal investigation yesterday while W. 11. Coolidge of Lancaster, Miss. who claimed distant kinship to President Coolidge was on the stand as ehairman of the board of the Island Creek Coal company to defend its lalmr policies. Occasionally dcjuirtinff from hia denial of rharges made during the inquiry by the United Mine Workers he expressed hia views on the league of nations, rhild labor laws, immigration, industrial relations and the high cost of living. His observations were prompted, however, by questions of Senators Wheeler and Wagner of Montana and New York, Prohibition was menrespectively. tioned by Wagner,' sunporter of Governor Smith, by Secretary Hoover. He expressed the opinion that the commerce secretary and aspirant for the republican nomination had straddled the issue. "Well, do von think, senator, that the wet and dry question is going to be an issue f asked Coolidge. "Yon cant draw me into it," returned the New Yorker quickly, while the large andienee laughed. The operator, whose mining inter eats are in West Virginia, described President Coolidge as a "fairly good politician, " in aeonneetion with what he described as the president e past and present position on the league of gress has the power let it pass a law that no strike shall be railed nnlesa the employes by secret ballot vote to call a strike. "There is no law," Coolidge e included, and there ought to be no lew that givea to any man the right if he gives up his job to refuse by force or otherwise to let some other man, who is willing to work, go to work. Class legislation should cease. TO SMOOTH OUT COAL . SQUABBLE AT ZION TRYING In an effort to iron out the difficulties between resigned coalmen from the chamber of commerce and the board of governors of that organization, the two sides of the controversy were presented at yesterdays meeting of the chambers governors,. says last Fridays Salt Lake Tribune. " B. J. Raddatz, while not a party to the controversy, end Mayne Reid, sales managed for the Iron Fireman company, who declared that his resignation had been due to individual reasons, outlined what they thought wen the coalmen a grievances, while the members 'of the board endeaored to point out where the chamber had nothing to incite the coalmen leaving the organization. One of the chiyf points of issue, according to those wlo gave the coalmen's side of the picture, was the faet that when the chamber nations. Wheeler brought np Seere-tar- v appointed its factfinding committee, Hoovers attitude toward the headed by J. 8. Taylor, to investigate league, asking whether the commerce and arrive at some eolation of the secretary was in favor of citys smoke abatement problem, "Well, he was," replied Coolidge, there were no members of the Utah and when I ask some of his man- Coal Producers association included age rs'where he is now I find he has in the committee membership. Reference wae also made to the bulletin changed." i Smiling genially and joking much sent out by the eitya smoke abateof the time, Coolidge traced hia an- ment divieoin, in which other couli cestry back to what he said was the than those from Utah were recomfirst family of that name to have mended for relieving the smoke conlanded in this country. That was in ditions. This bulletin, the coalmen de1630, he said, adding that four sons clared, was prepared in conjunction and seven daughters had survived with tiie chamber. The operator "the first Coolidge. In supporting the chambers positold Senator Wheeler that President tion in the controversy various memCoolidge and himself were descended bers of the board of governors declarfrom two of those sons. Coolidge att- ed that the of eoal ributed credit for most of beneficial association men on the factfinding industrial legislation to eivio organi- committee waa not a legitimate grievsations and the churches, disparaging ance. ?hey declared that the reason the elaim that organised labor was that coalmen had not been named waa primarily responsible. He expressed that it was the plan to hava a strictthe opinion that government is becom- ly impartial group of men investigate ing too . regulatory and centralised, means of eradicating the smoke nuicharacterising that tendency as the sance. For this reason the eowmittfe paramount issue before the American did not comprise coalmen, gasmen, people. , Regulation of ehjild labor oilmen, deetrieal men or any othfr it should 1st left to the industries concerned, he Ibid.' 'Too many children are being allowed to enter the eonntiy,,,he went on. Wheeler inquired whether he' believed in birth control., ."At my age, yen," replied the operator, and laughter again swept the room. Thick set, roundfaeed and a white-haire- d man, Coolidge sparred with hia questioners during the greater part of the day. . Between times he read a prepared statement, tracing the history of the Island Creek Coal company and supporting its administration. i 1245-ec- ra Proving Ground maintained fry ihm quality and value ot ife can and trucks. assure to Genera Motors A I i. 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These two bodies were described as Sheramend to the desired is "It organizations to the United man aet to permit combinations of "dual Mine of America, and, as Workers eoal companies f If so, why not oil the union constitution prohibits a a the and all companion, steel companies member from affiliating with such a other, industries f If joint selling agenall locals were instructed by group, deare cies are desirable they equally board to close the doors the executive Alsirable in other lines on those constituting the two organinow exists as it law the ready under zations. mergers and joint selling agencies are Not only these two but the "internpermissible so long as they do not re- ational workers defense and the Certain strain interstate commerce. in for came "workers group, party" strikes are legal, but national strikes attack in the boards edict. "Theae and to to freeze to form monopolies, starve people, are illegal. If the con (Continued On Page Eight) Ground. experimental representatives of a particular kind of fad, the governors said. The board members further stated that this committee has, never made a decision pr ever recommended any. one method pa solving the smoke problem, so that there epuld be np grievance OB this score from the resigned coalmen. The governors declared that the committee was still at work on its report. It was also stated that all the information on smoke elimination methods were passed on to J. M. Orr of the Utah Coal Producers association, so that his association could also make an investigation as to the coalmens stand on the particular proposed measures to , "There is no eoal problem, so far decrease smoke. as the company I represent is con"On the matter of. the objectionable eity smoke abatement division cerned,1 he said. ' Coolidge cited federal reserve sta- bulletin the governors declared that tistics, indicating an increase in the the chamber ha never been responsicost of living on the basis of 100 per ble Xor its publication and denied all cent in 1911M914 to 176 per eeqt in implications that they had aided the 1927, adding that in the same time his eity in the preparation of the letter. company had increased wages 126 ner The governors also declared that the cent: bulletin had been published in 1919 ."Our mines, he continued, "have and it was 'not until 1928 that the never been under the domination or eoalmen decided to take issue with it. control of the United Mine Workers. At the eonelusion of the board meetOur experience with the United Mine ing, Edward M. Ashton, president of Workers, their attempts to unionize the chamber, said: 'The chamber of properties and the resultant murders commerce has no apology to make for and soforth, whenever they have at- its smoke abatement program. We tempted to unionize mines, and our have not favored any one kind of fuel, experience in other companies with or smoke elimination method, and the Western Federation of Miners and have approrehed the whole problem the Independent Workers of the with an ope., mind. We have not yet World, in California, Kansas and else- completed our findings and we have where, have convinced the members of only tried to remove the city's only oar board that we ought never to per- objectionable features. We dont bemit onr property either for the sake lieve we have been nnfsir to anyone of onr employes or of our stockholders and we think that when our view is to get under the domination of the properly explained 'to the resigned members hannony will be restored. United Mine Workers of America. "Their history in the last ten years ."No vote was taken on the resigare belive to be worse as to murders nations and only the discussion of the jind soforth than is even the history stand of the two parties in the controof the IndepeiAlcnt Workers of the versy was held. World or of the Western Federation of Miners. Never, so far as I have SAVE THE UNION MEMBERS TO HAVE NO STANDING been able to learn, have the officers of the United Mine Workers ever exWASHINGTON, D C., April 21. pressed any regret at the murders, The international executive board of dynamiting and soforth by the United the' United Mine Workers, after- a Mine Workers.. behind closed dooys Coolidge serin of meetings Regarding a "remedy, this week to discuss disaffection .asked, "remedy for whatf he add- here today denounced the ed: "Shall the law attempt to fit within the union, union committee and the the "save prices f Then the constitution must be "Iennsylvania-Ohi- o relief commitdehas court The supreme ehanged. tee as "communist organizations cided .that the Lever act, fixing prices and ordered all of their members even in time of war, was unconstituminers bitdtaye view of the "What," "can poi The result , aam on display, representing the bigb-wamark of Cadillac! long history. 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