Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-11-25 | Page 4 | President Urged to Bring Speedy end to Big Strike

PRESIDENT URGED TO BRING SPEEDY END TO BIG STRIKE WASHINGTON, Nov. 24. The National Na-tional Federation of Construction Industries Indus-tries adopted a resolution here today calling on the president to use every resource of the federal government -to end Uie coal strike and Insure resumption resump-tion of normal production. T. A. Randall, secretary of the National Na-tional Brick rManfacturers' association, declared Jhat even If normal production were resumed Immediately industries employing hundreds of thousands of men would fnce a thirty-day shutdown for lack of fuel. Hundreds of brick plants and allied concerns, he said, alreadv had closed or curtailed production. Unless the miners returned to work within thirty days. Mr. Randall said normal Industrial In-dustrial activity In almost every line except ex-cept the four essentia Industries excepted ex-cepted from fuel restrictions by the fuel administration would be forced to suspend. sus-pend. The resolution demands that "all questions of factional Interest to be waived pending the resumption of the production of coal necessary for the life and welfare of all the people.' .1. c, Frazee, chairman of i lie ores n-Izatlon. n-Izatlon. and Mr. Randall arranged to mfeef Dr. Garfield to s.eek temporary relief.