Show SOFT COAL MINE STRIKE AVERTED Contracts Continued y Until June 16 WASHINGTON March 30 P iP Thc The soft sori coal industry and the United Mine Workers of America agree agreed toda today today to to- da day to accept N R As A's proposal to continue present wage and hour contracts contracts con can tracts after aeter April 1 thus averting a threatened walkout of nearly half hall a million miners The present wages and hours are areto arebe areto to be continued until June 16 unless a 1 new agreement is reached bc before that time The text of the agreement follows The existing Appalachian agreement agreement agree agree- ment and supplementary Appalachian region district agreement of April 1 I 1034 1934 shan shaft continue in full force and effect cUed in all their provisions until June 16 16 1935 in compliance e with the request of the national industrial recovery recovery re reo re- re covery board or until such prior date on which a new wage agreement is negotiated between the parties signatory signa signa- tory ory to the current Appalachian ln lna a agreement and its supplementary district dis- dis agreement The joint conference of represent represent- of ot parties Ap JR Uie he Wc existing Appalachian Ap Ap- n. n supplementary tary ary district agreements n S l-S shall continue continue con- con in iii s session sion The joint conference shall endeavor to the full limit of its ts ability to negotiate a wage agreement agreement agreement agree agree- ment before beCore June 16 1935 Donald N R RA A chairman announced the settlement during a conference conference ith with a committee of operators operators operators oper oper- and miners All the soft coal operators in the country whose contracts contracts con- con tracts are related to the Appalachian agreements he said had agreed to the he extension The mine workers had threatened a strike unless new contracts were made nade b by April 1 They demanded a cent 50 nt increase in iii the basic daily wage vage and a cut cul from 35 to 30 hours in n the maximum work week The operators offered renewal of present contracts contract and the two groups I were deadlocked when N R A A. inter inter- v ned last Thursday |