Show V. V s 's COAL EN SEEN IN J Senator Asserts Accord Met Met fl WOn W On Principles v WASHINGTON Ma May 28 IO C The l-The The White House announced d that Secretary of the tho Interior King Krug and John L. L Lewis will confer with the tho president at p. p m. m E S ST T Tuesday V W WASHINGTON AS 28 UP Coal sP-Coal Coal May strike conferences between be between be tween Secretary of Interior Krug rug and John L. L Lewis were re resumed resumed re- re Tuesday with Sen Hill D. D Ala predicting a settlement within 48 hours The meeting of the f federal deral mines boss a and d th the U United ted MineWorkers MineWorkers' MineWorkers MineWorkers' Mine W Workers Workers' president was delayed more than three hours beca because se neither side ide was ready at t the c original hour of 11 a. a m. m Hill d deputy e p put u t y administration leader told rep reporters a at the captol capitol cap capi- tol he understood an agreement already has has' been reached on the principles of new contract to end the months long dispute The tentative final draft it was was was' understood provided an 18 c Increase Increase increase in In- crease in the present 1 an hour day and a hour 45 week including 10 hours counted as overtime and paid at time and a half rate This would give the miners weekly for 45 5 hours They now earn for a hour 54 week I I V PRICE l Miners ners In Carbon county were w r calmly awaiting the outcome of f m meetings between John L L. Lewis LC and government go officials which were b being held Tuesday Tu morning as all aU min mines s in Carbon county remained idle for forthe forthe forthe the second day since the nC ending g of the week two-week truce in the coal strike e. e Lewis appeared to be in good humor when he reached Krug's office He was accompanied by several other union officials Hill Who ot oft often n n gets inside information in information information in- in formation V said he ho was confident that unless unless' som something thing very Unforeseen unforeseen unforeseen un un- foreseen occurs the coal strike willbe will willbe willbe be settled and announcement of the settlement made within the next 48 hours Explanation Given Ghen The explanation for postponement postponement postponement postpone postpone- ment of the morning se session ron was given by Krug's office after a a i four man four man U M W delegation appeared appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap with Lewis absent The U M W group croup headed by byU byU U MW Vice President John J. J OLeary O'Leary spent 20 minutes in Krug's office All signs pointed to an early agreement as as' as the two ended a conference Monday night Encouraging evidence was the fact that union attorneys were called in to work on the legal points of proposals under discussion discus discus- sion something zion something that rarely happens happens happens hap hap- pens unless the rough draft of ot a contract has been out However the mines st still ll stood idle despite the governments government's appeal appeal appeal ap ap- ap- ap peal for the men to return to work and the nations nation's coal supply shrank hourly toward the danger point V Lewis and Krug had tantalizIngly little t to say say about the exact status of ot the negotiations Krug contented himself yesterday with reporting g some progress but he added that this progress would keep lawyers for all parties busy through the night Lewis checked all questions on progress to Krug but the husky U MW chieftain did not look une un- un V. V V Sc e Page fi Column 1 r. r bal Strike Settlement yen len Within 48 Hours Continued from Page Oney One v when he wound up six and andr andl y f of conferences with hours l r Lf Interior secretary and otheral other d al officials to show the si ws We-S expected n nl soft coal operators what of ot agreement he wanted to with Lewis but he gave no Rion Monday night just when do that The producers producers' feting fating committee and scores frier operators remained in even after the government ed d in and took the mines last while iU speculation was rife I possible contract terms Reports on wages ranged upward upward upward up up- ward from 14 1414 cents an hour more However government labor and economic advisers ad arc nrc quick to say privately they think any increase increase increase in in- crease of more than 18 cents an hour would collide with the wage-price wage policy That is the pattern for big industry in m the postwar period They also doubt that Lewis would take any less since less since his onetime friend but now arch rival Philip Murray gained that much for the striking C CIO I 0 steel workers and C CIO I 0 auto workers Other contract provisions reported reported reported re re- re- re ported under consideration Monday although not necessarily to be embodied in the final government- government union agreement included agreement included 1 A health and welfare fund of from to to be raised by a cent 5 contribution contribution contribution tion by the operators on each ton tonof tonof tonof of coal to be administered Jointly by the union and the industry 2 Sole union administration of i funds now contributed by miners for such items as hospitalization medicine and surgery and burial In areas where wage now prevail largely in the southern southern southern south south- ern districts this amount is said to be between 4 and 5 per cent of earnings 40 Hour Week 3 3 over Change to a hour 40 work week weck with five hour eight-hour instead of nine-hour nine days The amount to be paid for the eighth hour underground presumably spent in travel and lunch might lunch might be hiked to take the miners miner's daily dally wage above the 10 he now re re- re The basic bask rate is 1 an hour at present with for forthe forthe forthe the eighth hour considered overtime overtime overtime over over- time and another for the ninth hour the hour the to portal-to-portal allowance and minute 15 lunch period 4 9 The federal bureau of mines would set up minimum safety standards to become uniform through Industry practice 5 Lewis' Lewis complaints about sanitation sanitation sanitation sani sani- tation in company towns to be met by management pledges to conform with standards of the United States public health service 6 The present 75 vacation al allowance allowance allowance al- al lowance would be upped to in lieu feu of time off offs |