Salt Lake Telegram | 1948-02-27 | Page 8 | Lewis Pension Demand Faces Rebuff

Lewis Lewis' Pension a Demand Faces Rebuff WASHINGTON Feb 27 21 UP Soft Soft coal operators said Friday they Gall wll reject John L. L L Lewis Lewis' js' js dc- dc demand de de- mand for o immediate pensions for tor his miners miners even even if it it means oa astrike a astrike strike this spring Industry leaders made their position position position po po- po- po clear as they gathered here hereto hereto to Lo frame tIame a of action action ac ac- tion Lewis is ate Late a month pensions for miners rs aged 60 years after 20 O years years' service Facing the producers I is Lewis Lewis' threat that he might file fUci a notice next Tuesday that would take 4 miners out on another nat natron- natron n- n wide strike In fn April to enforce the h pension demand One informant said the industry I has decided that it cannot grant the Lewis demand until the cost has been ascertained He said survey surveys surveys sur sur- veys vey made by operators sho sho v widely varying costs for different sections of the country One unofficial estimate Is that the pension plan alone would in increase increase increase in- in crease coal production costs iOe a ton This wound amount to a year on 1947 production