| Show Operators rs Ask Court ourt Action In Coal Dispute Ask Neutral Trustee Named to Aid in Pension Dispute Talk WASHINGTON March 20 INS Soft Soft coal operators asked a federal federal federal fed fed- eral district court Saturday to In Intervene Intervene Intervene In- In in their pension dispute with John L. L Lewis which has provoked provoked pro pro- yoked a week-long week strike of ot miners Ezra Van Horn of Cleveland operators operators' trustee of the miners' miners welfare fund petitioned the U. U S. S district court in Washington Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington to name a third neutral trus trustee ee to attempt to break the pension deadlock Van Horn and Lewis currently are the only trustees on the welfare welfare welfare wel wel- fare fund board and they have been unable to reach a a settlement on the unions union's demand for a a month pension for aged miners mil The former n neutral e u t r a I 1 trustee Thomas Murray of New York re resigned resigned resigned re- re signed Jan 16 Agree to Meet l At the same time the United Mine Workers president agreed to have union representatives present for the joint negotiating session scheduled Monday by the government government government govern govern- ment but said it was preposterous ous to assume that the peace parley would succeed Cyru Cyrus S. S Ching federal mediation mediation media media- tion ton director Invited Lewis and eight of the coal industry's top representatives to meet with him Monday to attempt settlement of the mine controversy Van Horn told the District o of Columbia court that he had n nother no other remedy in law Jaw other than the petition prese presented ted Saturday and he asked the court 1 To take tak juris jurisdiction Uon 2 To designate a su successor neutral neutral neu neu- trust trustee e. e a aTo To Retain Control 1 v 3 To ff n- n purpose of its being able promptly to dispose of any further addItional additional additional addi addI- matters that it may be necessary necessary necessary essary to have disposed of ing questions of law vr Ja 4 To grant such other and further further further fur fur- ther relief as the court may deem just and proper Van Horn told the court that Lewis has refused to suggest a neutral trustee and has declined to act on a list of names submitted to him The operator added that he believed believed be be- Hewed in view of ot the conduct of John L. L Lewis in causing a strike in Sn the bituminous coal industry that no successor neutral trustee will vilI be agreed upon by Lewis and your petitioner Van Horns Horn's petition was filed 15 minutes before the clerks clerk's office closed Accompanying it was a copy of Lewis Lewis' letter to his members members members mem mem- bers charging the operators w with th dishonoring the coal contract This letter appeared to be the signal for the strike e. e |
