Show PENSION r DEMAND II I 7 1 f y t fr ft yr p r I 1 j J 3 4 1 b 54 5 ft 4 J v. 6 1 4 1 4 y yS S S SI Sr S r I As 3 5 7 SI I 5 S S S 'S S f S S S S 'S S m m M y i iS i'S 5 IS A v S 'S rf S 'S p S n-i n T Ph Photo Conrad Photo Conrad It Its It's s Business Business- as Usual for Yard Workers United Mine Workers In Utah were signaled back to work Monday alter ter the nearly old month-old strike but to John F. F Allgier left and Melvin Melvln Perkins workers in a Salt Lake City coal yard It was shoveling as usual because because- most retail coal ya yards A had ample supplIes supplies supplies sup sup- plies on hand In anticipation of a a. walkout In March The workers work work- ers era are standing by o on one of the many huge plies piles of stored lump ails C-ails Strike End But Still Faces f Contempt Count W WASHINGTON April 12 John P-John John L. L Lewis got got- gota a pension it plan for his miners 8 Monday and gave them the word ward to g go 1 back k to work but this failed to save him from an order to stand trial for contempt of court Federal Judge T. T Alan I m Goldsborough ruled Lewis must come e into court COrt Wednesday at 10 a. a m. m to f face ce a contempt charge for allegedly ignoring an April 3 3 out court order to call off the strike Welly K Hopkins attorney y for Lewis Le argued In hi vain that a telegram tele tel gram ram Le Lewis is sent the the- miners shortly shorty short- short ly y before Goldsb roughs rough's c court url opened was WM full faith compU ance nce with th the strike stop-strike order That telegram said d Pensions grant granted d. d Agreement eme t. t honored House HOUS App Applauds Martin For Coal Strike Efforts Efro 1 W WASHINGTON A- A Ap Ar April r I 11 1 12 UP A House Speaker Joseph v. W. Martin Jr R. R Mass Mm r re re- cel ed a standing ovation Monday from the house houIe for his his' efforts to end the coal strike Re Republicans and Democrats alike e stood and app applauded when Rep Bender Berid r referred to 1 Martin Martins Martin's a. a r U D as 88 a statesman tates ruin who stuck his neck out when other men men were afraid to stick their necks neeD out Martin met with John L. L Lewis and then others last Jut Satur Satui- Saturday day and paved the way for r. r aa agreement ending the ul m. mera ers era pension dispute t I United Mine Workers luar- luar made public this Tn before G Goldsborough Coldsborough it developed that another telegram also was sent uni union leaders This said flatly flatly- that your vol voluntary tary cessation of ot work should end and coal production be resumed The United Mine Workers leader lead lead- er sent the telegram after acceptIng accept accept- ing a plan for month a pensions pensions pensions pen pen- at age 62 for tor miners wi with 20 ye years rs service who wh retired after aft May 28 1946 Welfare Fund md Date That was wu the date a mine amine workers workers' workers workers' work work- ers ers' welfare fund was e set up up It Itis is financed is-financed by lOc be a ton royalty on on each ton of coal mined Members Members' of the United Mine MineWorkers MineWorkers Workers othe otherwise ise eligible for tor forthe the pension will get it even though they worked In mines which have not p paid id the royalty This plan was proposed by Sen Bridges R. R N N. H. H as a a. compromise compromise com corn promise of ot Lewis' Lewis demand for tor pensions pensions pen pen- for all miners miner age 60 p with 20 years' years service regardless of the date they retired Ezra Van Horn representing the the mine mine operators in negotiations with Bridges and andL L Lewis opposed t the e Bridges' Bridges plan but was outvoted All this was concluded before Goldsborough's hearing on on an order for Lewis to show cause why he e should not be he held in contempt Then came the judges judge's dec decision ion that Lewis must stand trial Wednesday Before Goldsborough acted c ted there had been eve every indication that the tho miners would go back to work But the news that Lewis would have to stand trial raised a question with some la labor r observers ers ers ers' here whether the miners miners' might decide to stay out a while longer Events leading up to the settlement settlement settle settle- ment went like this Lewis Bridges and Van Horn met at am a.m. and announced the pension n settlement after an hours hour's conference Release Statement When the meeting broke up K C. C Adams public relations man manfor manfor manfor for the United Mine Workers gave reporters a statement i fro from r o m Bridges Apparently the statement was prepared before the meeting convened convened con con- indicating L Lewis e w wi I s a and Bridges were certain of the outcome outcome outcome out out- come when they met with Van Horn Then at 10 dm m Justice T T. Alan Se See Sec Ia Page 2 2 CoI Column D 4 1 tIri S LJ- LJ I 5 p L t fy 5 I S. S S Associated Press Lewis Reads Acceptance nee of Pension Plan John L. L Lewis Lenis United Mine Une Worker chief ter cen-ter center reads announce announcement ent of acceptance of tentative I pension plan Friday after an hour meeting COAL STRIKE Continued from Page One Goldsborough convened court to hear the contempt case against Lewis Bridges described the thc pension plan he advanced as a tentative one S He came the case because last Saturday he accepted a post postas as neutral trustee of or the miners welfare fund This fund running Into millions a year was created by an agreement agreement agreement agree agree- ment la last t year for lOc a a ton royalty on every very ton o of coal mined The 1 lOc Oc goes to the fund Calls Cans for Pension The plan calls for a month pensions for miners ag age 62 with 20 years service who retired after May 28 1946 That was the date the government govern govern- ment then ment-then then in possession of or the them m mines signed mines signed an agreement with Lewis establishing a welfare fund for the miners The mine mineI owners accepted ept d the ag nt t to for the faie un last ast year yeah f 11 S Lewis had demanded d a pension pension pen pen- sion slon for miners 60 years years old with 20 years service but buL also nIso want wanted d dall all members of of the United Mine MineWorkers MineWorkers Workers to be eligible T The e U UM M W has members at some mines which have not paid money into the welfare fund The operators took the stand that only miners employed by paying miness mines s should be eligible Proposes Fund Bridges proposed that be set aside from the collected ed thus thun far by a lOc a a. ton royalty royally for payment nt of the pensions pensions pensions pen pen- under his arrangement The Bridges arrangement was only a tentative settlement because because because be be- cause he said The decisions we we as trustees make are not un un- changeable The Thc opportunity to change them at any time is guaranteed Bridges added The Bridges plan was approved approve by a 2 1 vote of the welfare funds fund's trustees ridges Bridges ridges l v and Lewis vis voted for it Gives GI Two Reasons Van Horn told report reporters rs he voted against the plan for two r reasons 1 He b believes the age 62 for pensions ons Is ia to too lo low 2 He b believes lI ves the monthly benefit cannot be sustained by bythe bythe bythe the pension fund that there will not ot b b be enough money moy t from om a lOc lOc- ton a-ton royalty V Van n Horn said the Bridges plan is practically aUy the same as what Lewis had had wanted all 11 along except cx- cx that t the e. e retirement age was Vas put at 62 Instead of 60 years Bridges present while Van VanHorn VanHorn Horn talked to the reporters i put in This Is only a temporary b basis sis I of payments which can be reviewed later Lewis said testily I have nothing more to add except that the mine workers understand understand understand un un- un- un that the coal operators are are still against pensions pension Approves Plan But Lewis did add tEat he approved ap proved the Bridges plan somewhat somewhat some what regretfully because while it t tw w wasT not all was asking the th union acted ct d to end strike and tol the thc coal shortage he acted too Lewis said that conscious of ot our commitment to S Speaker e ker of the House Joseph V W. W Martin Martin fartin stepped into linter the deadlocked dead dead- lo locked ked coal strike situation suddenly suddenly sud sud- denly ba on n Saturday and alid in g getting both Lew Lewis and and Van VanHorn VanHorn VanHorn Horn to o. o accept Bri Bridges as the third and neutral trustee of the disputed ted w welfare lf re- re refund fund Van H Horn Horri made It clear th that t the he considers pa payment m nt o of of- pensions pension to miners miner or former miners whose employers ha have hanot not c contributed ri tc to the welfare fund to be illegal l tinder un under tin tin- under der the Taft-Hartley Taft act Could Attack Payment Coal operators said that Van VanHorn VanHorn VanHorn Horn could if ill he chose later at- at of pension trustees Others Other with Lewis Lenis are Sen Styles Bridges R. R N. N H. H I left and Ezra Van VanHorn VanHorn Horn representative f for r coal mine operators tack fack in c court urt any payments t to miners miners' or or- f whom no contributions had been made to the the the- fund Bridges said aid it was his view that the country's welfare demanded an agreement of some sort which would g get the miners Back to work He emphasized d that the agreement can be changed later If It study in- in 1 In Indicates n it should be changed He said sald In my opinion it i is better for forthe forthe the country that we accept any possible risk o of acU action n rather r than I see see the national security e and welfare welfare welfare wel wel- fare threatened by our refusal to act S SI I therefore offer ter my resolution m mas as a basis for our tentative agreement agreement agree agree- agree agree- ment meat from Irom which we we can go forward forward forward for for- ward sincerely to our exhaustive study of all the issues and all the evidence |