Show PRES PRESIDENT IDE NT ORDERS COAL STRIKE END S Walkout Declared Move Against J- J g i U. U S. S Government 1 Roosevelt Sets Saturday Deadline S l Appeals to Workers to S Let W L B Handle Controversy NEW YORK YOnI April 29 INS INS Silent Silent str strikes ke in n the na nation notions notion's no- no tion tion's soft coal mines which President Roosevelt has ordered stopped topped by Saturday morning threatened Thursday to spread to the anthracite miners S Shortly Shortly- Shortly after after Mr l Roosevelt asked the bituminous bituminous' miners already out to return to work by 10 a. a m. m Saturday or face possible martial law a wage conference between the the hard coal operators and John L. L Lewis Lewis' United Mine line Workers' Workers union reported general disagreement on all points WASHINGTON April 29 Terming R P Terming w walkouts of more than soft coal miners strikes against the United States government itself President Roosevelt Thursday set a deadline of 10 o'clock Saturday morning for a r return turn to w work rk or action by him to prevent interference with the war effort Coupled with his flat statement that he would use all air the powers vested in me as president and as commander in chief hief to protect the national interest Mr Roosevelt appealed as the friend of the men who work in the coal mines to return to their jobs and let the war labor board handle the controversy between the United Mine Workers and the operators The chief executive stepped into the wage dispute between miners and operators after it had been turned over oyer to him by bythe y th the w war l' l labor board which had been ignored by John JohnL L L. L Lewis and his associates associate in the United Mine Workers Mr Roosevelt sent telegrams to to Lewis and Thomas Kennedy Kennedy Ken Ken- Kennedy nedy secretary of the union in which he ask asked d the m men n in fit n the thi mines to resume work immediately and submit their dase case ase to the national war labor board for final determination Thus far the union leaders have ignored efforts of the board to handle the case through a three-man three panel set up to investigate investigate gate the facts The strikes and stoppages in the coal industry that have occurred and are threatened Mr Roosevelt declared are in clear violation of the no strike strike pledge T These ese are not mere strikes against employers of this Industry industry in industry In- In to enforce collective bargaining deman demands s. s They are strikes against the United States government itself These strikes arc are arca area a direct interference with the prosecution of the war They challenge the governmental machinery that has been set up for forthe forthe forthe the orderly and peaceful settlement of all labor disputes They challenge the powers of the govern government ment to carry carryon on the war The continuance and spread of ol of these thee strikes would have the same effect on the course course of the war wai as a crippling defeat in the field Voicing confidence in the patriotism patriotism patriotism pa- pa pa pa- of the miners Mr Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt elt s said id he is sure they will re return return re- re turn to their jobs when they realize realize realize real real- ize the effect that stopping work would have on men at the fighting front S S SHe H He give gaVe ve no hint to what g as action action ac ac- action ac- ac tion he would take if the miners do not meet his Saturday morning deadline He has the power however however how how- however ever to order government seizure and operation of the mines Work Worl Must 1 Continue ContinueS S Coal production must g go o on ort he said said because war industries cannot cannot can can- not turn out tanks guns and ammunition ammunition ammunition am am- without it it And without the weapons weapons he added our sailors on the high seas and our armies in the field will be helpless against again t tour our enemies S Mr Roosevelt Rooseve i s said id he he was vas vas sure the miners with sons and brothers in uniform do not want to retard the war effort to which they have contributed loyally and in which they with all other Americans have so much at stake After reciting some of ot the rc re cent history of the coal dispute the president called attention S to the membership of the panel appointed ap appointed appointed ap- ap pointed by the W L B David B B. Robertson of the Brotherhood of of nn Locomotive Firemen and Engine- Engine men to represent nt the Walter White to represent operators operators opera opera- tors and Morris L. L Cooke to represent represent rep rep- resent the public Such personnel he said assures an impartial Investigation of pf the facts to be used by the board in settling the the- controversy in acco accordance accordance accord accord- dance d- d ance with law Yet his telegram noted U 17 t M MW W WoI oI officials have ignored the W V. L Bs B's request that the he case be presented to the panel together with a re request request request re- re quest that the strikers be urged to return to their jobs S Complain of Costs He said telegrams from some ome m members e m b e r s of the U M W had reached lim him complaining th that thit t o 0 OP P A price regulations had been disregarded and the cost of living had gone up disproportionately in mining areas I have directed 0 O P PA A Athe the the Continued on Page Four S Column One President Orders End To Coal Cool Mine Strike Continued from Page One Ore president resIdent said to make an Immediate Immediate immediate Im im- Im- Im mediate investigation of the facts arid and d wherever a a violation of the law Jaw I Is disclosed by that investigation tion to see that the violators of the law Jaw are prosecuted Senator Connally D. D Texas declared meanwhile that congress faces the question of whether a dictator in the person of John L. L Lewis should be permitted to override the constitutional authority authority authority au au- au- au of or government i. i Connally sought nought to bring before the senate Thursday a bill authorIZing author- author Sing IZing the government to seize mines or plants where production i is halted by strikes With more than 10 per cent of o 0 of the affected miners already off the jo job and the rest reportedly r ready ady to stop atop work Friday night at midnight the war labor board handed the Appalachian Appala Appala- chian contract wage dispute to the president Underscoring importance of the crisis to war production was va the thell call ll of Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins erkins for the work stoppages to cease at once once and the charge of ef Colonel Roane Waring American American Ameri Amen can tan Legion national commander that the threatened full scale stoppage is a stab in th the back o. o the America fighting a war poke oke at Kally Rall- Waring spoke at a legion rally in Memphis Wednesday night and his hs assertion that now is the time timeto timeto timeto to determine whether the government government govern govern- ment set up by the votes of our people is ts running this country and this thI war or whether John L. L Lewis is ia running it came shortly after the labor secretary's appeal and the W L 14 B action The he board said its own orders I and end appeals for continued production production production tion during for a new I I contract the contract the key to the spreading spreading spread spread- ing crisis had crisis had been ignored leavIng leaving leav leav- ing it no recourse but to refer the case to the president It pointed specifically to the importance of Mr Roosevelt's decision decision decision de de- de- de apart from the immediate threat to war production by saying saying saying say say- ing that unless this case is handled under established procedure like any other case it believed the whole system of ot settling wartime industrial quarrels would collapse In IA a letter Ietter replying to the policy committee charge that the theW W L B is malignant i in il ilits its prejudice prejudice prejudice dice against the union Secretary Perkins said she found no evidence supporting such an accusation and said the war effort required an immediate return to work But Butmore Butmore Butmore more walkouts were reported in inthe inthe inthe the wake of her words The U M W committee had had demanded withdrawal withdrawal with with- of the case from W L B consideration Threatens Strike Lewis declared that unless the theU theU U M W demands are arc met in a new contract by Friday midnight when a temporary extension expires the miners will not trespass on company property Some observers looked for troops to be moved into the coal fields to assure protection of property and of wishing to work Although there has been no precise precise pre pre- cise wartime precedent for such a course the president implied in handling two previous cases that such action would be taken if It needed Both cases Involved the theU theU U M W but neither carried the sanction of national union leaders as as will the coal case if the stoppage stoppage stoppage stop stop- page page is called called and and the presidents president's work to o 0 orders r d e r s oS were obeyed Agreement Basis nasis In this case Lewis is asking that the new Appalachian contract include a 2 2 dail daily wage increase day a basic wage underground travel pay and unionization of minor bosses During long negotiations negotiations in New York prior to of the case to the W L B the operators cont contended that granting such increases would violate the little steel formula since two years ago the miners received an increase exceeding the formulas formula's allowed percentage The contract covers most soft coal operations in six states but butis butis butis is used as aa a basis for wage agreements agreements agreements agree agree- ments in several other states By late Wednesday night nearly mines were closed by spread of the unauthorized strikes with some miners already idle |