Show LEADER J yr SJ Ic ti i Otto COAL OPERATORS ELECT OFFICERS Otto Herres Succeeds J J. J B. B Marks as President of Organization Otto Ollo Herres assistant manager of the United states Fuel company Thursday took over duties as president president dent of the Utah Coal Operators Operators' as as- He was elected at the annual an an- nual meeting o of the organization in inthe inthe the Ezra Thompson building Wednesday Wednes- Wednes day to succeed J. J B. B Marks vice vicc presIdent pres pres- Ident and general manager or of the Independent In- In dependent Coal Coke company W. W C G. G Stark treasurer secretary and general manager ot of the Blue Blaze Coal company was reelected and B P. P Manley was reelected secretary The following directors were elect elect- ed Moroni Heiner Utah Fuel corn com pang pany Mr Marks F. F A. A Sweet Standard Stand Stand- ard Coal company T. T R. R Stockett Spring Canyon Canon Coal company Mr Stark Ezra P. P Thompson Peerless Coal company George Schultz Liberty Lib Lib- erty Coal company E E. E L. L Cropper Chesterfield Coal company and Mr Herres Henes Mr Herres Henes said a committee will willbe be named to meet next week with representatives of the United Mine MineWorkers MineWorkers Workers ot of America to effect a wage agreement succeeding the one that expired April 1 An administration order providing for fora a hour seven day and hour 35 week in Utah coal mines will be applied to the new agreement and made retroactive to April 1 1 subject sub sub- to modifications at a conference in Washington April Apr 9 he declared The association affirmed mine prices of coal for April which provided provided pro pro- vided for reductions of 50 cents a ton on lump coaL Herres has been active In Utah coal circles for 23 years He was was was' president ot of the Rocky Mountain Coal Institute in 1929 1923 and is a former chairman of the Utah section American Amer Amer- ican Institute of Mining and Metal Engineers He is a member ot of the national executive committee of the coal division of the latter institute in in- and is a member of the board of governors of the American Mining congress |