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Show MUIEHS' POLICY dllTTEE TO EJECT OFFER Leading Officials, Including President Lewis, Already Convinced That Herding Offer is Unfarorable GOVERNMENT WAY OPERATE COLLERIES Refusal of Arbitration Offer Based -on Belief ' Federal Officials Will Not Force Issue in Nonunion Fields WASHINGTON. July II (By A. P. Tha 1M m am bars of tha policy cam-mlttaa cam-mlttaa of tha United Mln Warkara of America, representing local and dlatrlet orgenleatlone throughout tha country, gathered here today to au-thoiiaa au-thoiiaa a raply to Praaldant Harding' offer of arbitration In tha coal etrike, Determination to recommend a r-fuaal r-fuaal of tha offar to tha policy com-mlttaa com-mlttaa wee , understood today to have baan ranched by John l Iwls. praaldant praa-ldant of tha union; William Greene, arcratary-traaaurar. and Philip Murray, Mur-ray, ylca praaldant. aa tha rasult of a. final conference hald by tha thraa union officials lata ysatarday with Praaldant Harding and Secretary Davie. Da-vie. indications of what furthar eouraa tho govsrnmant might taka In tha face of a union rejection of tha proposal waa confinad to a Whlta Houaa doe-laratkm doe-laratkm -yastarday that Praaldant Harding fait no doubt that ba bad powar to oparata tha wines la an emergency. Tha datarmlnatlon of national offl-cars offl-cars of tha union to recommend .refusal .re-fusal of tha arbitration offar la understood un-derstood ta hara baan reached bacauaa thay ara aatlsflad that tha government cannot or will not fores oparatora now producing caa In tho aamiunlaniaad field, at ..Waet Virginia, and Penneyl;. rsnla aa wall aa tha mlnsrs In Washington Wash-ington stats and Mingo oaanty, West Vlrglaia, to coma undar tha adlct of tha proposed wagc-flalng body. |