Salt Lake Telegram | 1946-12-31 | Page 1 | U. S. Fires Coal Operator from Own Mine |

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Date	1946-12-31
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
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Article Title	U. S. Fires Coal Operator from Own Mine
Type	article
Date	1946-12-31
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	1
OCR Text	Show U. S. FIRES COAL OPERATOR FROM OWN MINE WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 The government Tuesday fired James Walter Carter. West Virginia Vir-ginia coal operator, as manager of hla own federally operated mines for refusing to pay the United Mine Workers 5c a ton royalty for a welfare fund. After Wednesday the three mines of the company will be operated "for the account and, risk of the federal government," Secy, of Interior J. A. Krug announced. an-nounced. Carter la sn srch foe of John L. Lewis. U M W chieftain. He never has made a contract directly di-rectly with the U M W president, presi-dent, although he has put into ' effect , in his three McDowell . county. West Virginia, mines the terms of other nation-wide industry in-dustry contracts. -
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