Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-10-10 | Page 8 | England Unable to Meet Miners' Demands

ENGLAND UNABLE TO MEET MINERS MINERS' DEMANDS Premier Lloyd George Admits Admits Ad Ad- mits Advantages of Joint Control By Cy Associated Press Prec LO- LO LONDON LODO DO- DO Oct 10 Premier Premier Lloyd George answering demands made by British miners at yesterdays yesterday's conference conference conference confer confer- ence admitted that many advantages could be bo secured from Joint control of mines b by capital and labor but de declared declared declared de- de the government was unable to frame its policies on the lines of ot the miners' miners suggestion The premier spoke for one hour and made it clear that the government was not prepared to accept the recommendations recommendations recommendations of ot the coal commission headed by Sir John to acquire and run the mines as state property He lIe expressed expressed expressed ex ex- ex- ex pressed the hope the miners' miners federation federation federation federa federa- tion and the trade union movement as asa asa asa a whole would cooperate to obtain the largest possible measure of agreement for tor the governments government's scheme as al already already already al- al ready outlined by himself in the house of commons according to unofficial reports re reports re- re ports Mr Lloyd Llod Georgo George conceded that the demand for nationalization had been beena a plank in the labor platform for years ard and that the deputation which called upon him today was acting not from any selfish interest but with a n desire to benefit the society as a whole The government however felt he said that nationalization was not a step which was in the Interest of the state At the close of the conference the deputation promised to report its result re- re result sult sull to members of the various unions on October 22 and that subsequent action action action ac ac- tion would be left to the parliamentary parliamentary tary committee which was appointed at the trades union congress held at Glasgow It is understood that in the view of the deputation the premiers premier's statement was most unsatisfactory one ine delegate characterizing It as positively positively Lively disheartening An official statement was issued late today that Mr Mi Lloyd George had agreed to the deputations deputation's request for lor payment of wages to miners made idle by the railway railway railway rail rail- way strike instead of giving them an unemployment allowance