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Show THREE MEDIATORS JOIN IN TRY FOR SETTLEMENT A panel of three commissioners commission-ers from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service sat down with union and management manage-ment officials Wednesday in an attempt to bring settlement to the protracted Kennecott Copper Corporation negotiations. " Commissioner S. Lyle Johnson recommended the additional step in the conciliation process to help develop a basis for settlement. settle-ment. Negotiations have been underway since April. Most of wage contracts expired last June 30. Meeting Wednesday in the session between KCC, Utah Division, and officials of the International In-ternational Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers were Commissioner Com-missioner Johnson, Commissioner Commission-er Arthur Arthur Viat, San Francisco, Fran-cisco, Calif., chairman of the panel, and Commissioner Earl Ruddy, Los Angeles, Calif. The new procedure means there will be three commissioners commission-ers working with the parties, instead in-stead of just one, Mr. Johnson explained. The panel will also participate in negotiations between be-tween Kennecott and four AFL and two independent unions which have been bargaining together, to-gether, and were likewise stalemated. stale-mated. A meeting is planned with the AFL and independent groups for Friday morning, today. Amid many strike rumors, the men have thus far remained at their lobs while negotiations continued. con-tinued. Mine-Mill represents ap proximately 2,700 workers, while 1,475 employes will be affected by the AFL and independent bargaining. o : |