Show coal operators ask for arbitration nile the united states W WHILE coal recommendations commission Is preparing which its members hope will be t the he bast basli for new wage agreements in the anthracite coal industry the operators are arc urging that tho commission can be of most service in bringing about tho the establishment oan of a pern perd i nent arbitration scheme the anthracite operators in the first of at a series of briefs to be filed with the ahe commission renew their demand that hat tho the miners hereafter approve arbitration bit ration proposals such au aa they reject ed d at the time of last years strike the brief now made public was signed by y walter gordon merritt counsel for the he anthracite operators unless the commission can find some ome remedy whereby force can bo be de thrones hronec and reason recognized no as uler ruler there Is no salvation for the industry says cays the brief of the he anthracite operators nearly all ther other questions tire are subordinate lg I 1 t Is not as a wage adjusting body that this hla commission con can best serve its country but in establishing durable and workable machinery for the adjustment by peaceful methods 0 of f all difficulties that may hereafter arise and the elimination of industrial a I 1 warfare the strike to Is a legitimate weapon to drive an economic bargain with a selfish employer but there Is no moral right and should be no legal right to organize strikes or loc lockouts kouts in basic industries or transportation where disinterested agencies agen clea for adjustment and adjudication are available A national combination cont controlling rollin 9 coal production whether it bo be of employers or employees ch disregards the public inter interest est and willfully seeks to produce a coal famine by refusing to arbitrate industrial disputes deserves correction and regulation at tho the hands of government I 1 complete COMPle tc recommendations dealing with the anthracite situation will bo be mado made public by the commission on j july U I 1 1 which I 1 Is la ir advance 0 of the expiration of the present wage agreement agree menfi i |