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Show uiuiiiL. ununu uu INGOAL FIELD COMMI88ION ASKED TO RUSH RE. RE . PORT FOR USE IN CONFER. c ENCE OVER CONTRACT , Opponents of John L. Uwli In BePj Miner' Union Believed Behind 1 Strike Move; Hard. Ing Notified Washington. The cool commlsiloa No la rushing to completion Us report ( on wages, profit and costs In anthra- J101011 cite raining, In order that Its findings ,aI" 1 may be brought to bear In a labor ftwn' sltuutlon of Increasing Intensity now J70W arising In the Industry. Minors' wage contracts expire . Jr August 31 and a strike Is threaUsnod unless negotiations for replacement ... aro successful. In rocont union eloc- tlons supporters of John L. Lewis, .Q present national head of Uio United ' Mine Workers, liavo met with a sharp 7n' defeat, and It Is consldorod certain ? ' that when dologntes of anthracite workors meet June 20 to framo new . wugo demands tho element nowly . c como to domlnaneo In tho official . circles of tlio unions will nt least set out to gain substantial wago ad. aw . vances. v,ste Tho commission Is roqulred to mnke fl0f a roport by July 1 to aid In tho wage nogotlntlons. . President Harding was advised of lnpcndlng danger te tho anthracite supply Just boforo leaving for the wnlc' West and ho wrote a lottor to John troam Hays Hammond, chairman of the 5omr commission, stressing the nocesslty of keoplng the mines In operation. forolt MltKveit Meat Wnva Continues tnCl! |