| Show coal problem discussed in i n book by union head john L lewis saoi scores es no nonunion non n union u n io 11 0 f says mining must be placed on business basis af american leocle are to be aa as 1 si con constant supply of roal so ne as to secure a air fair return for or the men mea who own the and the men who nan friall them uneconomic mince mines mut must bt be cloned closed and unscientific I 1 rates must be abolished ea sn s oha ohn L lewis president pren dent of the anted mint mine worker workers in a book published banday am the miner ners fight for american Ameti call standards 11 above nil th tm kni erlean tion mut must mean what it says ay in every coal field of america he declare declares colfield ua A clean law tain must run to the re latest corr of america and amerl can political right rights must have a as equal value e everywhere as the Arac rican dollar a ar the tales of outrage an ani I 1 tyranny that come from the nonunion non union con coal I 1 fields havo have weakened respect for gov ornament everywhere N ahat hat lincoln once eald said of the astion applies with poignant forre force to tl e coal industry tillay tt cannot live half free ani half nilve ail ive I 1 I 1 I 1 the op minded reeder reader elior ild danover that the pelic or he e tine workers is i bot tn to teal steal nilore ral nos from ni alir 1 the boob book sas a bit bat b it te to make snake it U possible fir for the owner embers ef of tt einie Is and properly property equipped addes operate I 1 by free labor iwler aa nil ner mor lean system of to ni and profit profits TW owner owners at of such mice in its the tile union aill 10 a fields fieldi coul I 1 help briage about ah a if timy they ellwo the industry cannot function etler prop aly ay in the union fiell fiel Is nor bait ca the tile mo foole ration nee wary to tf of relent production bo be obtained as n long a BB the anion operators permit the lion union Int inte erta to the position p of spokesmen eimen for tho the industry ant an to alend the lublic balc AN ECONOMIC ATTACK the ac acte to of the non union interests arc are an attack ulon the declared eta purpose purposes of the knie rican people as enacted in tariff ani out immigration laiq chese walla walls have teen erected to protect american capitalists capital capitali aral er eri and workingmen nut but within theao these ram ramparts larts tint thit we 1 have avo reared fer the protection of our d delicately ellea tely balanced in of pro the non unan interests rind tl 11 cir railroad allies have created aill I lir ir systems to those which we have nought to bir b ir from our sharem hore these centers of disturbances are all kit our business busl netia relan it hipsak hip filere the result ault of their lov paid libor and the of freall t rate that enable enables thi 0 heap labor not lot only to compete but hut to corn com rete we on more favorable faor fao ablo rable terms with alth the labor of the sect sections lons in which normal coalitions tio and riv wand government phenil industries american me industry annot illow the continued of these 1 ineal area areas of strife uncertainty an ani I 1 vol val IP le dost roving of wages anil and prices in lit the bunts oa 01 few of supplying the most important raw materiel material ally tally and financially that enter the channels of enmor 00 mr A ir I 1 awls met net the suggestion of a o 0 ange reduction tion in n the tile union field fields w with ith this statement ment kinnith with nil all eel coal supply neithel tho the lion union bor the anion operator can hope for the high irises cluied ly I 1 y the annual ear shortage with a three year cape ement in tit the union fiell thih fore strikes nut no hop to t the nonunion ole of profiting at the ex expense pene of the union field fields dur ing in the non union u aion inter eti ti hae to ille p niters of thi tho union fiell but in xa 0 o doing doin they tire are arft luilly bank theme seli in the vain effort to ot overcome reome by toy selling en slaved man manpower power in lit comi with coal at the earne same time the brugle tru gle izie in the union fields field is I 1 lowly slowly weeding out 3 t uneconomic mine mines obsolete equip ani lint incompetent PROLONG A wage rt reduction would bere nerve only to prolong the maladies ni aladie of the th industry while sacrificing the right rights jf af the ciders the rate question ie Is of peculiar interest at taij tin time became because on n nil union ion operator operators enjoying low ow rate rates for lone long haul hauls to markets belon belonging ring ally to union fie fielde ids have been led to pour ever increasing ton nage nag of nert serf pro luce coul coal lato north ern era and northwestern thi this situation has suited admirably the pir pur pose of the reactionary faction in the union fields which cian lars for a wage reduction the people and of th the united hatm con and trill will consume in lit any fa ghen year eely only the th amount of cotil tont they need kate rate changes may runy for a tier time nuke make thie this or that li irenet siad ud impoverish othera others but in the end the favora favo rl will post the vicious cycle f ov ovi r ie ile ani ont in to a point whore where rata raf favoriti avon tiMm sin will no abger tiger benefit then even I 1 it bas first ruined their competitor PLAN unless all hiltry lend leads j to a fale false and all thal ha know abacut hman nearo if i the plan fa in cola jao do where unibee wr in ia in oal coal ditties or any ator tit lii 0 rit finally deven dependent dent upon the in iti etive of tsz employer alone will aa abw ive tys fill pill to establish anything like an industrial constitution by nn an actual partnership of labor in the enter I 1 I 1 the writer continues 4 the latent heie e to evade a un ion contract by in n so socially tally advanced scheme is coope cooperative rathe min in of uneconomic and bankrupt loal mine mines the in jn thi this fa form of mir mill ment Is i if in as fact t t the e cooperation of the worker workers with the management to insure profits to mine mines which are no not t entitled to them at the workers expense obviously thie this form of coope cooperative hilus try Is i mere inert ly wage cutting camouflaged as a social pr ingree gress turning to mae b ionization of mine mines the writer eay says the policy of the 2 mine workers will inevitably bring about the utmost employment of ma ran el c inert iner of which eon coal mie min ig Is ph ai a aliv ratable I 1 the policy of those thole tho le who meola n lim of the existing wage etrue 1 ture would only postpone pone lion of the in and perpetuate uati obsolete oba olete method Inet THE ta HE CHECK OFF SYSTEM I 1 the united corkers ethere er here ha has in lintel on the clie rhe cl elroff off bo rause it i to the mont eff wient instrument bv ii if the cia eta be kcomt beut fun tune t ot 01 ing at maximua i auler un ter tip tie of employment it ii hie his sanet ined med under such condition 4 the che koff k off eft of the very iery es 8 gui e of eoj cool ration and mutual allt ltv tin th history of the In dutli chov shove that it i Is an ra essential ent ial to the coutt i 1 nou prosperity of the operators 14 of the men mert primarily it Is the means tv iv which the sanctity of the contract contra ctR under which the li is condu conducted td ie in mail bained the retson the anthracite opera tors tor have refine 1 to grant the check ft if is that their lene and pic pies working fir among tiong the nine mine work era endeavor to induce in luce as n many men nien as 1 not to pay due dues into the ne union li i i n hoi 4 thereby to lesien lessen union activity t 1 v i lo 10 lolay lay however the pail pall up membership in lit the anthracite eo coil il region represents presenta re all of the eligible men employed in the he industry the united iline mine workers ia is fully justl astl alel fie I 1 in tat tho tile check checkoff off be a contract provision in the agree mint ment leten beten the anthracite opera tora ani tie mine corker if of america As for the op orators the gallt it U ar |
