Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1924-01-22 | Page 1 | Mine Worker Asks Shorter Working Day

MINE ASKS SHORTER WORKING DAY Lewis Says There Axe Are Pew Few Requests for Higher Wages INDIANAPOLIS Ind Irid Jan 22 21 International President John L LLewis Lewis called the th biennial conven- conven convention tion of ot tho th United Mine Min Workers ot of America to order today Before Betor facing the 1900 1 00 dele dele- delegates rates dolt gates representing local unions and halt half a million mem- mem mem members bers bars of the Mi rIt Lew Lew- LewIs Lew- Lew Lewis 1 is talked with newspaper men My annual report r port Is ic brief ho he said and and Is I given Kiven riven chiefly to a asun sun sursey ey of ot conditions condition In the th fields Unemployment Is ono one on of ot the outstanding problem s All r reports porta the rhe next age scale scalo seal are guess work There Ther will HI be demonstrations h ho he said when Alexander Howat s reinstatement Is I proposed pro od but there Is a difference be between een noise and action Only 0 60 of ot the th S 6 locals base ha h sent resolutions resolution asking that he be taken back and an district 12 Illinois has haa withdrawn D Its iti It ot- ot of official support from him That dis- dis district die dl triet gave ga ra rahim him hini when his fight was sac at It its height President Lewis Indicated that h hoped for tor a rene renewal reneal al of the wage wag contract which Is I In effect now There have been only a few Cew reso reso- resolution roso- roso resolutions lution he said demanding In- In Increase In crease There Ther several d are ar de- de demanding demanding manding shorter working hours There Ther are resolution resolutions from front soS soS- states tates asking that the provi provi- provision provision sion eion in the th constitution against In tIme th Ku Klux Klan be withdrawn n That ban was wa Vol silt w i It- It ten It-ten ten In when the tho th klan was tint first t or- or organized or It provide expulsion aim aima ana a penalty hene er klan member member- membership membership ship Is I proved proud but who can prose pro it Ther e a are ar also resolutions de- de de flouncing the klan In strong tron lan Jan l n- n guge GUdge All of ot them pr pro and con 5 ill III be referred d to the constitution on the proposed fight right of radicals to take the e pow pow- pow power er r from him President L Lent Lewis Is salt saId thit thit election of all tic now appointed would be highly im- im impractical practical I There are too of tHem he h said I Internal conditions were wr nver I better President Lewis said aaU I There Thre has lias never teen Peon greater sir mony nn