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Show OPPOSE SEIZURE OF GOAL MINES German Labor Disagrees on i Plan for Nationalization of Industry BERLIN Sept. 23. (Correspond-. of the Associated Press.) Tho, socialization Committee appointed by lh( co eminent, comprising 21 leaders: of i be industrial labor world and eco-i eco-i ii experts, hati reported by a majority ma-jority Of one that It Is opposed to the Int mediate -leisure of Hie nation's coal (ields. 1 The commission was divided Into two groups the smaller of which demanded de-manded the nationalization of the enure en-ure production and distribution of oil This group supports the find-1 nig of the first commission which tins since been dilbanded, but whose majority recommended Immediate . ( 1 1 f I scat ton . DIVIDED on METHODS. Eleven members of the newly organized or-ganized commission endorsed Walter Rathenau'a proposal to give the state absolute control over even- ounce of COal, thus depriving the operators of mn voice in determining the method of disposing ot iheir product or fixing fix-ing Its price. The output of the mines would be taken over bj an Imperial coal council which would have authority authori-ty to llx the prices and reimburse the operators-. Tho commission' was unanimous in favor of 'far-reaching elimination of: capitalistic, gains from eoul produc-1 Hon. ' The majority of the commission commis-sion was also convinced of the desira-l bllity ot withdrawing tho nation's coali assets from private nwnei-ship. hut it ! was divided over the method bv which j this is to be achieved- U H LD REPAX o N ERS Ruthenau's plan, which was Riven u small majority of support, provides for the Indemnification of the operalorsi for the use of their plants, payment of Interest on invested capital, allowances allow-ances for wear and tear and new equipment und fixed interest for ao- tuul capital required for operations The commission also favored allowing allow-ing workers fixed bonus premiums for Increased production and social welfare wel-fare institutions but also suggested penalties' in the nature of deductions for decreased outbut due to the fault Of the workers The majority group pointed out that I if Its recommendations were put into! effect the operator would at once be1 deprived of the opportunity Of iuk-gllng iuk-gllng prices as In would no longer be able to market the coal himself. The majority of the commission d-s-, Ignited the present plan of provisional l.ro. . dure w !m Ii w ill loci, ills .-i mi-nate mi-nate in complete socialisation not later than 30 years assuming that the ultimate confiscation Is fulh' warranted warrant-ed by the progress of economli developments. |