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Show I HARDING'S COAL TALK SHOWS STEEL HAND IN VELVET GLOVE Hoover Declares National Strike Conference Is . Making Progress; Commissions to Do Actual Work May Be Named Today H By WEBSTER K. SOULS. International Xcws Service. WASHINGTON; July I. President Harding s national coal conferences ailed to find a way to ond the national na-tional coal strike and bring peace In Hj ;he mining Industry, Is "making prog-j prog-j ress" It w declared tonight by ec- H retary of Commerce Huovn- the government'.'! gov-ernment'.'! reproaentatlvc. ivlven the conference adjourned until tomorrow. Hoover 8 tutiuont wjls the first of-i of-i i.ii statement concerning the work H ( the mine parley. On the part of j the miners, It ns said, the conrer-I conrer-I enee Is leading up to the organisation of i functioning body capable of nc-gotlating nc-gotlating a nettlemcnt of the strike .ind that Sunday's session may result in the appolntno-nt of commissions by H ' both the operator- and miners to bo-H bo-H :n ihc actuMi wage negotiations MICH MOLTING HEARD, Xo word of what took place during I the afternoon i ''sslon was permitted' to leak out hut the shouting of the nmbatatiln In the coal war could hel . heard plnlnly by those In the adjoln-Lng adjoln-Lng rooms Miner:-' representatives who scanned I ha list "f bituminous operators as-1 sombled did BO with great concern.' lorlarlng Informal'-- that the major-! ; ity of (hem were men who could be ; considered opposed to settlement There was also felt somo uneasiness I possibility of the conferees comlriK t. any agreement. After the general conference this afternoon Secretary of tb- Interloi Fall met with the anthracite operators. opera-tors. This group adjourned to meel j at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon. K H was evident the anthracite operator and miners were a functioning body with authority to discuss and agree upon a new wage scale to settle the troublu in that paH of the industr POWER COWCEAJLED. IEnroute to the interior department from the "Whit FioufC operators and miners who taile d with hewspapl r men expressed general satisfaction mtn the presidents remarks, but ; stated they hnd not failed to nppre-iato nppre-iato the fact tlvu the president's . advice wai a steel hand in a velvet ?love. During the forenoon seaslon. Secretary Secre-tary of Labor Ddvte delivered a brief and forceful appeal t,. th representatives represen-tatives of the mining industry that . they come to an agreement for the common good of the American people peo-ple as suggested by President Harding Hard-ing The miner? and operators ad-! .iourned at 5 o'clock this evening un-1 2 o'clock tomorrow TEXT OF ADDRESS : President Harding m addressing" the conference 0 coal operator- Shd union miners' representatives toddy said : ' Gentlemen of che Coal Indu.tr I 1 ask you to meet here with the! 'hought that in '. ringing vou together, flight U- ,i,vinK both the inlnel '.rorkers and the mine operators Of w..,u oiJiirf. ami nt th. sattie f:me Sfrvc the jrrrat Amrf. !in public , There, has been Instability of pro-& pro-& ductlon, uttendn.I ,y ur.r..run fjrv---. ary capacity. ,thlch had r.-riex In speculative prices and panicky conditions, con-ditions, whlrh encourager) profiteering profiteer-ing and menac-M our Industries and hampered our Varied public eervlces j public iuuhts rntvr he right and, above all eie the I American public has the right to be H from th. recurring anxieties no matter what the fetuses ar That i?eedom must h? established i, "The government has no &kstn It I intrude Itself in the field or VOUr ,'. i 1 V le9 fecl nn obligation to see that the common American Interest In-terest shall not be menaced bv a nro-iractrd nro-iractrd lack ol lu,; R prefer" that I . tD.e two. ''nd BtJclated Inter est-- mine work.-rs and (BfrtployerS Should Nettle -his matter In n 'rrank recognition of the mutuality of vf,ur Ke?S , lr vou rfui not KJ 1 . lAr,er pub,lc interest must l where ti e - irrtmoti good i. the wirst and highest concern bbbbbbbI ihml til "retty -Cncrally recognUed H ,nu ln,-'r" are fundamental dlfflcul-bbbH dlfflcul-bbbH h? P'senVday co' Production,! siH I " "U,IOn ?f whleB not to b:! ..lendly and earnest conference The' excess development of a prodtirlna-l , ,i'y l both tonnag. aVaiiablel I --aP ml"er woriyt- juis presented! LssBBB iJj hrti on Hprop- IsbssBHi. sbbI Lni sia39 BBL1LH I Is ii H Kara mffltlm Ussssl 11 H LH BMW Sop BifePmM' . LssH LsH i lectirely owe the American people. THREE MONTHS tllLE. "You who are here today represent a large nponnorshlp for America's supply of fuel. In that eponsorshlp you have an lndlasoluable relationship relation-ship to th'- i ommonwpjlth of Amor- , los Coal Is Indispensable to our Hf as a people, and since this country had afforded you thf opportunity of I development on vour part, both n worker and operators you havetj created. In turn, an obligation to .serve. Conflicting views as to yourn lirllr!i'a nnH vnur r,K I fret rinni. In nn.. another In no wise modify your obligations obli-gations to that public which made I possible your Industrial existence. "BdcaUSe of expiring agreement? relating to wage scales anrl working condltlobs a largo percentage of the mining activities of the country have beer, suspended threr months to a day. It Is not for me to touch upon Llto merits of jour opposing position:-I position:-I have no? called ou as o partisan of the mine worker or the employer I do not mean fV" to discuss a slnple phase of eontroverted questions. The main point Is to bring you together and n that eontact of -n to men. mindful of the necessity of righteousness righteous-ness In any useful and abiding relo-tionshlp. relo-tionshlp. to have you frankly and fairly consldei yo'&t problems In ihelr relation to the welfare of our common com-mon country." -oo |