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Show CHURCHES ACT IN COAL STRIKE I i PLEA TO STOP I TIEOP IN FUEL I IS SENT OUT I Churches of Christ and Catholic Council Ask Conference Con-ference Be Held POINT OUT DANGER Remind Factions of Agreement Agree-ment to Meet and Enact New Scale I WASHINGTON March 1. A state- ffi ment Insisting upn conference as an alternative to Industrial war" In th' io.nl folds va t.stic, joint;, todav b' I the social service department of th federal council of the churches of i Christ In America and tho national i Catholic Welfare council. F The statement declares that a strike In the coal Industry at thH time of ! widespread Industrial depression." would "greatly add to th hardships . whit h millions of our children are al-'ready al-'ready enduring, would produce great economic waste and confusion ami ( 'would entail a continuing legacy of suspicion and bitterness. "The pledge of honor" In the agree- I H ! ment i ntered into two years ngo I" I tWSen the bituminous operators and t miners, "to meet together In a ear loud K ; effort to avert Strife by negotiating a aiew agreement," the, statement de- ' yrlarcs "is sufficient to overrule all ob ' Ijections to the conference." |