| Show ft coal suffers epa with general public T declare leaders E M 41 v t JOSH JOHN a BRYDON john C brydon of somerset pa chairman of the bituminous operators acors special committee and alfted alfred M ogle of terre haute indiana la president of the national coal association are am two leaders in the first attempt of the bituminous coal ME industry to resent present even a partially united front in the solution of its problems the operators suffer equally with the public from certain fundamental evils affecting the coal industry and share the publics des desire ire to solve them mr brydon recently said eaid on the one hand we have had bad independent bituminous operators with no semblance of organization if the laws of supply and demand were given free play the cutthroat cut throat competition which is the only serious charge against us would harm only us the public would benefit and as a matter of fact the efficient operator would also benefits benefit over against our disorganization however the industry contains the startling paradox of the com ALFRED M OGLE i pretest labor monopoly in the world the rhe united mine workers of america highly organized and possessed i of a annual war chest through the checkoff check off system sy stern compelling the operator to collect a tax on an labor and turn this the proceeds into union coffers has secured a strangle hold on coal production before war emergencies gave labor the excuse to effect its present monopoly in the coal field there was always a steady supply of the product at satisfactory prices counsel for the committee of which mr brydon is chairman h has as filed formal charges with the united un ted states coal commission asking public hearings at which to prove organized violence on the part of the union union in support of des destructive labor monopoly ruthless breaking up of all labor relations no matter how satisfactory other than those sponsored by the united mine workers of america and the use of enormous secretly expended funds for warfare on the industry in an and the public the cammi commission n has bas been asked to abolish or regulate the checkoff check off |
