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WILUITH SEEKS TO
CONFER WITH HARDING
No Charges Against Any of
Discharged Officials are
Looked For
WASHINGTON, April 3. Re
organization or the bureau, of en
graving and printing through the
executive order Issued last Friday
by President Harding - removing
James L. Wllmeth, ! Its director;
and 18 other officials, wee", ex
plained today on the grounds Of
eff lcieney" by ; Secretary Mellon
, Mo charges Involving; the honesty
of any of the dismissed bureau
officials have been filed, the treas
ury secrtary stated ; j;l:-i i
Mr. Mellon's explanation of the
weeping changes made ilu the
administration personnel of the
bureau was the first official light
thrown upon ' the president's: ac
tion since the announcement " of
'the order at the White House.-;
Meanwhile speculation has been
rife In official: circles over the
sudden removal of the officials
and resolutions were : introdfceed
In' both the senate and house to
' day seeking to elicit further In
formation Xrom the president.
SenatorCaraway, DemocratrAr-
kansas, introduced a resolution
Calling upon President Harding o
Inform . the senate,' , If compatible
with public - interest, ras , to the
causes for the 'action taken in the
bureau and Jinder: what authority
of 'law the changes were maae.
TtPrirsAAtitlva : Moore: Democrat.
Virginia, at the same time Intro
duced a resolutioa'ior ; tne. ap
potntment of a special house com
mittee to investigate the charges
. . , "'Dismissed ilen Perplexed ;. .
, Efforts to obtain a presidential
explanation XAot their ' dismlsjal
were made by'Mr. Wllmeth and a
delegation of former "bureau of
ficials who called at 'the White
House . but 'without appointment
and ftheref ore failed to see the
president, who was golfing.,; They
lett a 'memorandum stating the
object! of their Tislt and Indicated
they would retarn any time Mr,
Harding 'wOuld lee them, declar
ing tbey wanted to know why they
were discharged and to have ' the
opportunity of meeting any char
ges which might have been made
and knowing who, preferred them,
They- asserted they were : at a
complete loss 'to know why ; they
. were discharged. . , ,
. Assistant Secretary of the Trea
sury Wadsworth, Mr. Mellon uald,
made a number of Investigation o
the bureau,' aa. did other, treaory
budget Dawes brought A. R.
Barnes' on from Chicago to ook
into the efficiency of the output
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DISPUTES ENDED i
BY DICTIONARIES
t
' In Case of ' doubt " concerning
'the meaning of a word, the die
'tlonary la the ourt of appeal to
; which the average Individual must
'resort. iWhen Dr.. Johnson , com
'oiled his celebrated dictionary, of
fered to the public in 1755, it rep
resented a movement Initiated by
Swift, Addison, Pope and other
noted English writers of that per
iod to compose a dictionary that
Would fix forever .and unalterably
the English language in ono per
fect form. But the lapse ot years
has demonstrated that fashions tn
words change with the times and
Uhat a dictionary to be authorita
tlve and accurae. must . be up 'to
' A popular 'demand .for .Such a
"work" has been ' answered ' by- the
, 'offer this "piper' la making to- Its
readers of The New : Universities
'Dictionary In whidh thousands of
'words not found In any other dlc-
- glonary are fully defined.-, Many
of these words have been brought
into general and proper use by
the great strides made in science,
'business, religion, and, the various
arts. ; Specialized activities, such
- ? as aviation, ' golfi ; baseball and
other 'forms' it Sports "have "also
given currency to miny new terms
and definitions of which will be
- found in one or the, other of the
twenty-tWo supplementary , dic
tionaries that have been incor
porated In . The New Universities
pictionary.' .
W0R1ANSAYS
SHE POISONED
BftKMERTON, Wash., April 3.
Mrs. IlOgh C. Plumley con
fessed oday. police announced,
that she had poisoned the salad
she "gave '.her husband,.' Hugh C.
Pluraley last 'week. Plumley died
as be was' on the street, a few
moments later. "Ot
His death was believed to.be a
dfeafrintyhe contracted during
the war.,- ' .
According to officers, Mrs.
Plumley declared she , had' been In
duced to. kill her husband by an
other man whose name was not
made public. A warrant for the
man's arrest was Immediately is
sued. -
Pfumley who was 28 years old
leaves, a brother, John .Plumley,
living In Seattle.
BREMERTON, Wash., April S.
i-Lyaf Wood, who was arrested
here late today In connection with
the death of Hugh C. Plumley,
who died here late Wednesday
after; It was alleged, he had been
poisoned by his wife, Mrs. ' Mary
Plumley, wag released tonight and
all -charges against him; were
dropped by order of . Ray R.
Greenwood, prosecuting ; attorney
of Kitsap county, "according , to au
announcement made by Green
wood. ; , a i , - ..
iWood . was airested i after Mrs.
Plumley was alleged, to have im
plicated him in the confession
which police declared they --
talned : from her today. ; After
Questioning Wood, who is a gar
age man with a wife and two chil
dren; Greenwood stated , tnai
there was no . r justification far
holding him. Mrs, Plumley is
still held by the Bremerton au
thorlttes. . . ,r . , -
Mrs.' Edward M. Weller
Dies at Oakland, Calif.
v. , V
Mrs.:. Ed war d M. JVeller died m
Oakland, .iCalif ' Sunday night.
She had. gone- swath with slightly
Improved health but has been
mnch.0No Inrtnt x the 'f last
month.. Mr, Welter has oeen
with; her'in0aklindf for; the'tast
' m L a ' 'a, 'it
montn. n Mrs, b-,.. tiueiai, Mr
Wellers Tnotber, has been with
her daughter all of the time since
she 'went; south. t ;'t;, Jl , ,
. Mrs. Weller Is survived by her
husband, of Weller-brothers gro
cery, her mother, Mrs. Huelat.
two sisters,' Mrs. William Morris
pf Oakland, Callf and 4rs, J .
W. Blckf ord of Portland, an. aunt,
Mrs. ' George' H. ! Burnett and nu
merous other relatives In thtig vl
clnity. . v.'-
:. The remains will arrive on tho
Shasta ' Limited Wednesday .even
ing'and the funeral will be held
from St, Paul's "Episcopal chnreh
Thursday afternoon. ..Her. R. V.
Chambers "will be in charge.
Senator Stanfield ' is .
, ;H6me on Business Trip
PORTLAND. Or.. April 5.
Robert N. Stanfleld. Junior Unit
d States senator from ; Oregon,
arrived tonight from Washington,
D. C. to spend some time, in the
state. Senator SUntleld 'said he
was here to give attention to his
personal business affairs and to
get in touch with farmers with a
view to prosecuting the campaign
at Washington for thejr more lib
era! . treatment under : the " farm
loan act. V rv .
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HUGH PL1IRIEEY
, HIED m
A proposed constitutional atnendment providinglf or an
early termination of the tenure' of ?the, present ;memjers: of
the. public, sertice 'commission
ment of the commissioners by the governor, but stil subject
tn'MHall iuroa 4 ilijl lata !vAef V9 V MrltVl tllO CAltltnrV hf Stflt.P
by Phi Metschan and other
!
) ' The measure is proposed to go
on the ballot at the general elec
tion in Notember. Secretary of
State Kozer has, referred it to the
attorney general for ballot title-
If is provided in the measure
that "immediately upon itsvbecora
ing effective by proclamation of
the f governor, the executive shall
appoint the successors of the com
missioners then holdingincluding
the person elected to succeel
Fred A. Williams this year. The
appointments ..by. the governor
would be for four years, or until
Illinois v Governor.., Attacks
: Legality of Jury Panel In
;Embez2iement Case Ag
. ainst 'Him. . t
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ATTORNEYS FOR STATE
UTTERLY SURPRISED
Court House at Waukegan
Not Prepared to Lodge
Females in Dormitory
Waukegan. Hi.. April 3.
(By The Associated Press) Gov
ernor Len Small wants women to
sit on the Jury which will try him
here 'on charges of having con
spired with Fred E. Sterling,
lieutenant governor, and Vernon
Curtis, a Grant Park banker, to
embezzle state funds.
Today the governor attacked
the legality ot the jury panel be
cause the Lake county board of
supervisors had failed to include
the names of women voters in it.
Attorneys Surprised
Taken by surprfsel attorneys
for the state obtained 48 hours
delay to - prepare the answer.
Attorneys for the governor read
an affidavit signed by him assert
ing that 'the board of supervisors
had failed to comply with the le
gal requirement that names of 10
per cent of the qualified voters be
placed In the jury 'box and had,
In fact, listed only 10 per cent of
the male voters, ignoring the wo
men, r
Decisions Cited.
1 Warner ' Schroeder of the de
fense counsel, declared that even
though it should be held that wo
men may not sit on the Jury the
supervisors should ; have com
piled a venire : based on the total
number of votes cast tf boti men
and women. He cited a long list
of court decisions In other states
In support of the contention that
women may serve on the ' juries.
Should the governor's conten
tion be upheld by Judge Claire C.
Edwards and women seated, the
Lake county courthouse may have
to be remodeled before the trial
can be held.
' Privacy X6t Provided
- The court house has one large
ddrraitory With 12 single beds for
Jurors, and, as Illinois law for
bids separation 'of Jurymen, some
arrangement would ' have to ' be
made to furnish privacy , for the
women jurors.
. Judge Edwards has already
said that , the Jury will be con
fined throughout the trial, which
Is expected to last anywhere
from three'. to rflTe months.
HAY SOLD
BEND. Or., April 3. -That the
Oregon Cooperative Hay Growers'
association has marketed 20,00 V
tons of hay daring, the winter
just ended was the Btate ment
here today of L. A. Hunt, mana
ger. He said ' that only 150 tons
of hay remained unsold In 'Des
chutes' county.
and thereafter - the Appoint
representatives of the State Ho-
successors -were elected and ' qual
ified.- The governor also would
be empowered to fill all vacancies
and' members of the commission
could be removed either- by the
governor or by recall by the peo
ple. , ;
s The .'accompanying measure
provides that tmmediatety ; upon
the amendment taking effect the.
new commission shall conduct an
investigation ,- Into the rates and
practices of 1 telephone utilities,
and that In doing so .they shall
not be guided by any acts or or
ders oi the previous commission.
MOTS
CMIP.SITUKE
OF NO MAIL
ifTSILVERTON
SILVERTON, Or.. April 3.
(Special to The Statesman) One
hundred men out .of walked
out of the Silver Palls Timber
company logging camps Saturday
beeanse of- a reduction of wages
which bad been posted March: 31
to take effect April 1. s i
Camp Manager ' Scharp phoned
to 'Portland for a?new crew;i Sev
enty new men came to.Sflverton
this morning. Some of the old
men are returning and 30 more
men are expected before tomor
row morning at which time the
camps wtlt-again open -up at full
force, Mr. Scharp reports five
feet of snow at camp.
Hay Rates too High,
Complainants' Claim
Alleging that rates on hay ship
ments on railway lines in Oregon
are unreasonable and exorbitant
as compared with rates charged
in the stale of. Washington, 10
different complainants in Oregon
filed a complaint with the pu'bjic
service commission Saturday, de
manding a reduction In the rates.
It is averred that ' the unjust
rates exist between Eastern : Ore
gon and Western Oregon points
on 'the lines of the Oregon-Washington
Railroad & Navigation
company, the Spokane, Portland it
Seattle company, the Northern. Pa
cific and the Southern Pacific, all
of which are made defendants.
The complainants are the Ore
gon Cooperative Hay Growersas
soclation, C. S. McNaught A Co.,
of Hermlston. the Hermiston
Commercial .club, the Oregon
State Farm bureau, the Oregon
State grange, the Deschutes Coun
ty Farm bureau, the Bend Com
mercial club, the Stanfleld Com
mercial club, the Tillamook Dairy
association and the Columbia
County Farm bureau.
Officer and Councilman
Arrest S. P. Conductor
G. L. McGonnell,. conductor of a
Southern TPacif 1c freight train.
was arrested late Saturday night
by Officer George. White and John
B. Giesy, member of the police
committee of the city council, tor
allowing his train to block traf
fic on State street. This Is pro
hibited by Salem city ordinances
McGonnell is to appear today.
It Is said the train was stretch
ed across state . street on
Twelfth for 33 minutes, compel'
ling many pedestrians to go ove;
couplings and persons in automo
biles to drive around several
blocks. The ordinances forbid
any blocking of pedestrian traf
flc tor any length of time.
Reclamation Emphasized
in S'mnott's Platform
N. J. Sinnot, Oregon's repre
sentative in congress for the sec
ond district, and who points out
in his campaign ' slogan that 'for
10 years he has been a member of
the public lands and Irrigation
Committees, Saturday filed with
the secretary of state his declara
tion of candidacy for renomlna
tion by the Republican party;
"Continue my efforts to secure
the 'reclamation of the arid lands
and. the full development of the
other resources of my district and
state,' says his platform. "Will
advocate and support a tariff to
protect American products and
labor against ruinous foreign
competition; national aid for
good roads; improved rural mall
service, just recognition of the
personal and financial sacrifice
of those who served In the World
war; legislation In the interest -of
agriculture and ' the livestock In
dustry; national economy and re
duction of taxation by elimination
of unnecessary expenditures."
0. S. Hauge Dies at
Home Near" Silverton
SILVERTON, Or., April 3.-
( Special to The Statesman) O.
8. Hauge died at his home one
mile South of Silverton Sunday
morning at about.: o'clock after
an illness of several months. The
funeral services are to be held
from Trinity church Thursday af
ternoon at 2 o'clock. , ,
- Mr. and Mrs. Hauge and chil
dren; came' to Silverton in 1905
and with the exception of two
years spent at .Portland Silverton
has been their home since. Mr.
Hauge leaves, besides Mrs. Hauge,
four children, Henry Hauge of
Portland. George Hauge and Mrs.
Esther Weaver of Silverton and
Mrs. Emma ; Reynold, of Boise,
Idaho. .;"''-; ;-
THE WEATHIt
Rain; ' fresh ' southwesterly
Muciai
SlCILIET
Highway Commission's Pra-
Posal to Build Crossing at
North Entrance is Given
Spanking. . iv
VANDEVORT OPPOSES
PLAN AS EXPENSIVE
Mayor and Aldermen Join in
Lambastinf New Idea,
H Adopt Resolution
A resolution protesting the
state highway commission's pro
posal to build a viaduct at the
north highway entrance to Salem
was adopted last night, by Salem
councilmen.
The resolution was introduced
by Alderman F. L.' Utter and was
seconded by Alderman H. H. Van
devort. Alderman J. B. Giesy
and Joseph Baumgartner also
voiced support of the resolution
although taking exception to, cer
tain attacks made upon the via
duct project.
The proposed overhead crossing
was vigorously assailed by Alder
man. Thompson who labeled it an
"Engineer's Dream."
' Vandevort Opposes Expense
Alderman Van devort said that!
the proposed union of the Silver-,
ton and Pacific highways was un
necessary and 'would entail an ex
penditure of more than si 00,
00 The Interest paid for this
sum would more than provide tfor
Balanes of watchman at the dan
gerous grade crossing on the Pa
cific highway near Salem. '
"It Is an injustice that th
highway commission should at
tempt to force the city to pay a
share of this crossing when the
crossing is outside of the city
limits," said' Alderman Utter.
"Oily by .moving the proposed
route to aj point within the city's
borders has the highway commis
sion - been - able to put up this
Plan. , i
i' Mayor Attacks Plan ,
f'This Involves an unnecessary
expenditure which should not be
forced upon the taxpayers," de
clared Mayor Halvorsen. "While
the city of Salem may not be able
to make headway against the
czar-like , demands 'ef the high-;
way commission, we can at least
express our opposition (o such
methods.
Other Methods Snggested
Alderman Suter driected a few
vitrplic observations against the
viaduct, proposal. He suggested
that an electric alarm could be
Installed,-or that watchmen could
be employed more economically
than by building an unsightly
structure.
' "We do not need a camera tow-,
er and this viaduct would be most
useful for such a purpose,-said
Mr. Suter. 'The highway com
mission admits that this is a dan
gerous crossing but it. has failed
to post 'danger signs or even to
provide pavement for' the raU
crossing there."
.'' In recommendations made re
cently the v highway commission
offered a plan by which the ex
pense of building the overhead
crossing, would be shared by the
state of Oregon, Marlon county,
city of Salem and the Southern
Pacific railroad company.
POPE SENDS SMESSAGE
ROME, April 3. Pope Pius to
day sent a telegram to : Former
Empress Zita of Austria-Hungary
at Funchal, extending his condo
lences over the death of the for
mer emperor which took place
there Saturday.
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MARSHALL APPOINTED
WASHINGTON. April 5. Ed
gar C. Snyder, Washington 'cor
respondent of the Omaha Bee, was
nominated today by President
tllardlng to be marshal of the Dis
trict of Columbia.
PREMDSR QUITS
REG IN A, Sask.. April Pre
mier W. M.' Martin tonight placed
his resignation In the hands' ot
Lieutenant Governor Newlands.
EKWALL ELECTED
tORTLAND, Or., April 3.- W.
A. EkwalI. attorney and former
service man, was today elected by
tha clty ' council to he muncipat
judge. ? succeeding Judge George
Ros8man, who has. been elevated
to the' State circuit bench, ;
DAYLIGHT SAVING SCHEME
. DOESN'T APPEAL TO FIRST
3 WHO WRITE ON SUBJECT
Salem and vicinity are not in
favor .iff ' the daylight saving
change, in the .. clocks, 'suggested
by the San Francisco Chamber of
Commerce1 for the"5 Pacific coast
states this summer, it the first
three letters received on the sub
ject 'are a reflection ot the. senti
ment. Allfof the three writers are
against the change.
' The Statesman invites letters
from tb9 public on the subject.
BolAJ Bosh! Bosh! . ..,
"I want to tell you what I think
of the daylight saving plan,"
writes Lewis Drager. it is bosh!
bosh! That's what 1 call It.. 1
have to get up at 4 in the morning
as it is and if 1 had to get up at
3 it surely would kill me off.
Bosh! bosh! bosh! is alt it is. I'll
die if it comes into action."
Proponal Called Foolish
George M. Grllley writesi
"In regard to tire question ot
setting our clocks ahead an hour
so we can have more daylight I
think it is the most foolish thing
I ever heard of. If anyone wants
more time to work, why not get
up at 5 o'clock in the morning
then tbey can have 10 or 12 hours
of daylight for work, the same as
DEFENSE TESTIMONY
MffllMTEDIf
MBDCKIiSMlAL
SAN FRANCISCO, April 3. The entire deposition of Dr,
Samuel Seabury Graves of Chicago was excluded from the
record of the third manslaughter trial of Roscoe (Fatty)
Arbuckle, today after a long argument between counsel. The
jury was not present during the argument. . T U r
Dr. Graves statement wag held by the trial jurist, Judge
Harold Louderback to be of no value by reason of the fact
that the physician could not absolutely be certain that the
woman whose first name was Virginia whom he treated
about ten years ago was really .Virginia Rappe, ' movie ac
tress, for' whose death Arbuckle is on trial. Dr. Graves
thought the lstst name of his patient was Rappe, but he
would not be sure. The defense had relied considerably on
this evidence "and battled hard to keep it in the record, r ?
The court also abbreviated the i of a sensation today when 'she
admitted . portion of the sworn
statement of Dr. Paul Ralph
Hirschman of 231 East Marquette
road, Chicago, Only about 10 per
cent of his original affidavit , was
allowed In evidence. In it he de
clared that he had met Miss Rappe
when she lived in Chicago and
had seen her double up with pain
after taking several drinks.
Mrs. Helen Adeline j White
burst of Chicago caused something
Night Traffic Officer Irwin Ab
bott is no more with the Salem
police department.
Sighs of relief: will undoubted
ly aBcend from . those who like
to speed a bit when 8alem streets
are unpatrolled at night. During
hia brief stay here Officer Abbott
arrested more traffic offenders
than had been booked in Salem
during the month preceding Ab
bott's, appearance on the force,
records show.
Officer Well Recommended
"Officer Abbott came to Salem
with the high ; recommendations
of Chief of Police Jenkins of
Portland," said ; Chief of Police
Moffltt, last night. "He was also
recommended by tho sheriff - of
Columbia j county. , He had . a
record for; making bonarfide thif
Tie arrests regardless of the vio
lator's political or financial stand
1 67 SLATED TD
The largest graduating class in
the history ot the school, , num
bering lX iri, B, will receive di
plomas of graduation from Salem
high school on June 16, accord
ing to an announcement made by
Principal J. C. Nelson yesterday.
Iva Clare Love was chosen yes
terday by the faculty as, thj third
honor student to win a place on
the graduation program. The iioa
or was awarded on the basis ..of
scholarship and character, ' IIIss
office
farmers used to work when I was
fanning. Don't set your clock
ahead."
DonJap Against It
The change is too drastic, in
the opinion of Frank J. Dunlap.
He writes: 1 - v.
, "In your issue of April 2 you
solicit public opinion as to the
value of. the so-called "daylight
saving plan and the farmers reply
that it Is Impracticable and unde
sirable. "You can't change human na
ture in a rw months and neither
can you change a man's habits
within a short time, yet this is
what the daylight saving plan at
tempts to do and It. is entralllng
a lot of Inconvenience and need
less change to do it. , :M
Jolt to Much .
"Every man has Just so many
hours that he works and about
Just so many hours that he sleeps
and It takes aa awful Jolt to tear
Mm away from his usual program.
Cut an hour' of his sleep In , the
morning and he will simply make
it up at night by retiring earlier,
for the average man's work holds
f
(Continued on page t)
positively repudiated that portion
of her deposition previously taken
in which, she was reputed to have
stated that Miss Rappe had been
seized with attacks at her home
on several occasions. The defense
declared that the atfldarid'tnust
have been altered after she 'had
sworn to It and passed to the Jury
for inspection. Mrs. Whitehurst
had described attacks 'which Miss
Rappe had suffered In Chicago
cafes while in her company.
ing, and for this reason baa In
curred the enmity of many who
could not talk him out of this at
titude." .
' Abbott is not with the Salem
police - because , members ; of . the
council objected to his presence
on the force, it was disclosed at
last night's council meeting.' The
objection was baaed on the techni
cal claim that city ordinance
requires '. that ..an officer have
three years' residence in the city.
"Officer Abbott . was ; tempor
arily appointed - and could have
been hired for a period of time,
Chief Mpffitt told ' council mem
bers last night. : "Abbott .-' was
willing; to establish his residence
here and his record shows that
he was an able and conscientious
officer.", .-"' : -y, ;
(Continued on page )
Love who Is a tery talented vio
linist will probably give a solo a
her contribution to the program.
The complete graduation pro
gram is gradually taking form.
Besides Miss Love Arthur Mont
gomery and Ward Soutbwortb
will represent the . graduating
class on the program, Montgom
ery winning his position by schol
astic standing and Soutbworth by
the election of the class.
FROM IH SCHOOL
(Continued on page ).
lili'JERS' HEAD
Bituminous Workers Out to
Remain Indefinitely, De
pending on j Tendency cf
Owners to Yield. ,
FEDERAL OWNERSHIP
. NOT YET DESIRED
Leader Says Bosses Want
to Retain Big Prices Got
ten During War
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STATUS OF CO AL STRIKE
: Both operators and miners
stand firm In l the country
wide strike which has clos
ed "more than f.000 mines,
leaving' over SO 0.0 00 men
; Idle..--. . , ,
Operators claim many non
nion miners who were Idle4
Saturday in observance of
the anniversary ot the eight
hour day have returned to
Work.- : . .v, . "... v
Both tides,, however, agree ,
that the strike Is practically
100 per cent perfect In the:
great i central , competitive'
: field , of Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio and Western Pennsyl
vania. ' ' , . .
" Operators assert many pits 1
are in operation in West Vir
ginia. Virginia, 'Kentucky,
Tennessee and Alabama.
Kansas operators agree to
return to wage scale of May
,1117,. providing tor $3 a day
instead of the 17.60 named
in the present agreement.
Union leaders claim victory
! tor striking anthracite min
ers through offers of several
independent ' companies to
' grant the miners' wage d-,
manda if the men return to
work immediately.
: President John t Lewis ot
'the miners tells bouse labor
committee miners 'are pre-
pared to "sUy out indefin
itely It need be. until the op
erators sign up a basis -wage
contract for the. central com
petitive field."
" WASHINGTON, April -Discussing
before the house labor
committee today reasons why the
600,000 anthracite and bitumin
ous coal miners stopped work last
Saturday in the United States and
Canada, John L. Lewis, president
of the United Mine Workers ot
America and official leader ' ot
the strike,' declared that the an
thracite workers , had gone ont
merely to await the result ot a
peaceful negotiation with their
employers over a new wage scale.
The bituminous workers, how
ever, were out Indefinitely, if
need be, to obtain the signing of
a wage contract, he said. , h
. TJlUmatnm Isaaed . J
The bituminous workers, Mr.
Lewis ' declared before the com
mittee which Is ; considering the
Bland resolution- to direct ap
pointment by the president of S
commission to investigate the coat
industry, are out "to stay Indefi
nitely if need Toe, until the oper-
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