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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1943)
I April SO, 1048 HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH PALLS, OREGON PAGE THREB Whys, Wherefores Of Striking Coa Miners Explained By JAMES MAHLOW AND GEORGE ZIELKE WASHINGTON, April 30 (rt'j Wlmt pricnn miners? Wlmt do John L. Lewis' Unti ed Mlun Workers net, liuw did 1 1 icy jjot II, how much do llicy want to keep on diNging colli to toko tlio iiutlon'ii vvnr furnaces? Lewis says their wages ore iitlll substandard, Thu bureau of luhor statistics hero uayM tho average weekly earnings of bltunilnoua (soft colli) miners cllinbetl from 23.84 In 1IKI7 to $:i3.02 in 11142 mid to $4 1.40 In February, UMII, ni'iirly a 100 per ceul increase. Such liuri-M, Lewis' organlza (ton claims, show gross earn ing only mid do not constitute "liike-hoinii" pny, which will be lOxpliilni'd luler. ' Lewis says tho cost of food In mining coinniiinltleii hus gune up 124,0 per cent between Au Mu.it, HKIU and now u period In which general IIvIiik coNts for tlm niitlun on a whole Imvc risen 22 per cent unci Unit min er upend 00 It) 70 per cent of their Income on food because their work in hurd. Knrllcr this month the office of price administration probed Mich Lewis complaints on food costs ' lit Niinly Cilo, Pennsyl viinln mining town, und report ed prices on 00 items thero were im low or lower than' In New York or Wiinhliiifton, Yestcrduy the Ol'A promliied more invostl. gallons. About 450,000 bituminous mlneri nro involved In the agreements which the UMW hits renewed every two yenrs "Svith tho mlno owners since Tlio prevent agreement, signed In 1041, expired April 1, 1043. But miners nnd owners nitrccd to extend their working arrangement another 30 diiys to permit further nciiutliilloiis which begun Inst March on a . new contract. That cxtonslon ends .at mkinlKlit tonight. When the miners and owners started conferences in March the hitter eroup produced theso fig ures to show the rise In bitum inous miners' pay scales over the years: In 1035 the rate for day work Inside the mines was $5.50 and went up to $7 a day in the UKromuout Just ended, with the miners working a rcKulur seven-hour day, five-day week. Lewis now Is demanding a $2 Jldiiy Increase, with an SB min imum, pay for all time spent In the mines from the time a man enters a mine and Rets to his Job and back from his Job to tlio mouth of tho mine and unionization of all supervisory employes. (Miners now do not Ret paid for tho time it takes them to Ret to and from tho Job inside tlio mine. Tho UMW, calling this unfair, says that In ono West Virginia field miners approxi mate 52 hours underground but receive only 36 hours' pay, the regular time). Tho mlno owners told the war labor board Unit becauso v! the wording of tho miners' de mand!! they don't know wheth er the $2 Increase would include pay for tho llmo miners spend -vetting to tho Job inside the '-iilne or whether it means $2 per day nnd extra money for the time going to and from the Job underground, "Thai has never been clarl fled throughout nil these lengthy discussions," said Charles O'Neill, spokesman for the northern mine owners. The mine owners say: "The basic rato for Insldo work is $7 per day, on a fuw Jobs less than this rato Is paid, but on all others the rato Is higher, averaging $7.10 to $0 per duy." O'Neill said tho demands would cost tlio Industry $750, 000,000 extra for 1043. Lewis has estimated that figure as be ing $500,000,000 too high and said tho nation would scarcely notice the difference. Tlio UMW says: "Is everything the miner gets 'lake-home' pay? Not by a long shot, He npisl pay for his tools, blasting powder, caps and fuse. Ha pays for .tho upkeep of his pit light and must buy special working clothes, Including three to fivo pairs of expensivo rub ber boots a year." ablo. Tills grain and other .uun-1 titles expected to bo brought from Canada In tho neur future will bo sold to livestock feeders nl prices In lino with corn and other feed grains. Chester C. Davis, war food ad ministrator, has not indicated how much wheat tho govern ment plans to buy from Canada and Australia, but thero have been reports tho purchase may exceed 100,000,000 bushels this year. Grain secured from Aus tralia will be brought back as ballast in ships used to send mil- Liquor Control Officers Seize Liquid "Mine Ore" I'OIITLAND, Ore., April 30 (l't Capt. C. A. Warren, super intendent of law enforcement for the Oregon liquor control com mission, today disclosed the seiz ure of an estimated $5000 worth of Scotch and bourbon whiskey llary supplies to the southwest Pacific. shipped by the United Salvage company, San Francisco, to Mar co Metals Mining company of Portland, The bills of lading on the 05 cases of liquor Indicated the con tents were "metal forms," War ren said. Having a hunch the "ore" In which Marco Metals was dealing hadn't been properly "assayed," the liquor commission officers didn't wait for the company to haul it to the "mine." They took It from the railroad station to the commission's warehouse. Jack Richmond, one of the op erators of the Turf club, a nlgnt club, was arrested on charges of unlawful Importation of liquor, unlawful possession and trans portation. He was released on $500 bond, Warren said. 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