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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. Two
truck drivers, also arrested, were
released on their own recog
nizance when officers became
convinced that they did not
know what they were handling.
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QUOTAS LIFTED
FROM
I
T,
LOUR IMPORTS
WASHINGTON, April 30 (TP)
President Hoosevcll lodny sus
pended quotas on certain Imports
of wheal and wheat flour fixed
under his proclamation of May
28. 1041.
That proclamation limited the
quantities of wheat and wheat
flour which might bo entered or
withdrawn from warehouses for
consumption.
Acting today on recommenda
tion of the tariff commission, Mr.
Roosevelt suspended the limita
tions, effective Immediately, in
sofar as they apply to wheat and
pwheat flour purchased by the
war food administrator or any
agency designated by him.
This action will. enable the
war food administration to bring
in surplus wheat from Canada
and Australia to help fill live
stock feed needs of farmers In
deficit feed producing areas of
Atlantic nnd Pacific const states.
The WKA already has pur
chased about 7,000,000 bushels
of Canadian wheat for shipment
to this country as soon as Great
Lakes facilities become avail-
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