New-York tribune., 1919-12-13

early return TO normal conditions and
IN view OF the further fact that most
Of the orders issEed are being carried
out by REGIONAL rair0"d directors
1t was said at the White House that
DR.. Garfeld's letter to he President
was mild in tone. Friends of the for
mer Fuel Administrator indicated that
under no circumstances wou he be
likely to ret into a controversy with
Mr.. Wilson or deny the Presidents
right to take any action he wished un-
der the circumstances. DR.. Carrie 'd's
friends insist that he was merely
standing up for rs belief that the gov
e~rment should rot have been put in
I'll" ros'''on of surrendering to the min
ers on the basis of the settlement sug-
gested by tn President 1t was agreed
by officias at the White House and by
DR.. Carrie DIS friends that the Presi-
dent, in making his proposal, did not
ignore the Fuel Administrator.
Tumulty Compliments Garfield
"We are all sorry that DR.. Garfield
feels as he doas," said Secretary Tu-
multy. "He has done a fine job"
There are many in Washington who
bo''~--o 'hot The Presidents pan for
. settlement really was the work of At
tolney General Pa.mer and Secretary
Tumulty.
Inc personnel Of the commission to
be named by the President was still
undisc osed to day. White House off
aials saying they wished to see how
aLany miners so back to work before it
is named. Attorney General Palm
will be back in Washington probably
tomorrow end it is expected the names
of the comm sioners will be forth
com ng then.
hot no + hoo ~
itics in dealing with the situation was
met to-day at the White House with
expressions of Indignation, and the
Presidents plan was said to have been
dictated by feeling for the American
pubic facing fuel famine, and not be-
cause of any effect settlement might
have had upon the Democratic party or
upon the ambition Of Mr.. Palmer or
any one else to get the Democratic
nomination.
Candidates Not Factor
The fact that Governor J. B Cox of
Ohio, who is a potential Presidential
candidate, and who had apparently
about reached a settlement with tn
Ohio miners, or that Governor Frank O.
Lowden, of Illinois, who is being
doomed for the Republican nomination
might have been close to making one
figured in any way in the negotiations
between Mr.. Palmer, Mr. Tnmulty and
Acting President Lewis end Secretary
Green of the United Nine Workers
Opinion in other quarters in Wash
ington was somewhat at variance with
the White House altruism The BIZ
luminous coal operators of the central
Pennsylvania fields. operating 700
mines. producing 10000 900 tons an
nually, 12 per cent of the country s
total output issued statement saying
the Indianapolis settlement "is no set
Element" that it is "merely the post
ponement of the showdown which. in
our opinion, is bound to come"
Bourne Assails Administration
Former Senator Jonathan Bourne
who conducts the Republican Publicity
Association, issued a statement under
the heading "Another Wilsonian Sur
render" which, after saying that the
President and Mr.. Palmer had char
acterized the strike unlawful, con-
cludes:
"The miners have demonstrated that
a strike is an effective weapon and
that it can bring the President and
the Department of Justice to their
knees. There was a contest between
the miners on the one hand and the
government on the other, the executive
and judicial branches of the govern
ment working together, and the miners
have won.
"The lesson from the strike is per-
fectly plain. The word goes out to
oroanized labor: Put your demands
high enough so that you have margin
tor compl omise, then strike and con.
tinue to strike long enough, and you
will win. The fact that the strike is
unlawful will not stand in the way of
success"
The Pennsylvania operators state
ment reads:
THE method proposed by DR.. Gar
field for settlement of the strike was
interfered with by government officials
who knew little of the situation. The