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ernors personal representatives. "(H) Communication from H. G. Ashley, | addressed to MT. John w. Durr, member of the committee.
 ID Commonication and enclosure, froH MT. E. L. Brown, addressed to Capt W. P. Sheehan, chairman of the come mittee.
 "G) Statement from MT. H. M Fies referred to and made a part of Exhibit 'F, with reference to contract system.
 "CK) Communication from Judge C. B. Teasley operator, under contract with United Mine Workers of America.
 "L) Communication addressed to the committee by Mr. William H. Judson.
 "(M) Statement of men dismissed from various mines, and causes for dismissal, submitted by MT. Van Bittner.
 "(E) Statement from Alabama Fuel and Iron company of facts about Acmar' mine. Also copy of employment contract in effect there.
 ''(O) Numerous contracts alleged to ps in effect in various sections of the coun- try, submitted by Mir. Bittner. "(P) Extracts from informal session held at time of submission of forms of contracts by representative of the United Mine Workers of America.
 IN APPRECIATION
 we wish to express our appreciation ot the very courteous treatment accord. ed us by the operators of the Alabama coal mines and the officials of the United Mine Workers of America. They rendered us every aid possible. We can- not refrain from commenting most ia. vorably upon the fair and generous mans ner in which each side presented it's case.
 The testimony was noticeably devoid of bitterness and not only did each side re- assert its determination to be bound by whatever decision your excellency shoul5 render, but in their bearing before your representatives and in the presentation of their cases. they assumed that the strike was ended. Both sides. in good faith. reiterated their respect for the law and constituted authority of the state.
 If we were persuaded that any system of arbitration could be set up, or estab- lished, which would assure permanent industrial peace in the coal mining dis trict of Alabama, we would not hesitate to recommend it. But. in the absence Of any state law to compel the observ. ance of awards of a board of arbitra. tion, and. in face of repeated failures of boards of arbitration in the recent past, when most frequent resort has been made to that method of procedure, wt would be insincere in recommending that ir, which we do not believe lies remedy
 CONCLUSIONS
 Question of this character which gt deep into our state and national lfa must be brought for their complete and final solution to the golden rule operat ing in the lives of men and inspiring fai and just dealing between man and man This, the golden rule, we hold to be the only policy, for it Is the Christian policy which will give to each, the employet and employe, that which justly is his and, in so doing, will establish and main. tain industrial tranquility.
 Time, and faithful allegiance tt the doctrine of Do unto others as you would that they should do unto you,A will not only bury the hatred engendered in the exhausting struggle just ended but it will obiterate the unhappy cons ditions now prevailing in the coal dis trict. and restore the confidence and mu. tual understanding which fled the dis trict in the turmoil of the strike.
 Tt is slow way, we admit. and regret that it is slow way; but in our opinion 1t is the only way.
 PEACE NECESSARY
 we recognize, of course, the charactef of our office as your personal represent tstives, which is to advise and assist you in reaching a verdict, while the respon- sibility of the final action rests solely with you If you. as chief executive ot the state having been more directly and continuously concerned in this protracted struggle, can evolve a nlan whereby last ing peace in the coal district can be as- sured,, and the rights of the miners on the one hand and the operators on the other can be safeguarded. you will confer a blessing not only on the miners and tho operators, but upon the public which has been the chief sufferer, although inno- cent sufferer, from Alabama's greatest industrial war which is now happily ended Respectfully submtted:
 "W. T. STEPHAN,
 "RICHARD M. HOBBIE, JOHN w. DURR,
 Your Special Representatives.
 Montgomery, March Il. 1921.''