Bisbee daily review., 1921-01-13
BASEBALL WAR ENDED; LANDS
 GIVEN CONTROL
Last Sign Of Disagreement Disappears When Major
 Leagues Sign Pact

CHICAGO, Jan. 12.-Organized base bal today swept the last vestige Of disagreement from it's ranks in con -ferences which brought signed peace agreements. not only between the ma jor and minor leagues. but between the individual club owners
 The two major leagues signed the new national agreement making Judge K M- Landis baseball commissioner with supreme powers. and the minor leagues signed an agreement with Judge LandiS as their ruler, but it differed in one word from that signed by the majors. This difference. it de- veloped was due to a misunderstood ing in the joint meeting of drafting committees yesterday when the agree ment. was drawn up. and it was an- nounced that it was possible that the minors would sign an agreement iden- tical with the one approved by the majors.
 Besides signing the national agree ment, the individual major league club owners signed contract agreeing not to criticise each other publicly or talk about one another. and to accept any decision made by Judge Landis.
 The signing of the national agree ment brought sharp statement from Judge Landis concerning the powers he must be given and led to erron- eous reports that he had issued an ultimatum giving the club owners Ia minutes to make changes he demand ed. The judge did not set a time limit, but did issue an ultimatum tell ing the club owners that his powers must be supreme
 When the new national agreement was brought before the league repre- sentatives. it contained a section say ing that the commissioner. after an investigation, could recommend such action as he deemed advisable" Judge Landis interrupted reading to say that this must read take, such action"
 You have told the world that my powers are to be supreme" he sad 'To give me the power merely to recommend takes all power out of my hands, 1 want you to know'tha eith- CT I must be given power to take such action as 1 wish. or else you had better seek a new commissioner I would not take this job for all the gold in the world unless I knew my hands were to be free"
 On motion of President Johnson the ma jor leaguers voted to substitute the word take" for recommend, but II was found that the minors were not in official session ana the matter would have to go through their draft ing committee again.
 Fifty-six minor league representa- tives. in a standing vote, assured the judge that they had considered rec Iommend'' the same as take" but that as soon as possible the word would be changed and they would sign. :,
 Tonight the major leagues signed the contract with Judge Lands mak- ing him commissioner for seven years at $50. 600 a year. The national agree ment will remain in effect so long as Judge Landis is commissioner.
 Judge Landis however, has Stipu- lated that his salary of $7509 as judge should be deducted from his baseball salary so he will actually be paid on- ly S42,500.
 New player contracts covering what the club owners termed the 'ethics of the game" were approved by the majors.
 One clause provides that the play CT pledge loyalty to his club anl pledges himself to the American public to conform to high standards of fair play and good sportsmanship-