Arizona republican., 1922-01-28

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practically the only large and inn
portant coal fields in the United
States not unionized."
The proposal for a federal coal tri-
bunal and code of laws applying both
to operators and miners was his per-
sonal suggestion. Senator Kenyon
said.
The proposed government coal
board would be organized. under
Senator Kenyon's suggestion, like the
railway labor board, with three rep
resentatives each Of the employees,
the employers and the public, APP
pointed by the President. The indus
trial code would be enacted by con-
eSens and its principles interpreted
By the board.
Kenyon Coal Plan
Senator Kenyon announced that
later he would introduce a bill COW
ering his plan for the coal board and
code" which f6flows:
!. Coal is a public utility. and In
It's production and distribution the
public interest is predominant.
2. Human standards should be the
constraning influence In fixing the
wages and working conditions of
mine workers.
3. Capital prudently and honestly
invested in this coal industry should
have an adequate return sufficient
to stimulate and accelerate the pro-
duction Of this essential commodity.
4. The right of operators and
miners to organize is recognized and
affirmed This right shall not be
denied, abridged or interfered with in
any manner whatsoever, nor shall
coercive measures Of any kind be
used by employers or employees to
exercise or to refrain from exercising
this right.
5. The right OF operators and of
miners to bargain collectively
through representatives OF their own
choosing is recognized and affirmed.
Right to Organize
8. The miners who are not mem
bers of a union have the right to
work without being harassed by fell
low workmen who may belong to
unions. The men belonging to a
union have the right to work with
out being harassed by operators who
ganizations have q right to go into
non-union fields and by peaceable
methods try to persuade men to join
the unions, but they have no right to
try to induce employees to violate
contracts which they have entered
into with their employers, and the
operators on the other hand have the
right by peaceable means to try and
persuade men to refrain from join
ing the unions.
z. The right OF all unsSilled or
common laborers to earn an adequate
living wage sufficient to maintain
the worker and his family I'm health
and reasonable comfort, and to af-
ford an opportunity for savings
against unemployment, old age, and
other contingencies is hereby de-
clared and affirmed. Above this
basic wage for unskllled workers,
differentials in rates of pay for other
mine workers shall be established for
skill. experience, hazards of employ
ment and productive efficiency.
Women in Industry
s. The right of women to engage
in industrial occupations is recog-
nized and affirmed; their rates OF
pay shall be the same as those Of
male workers for the same or equiv
alent services performed: they shall
be accorded all the rights and guar
antees granted to male workers, and
the conditions Of their employment
shall surround them with every safe
guard Of their health and strength
and guarantee them the full measure
of protection which is the debt Of So
ciety TO mothers and to potential
mothers Few women are engaged
In any way In mining, but It may be