Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-09-05
HARDING ASSURED
MINERS AGREEMENT
IS TO Be RATIFIED
Hoover Declares Public Here
after Must Have Voice In
Strike Settlement.


By Associated Press to Every Evening.
Washing ton, Sept. b,-Conndence
that tho agreement reached In Phila-
delphia Saturday night win be ratified
by the anthracite mincrn' convention
tomorrow in Wilkcs-Barre wns ex-
pressed today by Senator Reed OF
Pennsylvania In a conference with
President Harding.
Tho production OF hard coal will be
we'll under way by the end Of next
week. Mr.. Reed predicted
Senator Reed said there will be
some radical opposition TO the settle
ment proposal. but ne was certain II
would DO approved by wide margin.
During his talk with the President
the Pennsylvania senator reviewed
the negotiations conducted by Senator
Pepper. of Pennsylvania. and himself
with representatives of tho miners and
operators which resulted In the ten
tative settlement and gave Mr.. Hard
ing first hand information an to the
present status OF affairs IN the anthra-
cite fields.
Nothing. no declared has developed
which might block ratification OF tho
agreement.
Development of plan whereby
"the voice OF tho public may be heard"
IN conflicts between employer and
employe. such as In tho coal situa-
ton, was declared today BY Secretary
Hoover to be "one Of the most vital
Issues before u.s.
In a formal state discussing this
phase Of the industrial problem, Mr..
Hoover said,
! The working out Of a plan under
which the public may have a rightful
voice In aid of justice and In It's own
protection 10 ono. of the most vital
issues before U.S."
Discussion OF means OF anthracite
distribution probably Will be taken
up at a conference here tomorrow,
Mr. Hoover indicated. Representatives
OF the anthracite operators and the
Pennsylvania State fuel committee, he
said. are being asked TO meet with
Federal Fuel Distributor Spencer and
his organization TO work out the plans
for handling hard coal distribution.
Priorities. already in effect under
the Interstate Commerce Commission's
service order, ne stated. give house
holders preference In the shipment OF
anthracite and the main problem now
was the question OF rapid distribution
OF hard coal as production Is resumed
Some experts, Mr.. Hoover declared
think that anthracite production viii
not approach normal In less than G
month but in his opinion, he asserted
Il. IL III a..
way very quickly
There Is one fundamental lessor
that the public should absorb from
the coal situation and THE l~sson GAY
be derived without dfsmnsfon OF IN,
riEhts and wrongs OF the demands o.
either mine worlegvsor' mine operator,
or tho Incidents q sAn30dAtfon 81
their settlement. That Ia, a fou
months suspension Of production Il
the coal industry, while prima1l,
a conflict between employer and EN-
ploye. brings the public in ss III
largest sufferer. The public is the vic
tim Of Infinite loss; unemployment ex
tends from Il not only OF the work
ers IN the industry but TO hundreds O
thousands outside OF II; great damag
r. done 70 commerce and industry
, public health is 1eopardized and a vns
wave Of crime and defiance Of the la7
has ensued.
Yet the public has no voice in III
, negotiations and cannot express itsel
either as TO tho right or wrong of In
matter. The demands OF either sid
may be just or untilSt. but the large.
, sufferer concerned has no representa-
, ton in the discussion.