Evening star., 1922-03-17
nation TO THROW
LIGHT 0NS STRIKES
Secretary Davis Describes
Plan for Expert Study Of
"Key' Industries.
Ry the Associated Preee.

BY the Associated Press. ss.sss
NEW YORK, March 17.--A plan
which the government Is working
out to supply tho public with disin-
terested information whom strikes
threaten industry was dssrtbed By
Secretary Of Labor Davis At; = meet
ing Of the, women's department. Of the
National Civic Federation.
II consists OF ot.maintainipE special
| lists trained in each or thirty-two
| "key'' industries IN the nation, he
| said, thus enabling the government
to have on hand a complete file Of
accurate information and data con-
cerning conditions in any given line.
''f we had thirty-two such key men,"
he said. ut would be D simple matter
| to appoint government board or
commission Of experts, thoroughly
familiar with, the questions involved"
1 Until ethe government has complete
important industry, he said, I'VE will
never set anywhere in industry in
America
Use OF Propaganda.
"As it Is now" he continued, mo one
can tell which side to believe. There
is propaganda sent out by both sides
Under the proposed plan the govern
ment at the beginning of labor
difficulty could give out an official
statement which, would form the
basis for an accurate and Just opinion.
industry would bring about Just this
result. The specialist would live with
an industry, year in and year out, and
would be familiar with every one OF
Its phases and its details"
Secretary Davis said that the gov
ernment Is now conducting an inves-
ttgation in thirty cities in coal mine
areas, to determine cost of living and
other conditions and to obtain definite
data affecting questions Of miners
wages.
"At the present time" he said.
There are some 50.000,000 to $4,000
This quantity OF coal. with the nom
union mines operating, should be suf-
fclent to supply the country's needs
for three to four months.
ut so happens that the bituminous
commission Of two years ago included
in the contract an agreement for
miners and operators to meet before
the expiration of the present scale ON
April /.
DemandS Agreement Be Kept.
II sent notices out a few days ago
to both sides, calling their atten-
tion to this. but no response has been
received yet from the operators.
don't care which side it is. say that
the agreement was made, and they
should meet to discuss the new wage
scale. say YOU made the agreement
and you have to stand by it,"
The miners officials were in his
ONCE two days ago. he said,' and
agreed to meet with the operators.
But you know this is a dark in
dustry." he added. '"They work in
the dark mines. and their product is
dark. There are many dark secrets
In this industry on both sides. The
public, however, is entitled to know
the facts. It Is entitled to know the
facts about all industries. and II IL a
great satisfaction to know that we
are to get the money from Congress
to develop this information service"
Mr.. Davis urged support Of the gov
ernments alien enrolment measure,
declaring that a great deal of boot
Logging with aliens from Cuba. Mexico
and South America into the United
States" had developed. Many aliens
from countries whose quota have been
completed and are unable to enter here
go to Cuba, Mexico and South Amer
iea, he said, and after a. short resi-
denoe in those countries obtain pass
ports and get by in that way. He
estimated that moro than $4,000 Chi
nese, 10000 Mexicans and many Japa-
nese are illegally in the United States
and that about $4,000 aliens are now
in Cube waiting for chance to get
In.