The New York herald., 1922-07-11

"Second--In accordance with the sug-
gestions of Secretaries Hoover and
Davis. this conference shall appoint a
committee of six miners and six opera
tors. which committee shall consider the
practicabiiity of grouping scale making
districts where possible and agreeable 10
the miners ana operators in the district
affected to reduce the work of scale
making. --A. 4t -'sfit-
"Third-In order that there may be a
speedy resumption OF work and no un-
necessary detail IN reaching agreements,
board OF arbitration shall be estab-
iished in each scale making district or
group. of districts, to which board shall
be referred all points of disagreement.
The findings of the majority of each
board OF arbitration snail be final and
binding upon both the miners and opera
tors of the scale making district af-
fected. --.--
"Fourth--The President OF the United
States is requested to appoint board
of arbitration in each scale making dis
trict. Each board OF arbitration shall
consist of three disinterested members,
none of whom shall be miners or opera
tors, nor in any way connected with the
bituminous coal industry.
'Fifth-In accordance with the sug-
gestion of President Harding. board
shall be appointed by him whose duty
Il shall be to study the fundamental
problems of the entire bituminous coal
industry and make recommendatlons to
the President for their solution.
To Proceed mt Once.
"sixth-Negotfatiops shall proceed In
all scale making districts at once IN
order that the public may be suppiieo
with coal. and any disputed points re-
manning unsettled on July Is, 1922. shall
be referred to the boards of arbitration
as established by the President In each
scale making district. Upon questions
so submitted to arbitration the boards
of arbitration shall report on or neiore
August /, 1922.
9TH. The legality of this plan OF
settlement shall be approved by the At
torney- General of the United States pc
fore 1t becomes operative. Legal ques-
tons raised by the miners or operators
under this plan likewise snail Dc oe-
termined- by the same authority.
Mine operators and mine union rep
resentatives met this morning at the
Red Cross Building with Secretaries
Hoover and Davis. No shift In position
could be brought about. The two sides
to the controversy were deadlocked ana
when the President was so informed,
he summoned them to the White House.
Other engagements were put aside ana
after welcoming them the President
read his personal proposal. which car
ried the declaration that no matter how
much the Government wished to avoid
interference. 1t would see that the pub
lie was protected.
Having asked both sides to undertake
separate consideration, the two bodies
left the White House. The miners rep
resentatives went into session at the
Red Cross Building and the operators
at: the Washington Hotel -
The miners adjourned first. They
gave out this statement sss-s-..-z-.-.4.,
The several representatives of the
, United Mine WORKERS of america as
sembled In this city pursuant to your
invitation of July /, have considered
the contents of your statement OF this
date, addressed jointly to the opera
tors and the mine union representatives
of the anthracite and bituminous coal
fields affected by the present strike
situation. We have heretofore pointed
out, and again wish to emphasize. that
the representatives of the United Nine
Workers present are without the au-
thority to render definite judgment
upon your several suggestions and are
in no manner authorized to bind the
members of the United Mine Workers
OF America with respect to your recom-
rnendation.
TN consideration of this fact. we
have determined to assemble the policy
committee of the United Mine Workers.
including the district scale committees
in charge of joint negotiations In the
anthracite coal fields, and to submit
for the consideration OF these authorised
representatives the plan as outlined and
presented by you. This meeting VIII
take place in Washington beginning
Saturday, July is. at 10 A. NJ. and as
promptly thereafter as may be possible
we will duly inform you of our decision
in the premises.
JOHN L. LEWIS.
PHILIP MURRAY.
FRANK HARRINGTON.
JOHN HrssLER.
LEE HALL.
1T T. FAGAN.
IVAN A. BrrTNER.
&C. j. GOLDEN.
"WILLIAM BREENAN
THOMAS KENNEDY"