Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-27
URGES U. 8. BOARD
TO REGULATE COAL
MINING INDUSTRY
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Kenyons suggestion. like the Hallway
Labor Board. with three representa-
tives each OF the employees, tho en-
ployers and the public. appointed by
the President The Industrial code
would be enacted by Congress and It's
principles interpreted by the board
Senator Kenyon announced he
would introduce bill covering his
plan for the coal board and code"
which follows:
Il. Coal Is n public utility. and in
it's production md distribution the
public interest Is predominant.
"2. Human standards should. be the
constraining influence in fixing the
wages and working conditions OF mine
| workers.
IS. Capital prudently and honestly
invested In the industry should have
an adequate return sufficient TO slim
ulate and accelerate the production OF
this essential commodity.
-. The right OF operators md min
ers to organize Is recognized and az
firmed. This right shall not be denied.
abridged or interfered with In any
manner Whatsoever. nor shall coercive
measures of any kind be used by en-
ployers or employees to exercise or to
refrain fro mexercising this light.
"5. The right OF operators and OF
miners to bargain collectively through
representatives OF their own choosing
Is recognized and affirmed.
&c. The miners who are not members
OF union have the right to work with
out being haraased by fellow workmen
who belong TO a union have the right
To work without being harassed by
operators who do not believe In union
ism. The organizations have right
TO go into nonunion fields and by
peaceable methodsf try TO persuade
men TO join the unions. but they have
no right to try and induce employees &c
violate contracts which they have en-.
tered into with their employers and
the operators on the other hand have
$ the right by peaceable means 10 try
Q and persuade men TO refrain from
Y Joining the unions.
K ~, THE right OF all unskilled OF
/. common laborers to earn an adequate
n living wage sufficient TO maintain
@ the worker and his family in health
q and reasonable comfort, and TO af'
Y ford an opportunity for saving
: against unemployment. old age ant
|. other contingencies IL hereby declared
n and affirmed. Above this basic wag'
Y for unskilled workers. differentials II
9 rates OF pay for other mine workerl
II shall be established for skill, expert
l. ence. hazards of employment and pro
o ductive efficiency.
folt ~ 10
o In industrial occupations IL Recognized
" and affirmed; their rates OF pay shal
a be the same as those OF male work
. ers for the same or equivalent servic
n performed: they shall be accorded a.
10 the rights and guarantees grante
TO male workers and the conditions O
=, their employment shall surround ther
y, with every safeguard for their healt
and strength, and guarantee them tn
:, full measure OF protection which Is tn
debt OF society to mothers and {
potential mothers. Few women are en
- gagged In any way in mining. but
3, may be as we'll to announce this pror
csition as TO pass II by.
- 80. Children under tho ago Of ]
years shall not be employed IN tho ir
dustry unless permits have been 4
VI sued under state authority.
10. Six days shall be the sta ndar
rs work week In the industry with or
es days rest IN seven. The standar
"a workday shall not exceed hours
IL day.
Is IL. Punitive overtime shall be pa
ls for hours worked each day in exec.
1! of the standard work day.
40 "12. When a dispute or controver.
40 arises between operators and mil
e workers there should be no strike
ne lockout, pending conference or
" hearing and determination Of the fac
IL and principles involved
l. Senator Kenyon said his plan Q
Gu fered a solution for the coal indu
lie try's problems. which bids fair
us confront us more acutely before anot
hs err season shall pass"
o. The Kansas Industrial Court ids
n involving compulsory arbitra ton,
pc said. had been proved futile. The Ka
ny sas court. he added, can not be
Oh success because 1t has no underlyi
III code OF rules or principles"
'rs Senator kenyon's report did not {
ss' tail nor analyze at length the ties
ne mony taken by the committee in
investigation Of the Mingo distui
ances.
Both sides have been forgetful
the great third party-the public
en-, which has a vital interest in presel
of Ing industrial peace" the report {
int clared.
ers THAT members Of the United M
M Workers have done acts of violer
ION in this Mingo controversy cannot
pie disputed. The operators have be-
his guilty of practices also. in portions
this region, that cannot be justice