The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-29
GOVERNOR IS At
WORK ON.COAL
REPORT
Pinchot Is Hopeful Warning
Factions Will Accept
His Plan.
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to get his peace plan finished by
some time late this afternoon.
Yesterday afternoon after he had
done everything that was person
ally within his power to hasten the
assembling Of the data that he win
use today, he went out on the river
canoeing with Mrs. Pinchot in a
drenching rain storm and came
back soaked and refreshed.
He also permitted Mrs. Pinchot
to extract him from his conference
OF experts In the capitol aN an early
hour last night and send him home
to sleep. He does not knoW how 10
sleep after In the morning and so
he has to begin sleeping well be-
fore midnight,
At his side this morning as he
began writing his peace plan-and
at his side last night as he looked
over the data for twas his chief
technical adviser, Clyde King.
Mr.. King 10 secretary OF the COM
monwealth OF Pennsylvania and,
apparently, an experienced recon
ciler Of irreconciliblc interests.
For many years he has arranged
the agreements between the milk
farmers and the milk dealers In
the Philadelphia region and In the
Pittsburgh region and in the Bal
timore region on the subject OF the
price to be paid by the dealers
to the farmers. It Is said that he
has never made q decision that
was not accepted by both parties.
Has Strong support.
Supporting him in Harrisburg at
this moment are men like Mr.. z.
G. Tryon, the young statistical
wizard of the United States Geo.
logical Survey, and Mr.. David L.
Wing. the veteran statistical cham
pion. who has just written the
special report on the Cost of Pro
duction Of Anthracite Coal"
The miners and the operators
are lying exhausted In their cor
ners and the statisticians and the
reconcilers and Governor Pinchot
are connecting drink which they
hope will persuade the miners and
the operators to shake hands with
out getting up.
It is realized that this drink has
to he responsive and attractive
rather than poisonous and coercfve.
Nobody here has been able 20 think
up any way in which either side
to this controversy could really be
coerced.
Likely 10 End AmatueIs.
1t is vaguely hoped that Some
bankers in New York might be able
to coerce the operators. It is not
known what influence could coerce
the miners.
It is admitted that neither injunc-
tions or troops could make them
work; and It Is increasingly believed
that there is little or no value in the
repeated suggestion that the Penn
sylvania law requiring special H.
censes for anthracite miners lie
lifted and that amateurs be allowed
to go down into the mines as strike
breakers. A few days of such min
ing, it Is feared, would be the end
both of the amateurs and OF the
mines.
1t is also true, however. that the
miners are in a mood to give Cover
nor Pinchot's plan not only re-
spectful but a hopeful hearing. They
understand that it will be plan OF
definite settlement and not plan
of postponement and Of arbitration.
Arbitration is their one great hor-
ror. They will arbitrate nothing.
They will commit nothing to the un-
seen chances of future decision.
But they will listen willingly to any
immediate suggestion for the def
mite settlement of anything.
PinchOt Uniting Powers.
Pinchot, meanwhile, besides MAX
ing a plan, is assembling every poll
teal influence and every moral in
fluence and every financial influence
that he can summon to his aid to act
as pressures upon the miners and
the operators.
He hopes that these pressures will
prevent a suspension of work. If
they do not, he then can use them
to shorten the suspension.
He hopes that they will prevent
the strike. If they do not, he then
can employ them in an effort to
bring the strike to a quick end.
He will be She only statesman
with a plan already known and with
forces assembled to push the plan.
Washington selected him to lead a
charge withA The situation is that
in the course of leading it. he has
drafted himself for the duration Of
the war.
(Convrt1ht 1ao2 xua.bJroton Press