The Washington times., 1933-09-30
CAPTIVE MINES
. COME UNDER
AGREEMENT
President, In Statement, Sees
Idle Workers Returned to
Jobs by Monday

JUS NY WUIIudy
HYDE PARK, N. Y, Sept. 80
tT.N.S0 EARLY peace was be-
-~Neved assured in Pennsylvania g
=. western bituminouS coal fields to-
day through a momentous agree
ment signed early this morning
by President Roosevelt after it
was brought here by airplane
from Washington.
The agreement brought all of
the so-called captive" or steel
company operated mines, In which
about 100000 men are now on
strike, under provisions Of the
general code of fair competition
for the coal industry.
Pact Affects 100000
President Roosevelt confidently
predicted before signing the agree
ment that it would send nearly all
Of the idle men back to work on
Monday. The pact affected about
$4,000 striking miners and about
c,25, 900 steel workers.
Z IRISAANCAS oUVOA Any
for the MIRA. flew and motored
here with the agreement for the
President to sign. His pilot was
unable to land in the small field
near here due to darkness and
continued to Albany. From there
q motorist brought the NFSA Off
cial here.
Mr.. Roosevelt was gratified to
find that all of the warning fac
tons in the strike in we tie N
Pennsylvania signed the agree
ment which he approved. Twenty
one steel, coal, iron and coke COM
panies signed up to bring peace
In the western fields.
Two Boards Created
:. Signing Of the agreement came
Just SO hours before the general
.hituminous coal code goes into
effect, on Monday. At the same
time he approved the agreement,
the President named National Re
covery Administrator Hugh John
son to temporary Craftsmanship
OF two boards to be created un'
der the code. They are the Ma
tional Bituminous Coal Board
and the National Bituminous
Coal Industrial Board.
The Presidents action in nam.
ing johnson technically fulfilled
the. provisions for operation. OF
the coal code. Full membership
OF the two boards will be made
The agreement itseif was COM
paratively brief. IT'S effective
paragraph follows:
Each employer in the opera
ton Of any bitumlnuOS coal
naine operated by it will comply
with the maximum hours of
{: labor and minimum rates Of pay
which are or shall be prescribed
under or pursuant to the coal
code for the district in which
such mine is located so long as
the coal code shall remain In
effect"
Provisions Explained
Provisions Of the pact were ex'
blamed at length in an official
statement issued at a. m. after
the President and Richberg held
a lengthy conference. The MIRA
official was to return to Washing
ton today.
The Presidential statement fol,
lows. in part:
'OThe President approved the
agreement between himself and
the SO.caIIed captive mine coal
operators. these being the COM
panies which mine coal for in
dustries such as the iron and
steel companies, and are owned
by said companies.
"These operators are already
bound by the iron and steel code.
They agree to comply with the
maximum hours Of labor and
bay at least the minimum rates
prescribed by the coal code al
= ready signed by the other coal
operators.
AGREE TO SECTION IA
'"They agree to subject them
selves to all the terms and con-
ditiOns required by section (a)
Of the national industrial recOv-
cry act-the section relating to
labor representation and cOllec-
6VA BARGAINING.