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any other United Mine Workers
official and that 1--WE don't know
yet from the mine workers that the
report (of the truce) is true. That
lis not being technical, but the Gov
ernment cannot take official cogni-
zance of newspaper and radio re-
ports" Asked If Administrator
Ickes had not advised the White
House of the turn of affairs, Mr..
early said not to his knowledge.
First Word at 9:44 PM.
He said he was quite sure the
fuel administrator had told the
President of the meeting here with
the miners chief; it still was sub
iect at that time to the approval
of the UNIV Policy Committee.
The first word that the White
House had of the truce, Mr.. Early
said, was a news bulletin at 9:44
last night, while President Roose-
welt was receiving treatment for a
head cold from his physician, Rear
Admiral Ross T. McIntire. That
was l6 minutes before the President
went on the air, Mr.. Early said. He
added that there was not a word
In the Presidents speech that "does
not hold equally true two days from
now, two months from now or two
years from now. There was no
necessity for revision"
Mr.. Early went to considerable
length to explain how Mr.. Roosevelt
had made last-minute changes in
his address, without making altera-
tions based on the truce announce
ment.
Some persons seemed to attach
significance to the fact that there
were late deletions and insertions,
Mr.. Early said. He added that Mr..
Roosevelt started working on the
final draft of the address shortly
after pm. yesterday, and after that
the wordage was counted. The
Chief Executive, he said, wanted to
keep the speech down to Is minutes
radio time and made numerous dele
tions. Even than it ran about %
minutes.
While parts were being removed,
Mr.. Early said, a War Department
officer arrived with the material Mr.
Roosevelt used on coal miners and
sons OF coal miners who have been
wounded in military service. Mr..
Roosevelt thought that was an es-
sential chapter of the speech, Mr..
Farlv said, and when he put it In
additional cutting was required else
where.
Reason for Delay on Text.
That was the reason and the only
reason, Secretary Early asserted, Tor
delay in getting the text to the
press. and this delivery was ex-
pedited by distributing it page at
a time.
The President, he said, did not see
MIR. Lewis statement last night and
all he had on the subject OF the
truce was the news ticker bulletin.
And to this hour" the presi-
Dental secretary continued, I'VE have
not heard anything officially from
Mr.. Lewis or any of the heads OF the
United Mine Workers.
Mr.. Early said baskets OF tele-
grams had come into the White
House following the Presidents ad-
dress and that he had seen this
morning a stack or inches high
approving Mr.. Roosevelt's remarks
and another about l inch thick
siding with the strikers.
The UNIV meanwhile called a
meeting of its National Policy Com
mittee for pm. today in New York
City, apparently to discuss the next
move. Mr.. Lewis went to the UNIV
office in the Hotel Roosevelt in New
sYork, where he is staying, but could
not be reached for comment. A
spokesman said there was some un-
certainty whether future negotia-
tions would take place in New York
or in Washington.
Fun Operation Due Tomorrow.
There seemed no question, but
that tomorroW's shifts-at the very
latest-would find the industry
operating full blast again, keeping
the Nations all-out war production
fueled with coal
The President appealed to the
miners last night to 60 back to work
for their country-literally, with the
Government operating more than
$3.50 mines-and cease constructing
our war effort"
Il want to make it clear" he said,
that every American miner who
has stopped mining coal-no matter
how sincere his motives, no matter
how legitimate he may believe his
grievances to be-every idle miner
directly and individually is obstruct
Ing our war effort
Mr. Roosevelt did not mention Mr..
Lewis by name, but his appeal to
the miners-whose full-scale walk
out followed the UNIV chiefs call
not to "treSpass" on company prop
erty without a contract-came just
20 minutes after Mr.. Lewis had an
nounced the truce in New York.
Will Seek New Contracts.
Mr.. Lewis said the unions Policy
Committee had voted unanimously
ito restore all mines to immediate
operation for a period of Is days
beginning Tuesday," He said the
truce time will be spent in seeking
to work out new contracts to re-
place those which have expired in
the hard and soft coal industries.
His statement follows:
The Policy Committee of the
Mine Workers of America have just
agreed by unanimous vote of the
membership to restore all mines to
immediate operation for a period of
IS days beginning Tuesday.
This period is to be utilized in
cooperation with the Co-ordinator
of Solid Fuels for War on the au-
thority of the United States Govern
ment to work out a new wage con-
tract for the anthracite and btu
minous coal industry.
The agreement when worked out
will be retroactive in all its terms
and provisions to April /, 1943, in
bituminous coal and to May in
anthracite.
The mine workers recognize that
they have a new employer who has