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Evening star., 1943-05-02
Text of Presidents S Order
Roosevelt Directs Ickes to Operate
Mines and Asks Workers to Return

TENS dependent upon such mines;
and
Whereas the officers of the United
Mine Workers of America have re-
fused to submit to the machinery
established for the peaceful settle
ment of labor disputes, in violation
Of the agreement on the part of
labor and industry that there shall
be no strikes or lockouts for the
duration of the war; and
Whereas it has become necessary
for the effective prosecution of the
war that the coal mines in which
stoppages or strikes have occurred
or are threatened be taken over by
the Government of the United
States in order to protect the inter-
ests of the Nation at war and the
rights of workers to continue at
work:
Now, therefore, by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the Con-
stitution and laws of the United
States. as President of the United
States and commander in chief of
the Army and Navy, it is hereby
ordered as follows:
Orders Mines Operated.
The Secretary of the Interior is
authorized and directed to take i'm
mediate possession so far as may be
necessary or desirable, of any and
all mines producing coal in which
strike or stoppage has occurred or
is threatened, together with any
and all real and personal prop
erty, franchises, rights, facilities,
funds and other assets used in
connection with the operation of
such mines, and to operate or ar
range for the operation of such
mines in such manner as he deems
necessary for the successful prose-
cution of the war, and to do all
things necessary for or incidental to
the production, sale and distribu-
ton of coal.
In carrying out this order, the Sec
retary of the Interior shall act
through or with the aid of such
public or private instrumentalities or
persons as he may designate. He
shall permit the management to
continue its managerial functions to
the maximum degree possible con-
sistent with the aims OF this order;
The Secretary of the Interior shall
make employment available and pro-
vide protection to all employees re-
Suming work at such mines and to
all persons seeking employment so
far as they may be needed; and
upon the request of the Secretary of
the Interior, the Secretary of War
shall take such action, if any, as he
may deem necessary or desirable to
provide protection to all such per-
sons and mines.
Can Deal With Workers.
The Secretary of the Interior is
authorized and directed to maintain
customary working conditions in the
mines and customary procedure for
the adjustment of workers griev-
ances. He shall recognize the right
of the workers to continue their
membership in any labor organizd-
ton, to bargain collectively through
their representatives of their own
choosing, and to engage in concerted
activities for the purpose of collec-
tive bargaining or other mutual aid
or protection, provided that such
concerted activities do not interfere
with the operation of the mines.
Possession and operation of any
mine or mines hereunder shall be
terminated by the Secretary of the
Interior as soon as he determines
that possession and operation here
under are no longer required for the
furtherance of the war program.
Evening star., 1943-05-02

tute, sent the following telegram to
Secretary of the Interior Ickes:
This organization, which repre-
sents substantially all rail-connected
coal mining companies in Alabama,
stands ready to extend you every
possible service and cooperation in
connection with your responsibility
for operating the coal mines"
The Institute said the only major
mine operating was the Red Dia-
mond shaft of the Red Diamond
Coal Co.. which worked crews to-
day to make up for lost time. Two
mines of the Alabama Fuel & Iron
Co. also do not have union con-
tracts, but these mines operate five
days week.
Approximately $4,000 men are en-
ployed in the 64 rail-connected
shafts and in some 500 truck mines.
A spokesman for the institute said
that as far as he knew all the
wagon mines (small mines off rail-
roads, also were shut down.
Evening star., 1943-05-02
One of ESQ Miners
Reports for Work;
4 Sons in Service

TARENTUM, Pa, May l.
One miner of $50 employed at
the mine of the Creighton Fuel
Co.. operated by Burgess v. L.
Henry, Tarentum. reported for
work today.
Il have four sons In the
service and am willing to
work" Mr.. Henry said the man
informed the guard.
When no others appeared,
the miner returned home,
joining companions in work.
ing in a Victory garden.
Evening star., 1943-05-02
Ey the Associated Press.

The tert of President Roosepelts s
statement and the executive order
on the operation OF the coal mines
| tollotUs:
On Thursday, April 20, I sent a
telegram to John l.. Lewis and
Thomas Kennedy, president and
secretary treasurer of the United
Mine Workers, pointing out that the
coal strikes were a direct interfer-
ence with the prosecution of The
war and challenged the govern
mental machinery set up for the
orderly and peaceful settlement of
labor disputes and the power of the
Government to carry on the war.
I said that the continuance and
sp1 cad of the strikes would have the
same effect on the course of the war
as a crippling defeat in the war.
appealed to the miners to resume
work Immediately and to submit
their case to the National War
Labor Board for final determination.
Cites Plea to Work.
I stated that if work were not re-
sumed by 10 o'clock Saturday morn
ing, should use all the power vest
ed in me as President and Com
mander in Chief to protect the ma
tional interest and to prevent fur
ther interference with the success
full prosecution of the war.
Except in few mines, the pro-
duction of coal has virtually ceased.
The national interest is in grave
peril.
I have today, by appropriate ex-
ecutive order, directed the Secretary
of the Interior, who is the fuel ad-
ministrator and in whose depart
ment is the Bureau of Mines and
the Bituminous Coal Division, to
take possession of and operate coal
mines, for the United States Gov
ernment.
Again Appeals to Miners.
I now call upon all miners who
may have abandoned their work to
return Immediately to the mines and
work for their Government. Their
country needs their services as much
as those of the members of the
armed forces. I am confident that
they do not wish to retard the war
effort; that they are as patriotic as
any other Americans, and that they
will promptly answer this call to per-
form this essential war service.
I repeat that an Investigation of
the cost of living is now being made
in the mining areas, and that the
Government will insist that the
prices be held in accordance with
the directions of my recent executive
order, and violations of the law
promptly prosecuted.
Whenever the miners submit their
case to the War Labor Board it will
be determined promptly, fairly and
in accordance with the procedure
and law applicable to all labor dis
putes. IT any adjustment of wages
is made, it will be made retroactive.
The production of coal must and
shall continue.
propose to talk over the radio to
the miners of the Nation on Sun
day at 10 pm.
The executive order follows:
Executive Order.
Possession and operation of coal
mines:
Whereas widespread stoppages
have occurred in the coal industry
and strikes are threatened which
will obstruct the effective prosecu-
tion of the war by curtailing vitality
needed production in the coal mines
directly affecting the countless war
industries and transportation sys-
Evening star., 1943-05-02
Miners
Continued From First Page.)

men would go into the pits and
sit down."
Most OF the soft coal mines do
not operate on Sunday and in
mining communities today was like
that-with no outward signs of any
disturbance to normal Sabbath life.
Small maintenance crews guarded
mine property against flood and
flre, usual when work is halted, and
at few mines handful of pickets
were posted. Elsewhere there was
only stiffness where yesterday men
totled to produce coal for the Ma
tion's war-geared industries.
Monday Will Show Trend.
Both operators and miners indi-
Gated that although some mines
employ night shift on Saturday
they did not expect there would
be any real indication whether the
States 117,000 soft coal miners
would return to work for their Gov
eminent. until Monday. Some mines
resume operations after the Sunday
layoff at midnight Sunday but most
miners ordinarily would return to
work at am. Monday.
Operators indicated they would
await only formal receipt of the
Presidents order before attempting
resumption of coal mining. Gen
orally they indicated no surprise at
the action that marked the first
time in the turbulent history of the
States mining industry that the
Government had seized the proper
ties.
Mr.. Morrow. frequently a spokes-
man for the operators, said the
Presidents order may be the only
practical way to get the men back
to work quickly" but added that it
might take some time.
Our job in this war is to get coal
out and we are willing to do it in
any way possible, he said.
Ralph E. Jamison, president of
Jamison Coal and Coke Co., said
that Il can see nothing else to do
but accept the Governments order"
Evening star., 1943-05-02

Smokeless Coal Co. at time when
union sources in West Virginia were
predicting there would be no re-
sumption of work until John L.
Lewis gave the word.
Evening star., 1943-05-02
Regardless of Roosevelt Plea,
Miners Await Lewis Orders

we get orders from John L. Lewis
or our district representatives.
That's the way the miners feel
about the matter in Library"
Evening star., 1943-05-02

Paste War savings stamp in your
album-it will help paste the enemy.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-23
They are expressive
UP POPS THE DEVIL

AS we watched them, we no.
ticed that they were twirling a
set of beads. However, we did
not at once ask what these beads
were, and SO Boris began to
twirl them faster and faster, un-
til there was nothing else to do
but ask.
What have you got there?"
The twirling stopped immedi-
ately. Boris smiled his cherubic
smile and began to draw the
beads affecticnately through his
fingers. We saw that they were
rosary beads. Desc? Desc we're
gibben by Rasputin. You know
Rasputin? Dc mad monk he vas
called in Russia. He gave me
desc beads because he liked a
symphony al played vunce in de
Kremlin, ven All vas director Of
de Imperial RoShian Orchestra. "
Boris lapsed into lyric chap
ter about his past in Russia, un-
der the cars. He mentioned the
revolution, and told how he had
TO flee the country; how he came
to America, and became musical
director for Balaban & Katz in
Chicago, then conductor of the
orchestra in New York's Para
mount theater, and finally was
brought TO Hollywood to be mu-
steal director for Paramount
studio.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-23
. IN HOLLYWOOD
ling P-38. But the most remarl

ling P-36. But the most remark
able thing about him, at first
meeting, in his haberdashery.
His shirts look as though they
were camouflaged in such way
as to make them invisible if they
passed you at 400 miles an hour
turning end over end. On Mr.
Morros, however, they pass at
an upright waddle and, instead
of being invisible, they are more
conspicuous than Hedy Lamar
in a bathtub. All of them are in
uncomplimentary technical r.
They say he has the most horri-
BILE private collection of shirts in
existence.
why" we once asked him
curiously, shielding our eyes
with one palm, do you wear
those shirts anyway"
well, ah1l tall you," Morros
answered. "Ah'm not tall, like
Gary Cooper All haven't got a
menly chast, like Clark Gable.
Ah'm not fonny, like Bob Hup.
So vat have l got? Nodding. So
! wear desc shirts
Such candor endeared Boris
to us Immediately. And, besides
we could see his point. But there
was something else that was fas-
cinating about him. For man
of his rotund figure, he posses
ses a remarkable grace with his
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-23
BY PETER EDISON

In spite of the fact that a
House of Representatives sub
committee killed President
Roosevelt's request for IAN adj
ditional 500 million" for farm
incentive payments, Secretary of
Agriculture Claude r. Wickard
has indicated that the admins
tration will 60 ahead with its
farm goal program of food pro-
duction for 1943 and will make
an attempt in some way to reach
a compromise with Congress
which will permit cash incen-
tives to be paid to farmers who
will grow more war crops. Irish
and sweet potatoes, dried beans,
flax, dried peas, peanuts and
grain sorghums.
Action of the congressional
subcommittee was such a set
back to the President, to Eco
nomic Sterilization Direc o r
Jimmy Byrnes and to the Dem
ocratic leadership in Congress
that they cannot permit it to 60
unchallenged. You may there
fore soon expect to see some
new move made to get an ap-
preparation for incentives back
in the budget.
One reason that the incentive
payment plan was killed may be
that it was not understood. Econ
omy-minded congressman of the
H ouse apparently understand
the additional 500 million"
part, even though no one yet
knows what 500 million looks
like. They understood in a vague
way the principle of an incent-
i've, and this general idea had
been sold to the House and Sen
ate leadership by Wickard and
Byrnes.
The plan is admittedly COM
plicated, and to start from
scratch, it will take three days
for this department to explain
how an incentive payment in
cents. Well get on with the first
lesson:
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-23
RELIEVING THE PINCH

at hand for that Dallas woman,
caught by shoe rationing, who
wears a No. 5 on one foot and
a No. 7 on the other.
News of her plight brought
similar stories from Tennessee,
Missouri and Massachusetts,, and
Granville w. Moore. county ra-
tioning board member. said his
office is organizing the Mis-
Mated Shoe Club.
A round-robin letter goes to
all inquirers, so they can write
each other and trade shoes that
don't fit for shoes that do.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-23
. SO THEY SAY

1t is not enough to view the
future with sober confidence.
We should view the future with
burning hate and bitter resolve.
London editorial.
When peace is declared, Wash
ington must again become the
bridge of our ship of state-not
the gun turrets, engine room
and galley combined. - Gov.
Leverett Saltonstall of MaSsa-
chusettS.
In these days of total war,
when the machine shop and the
mill are as much a part of de-
tense as the foA.ioles in North
Africa, any member of the great
industrial army who for profit
deliberately sends to our Army,
our Navy, our Marine Corps or
our air forces defective, faulty
or rejected armament should be
treated as a traitor,-Rep. Mich
ael A. Feigham of Ohio.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-23
BIG FARM-SMALLER CROP

Begin with the story of Farm
er Jones of the mid = western,
great plains states Joneses. Any
average farm in the wheat belt
will do, but say this Farmer
Jones has 40 acres. 1t has been
previously determined by the
county's triple A Agricultural
Adjustment Administration -
committee that Farmer Jones in
1913 will be allowed to plant
no more than 200 acres of his
land in wheat. If you don't I'M
derstand how this was deter
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-23
MISTAKEN IDENTITY

CHICAGO - Sheffield Ave-
nue. Station police got nowhere
trying TO guess the name of the
blue-eyed, yellow haired tot,
who was found walking in the
street.
The child. dressed in pink pa
jamas. was described by police
in radio reports as "a girl,
about 2"
Officers used up all the fem
inine names at their command
to gain a lead, but the child's
identity was not learned until
IL year old Raymond Landon
game to the station to claim his
brother, Ronald, 2.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-23
McKENNY ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Gard Authority

One of the most interesting
youngsters to watch playing
bridge is Tobias Stone of New
York. With Alvin Roth, Stone
won the national open pair
championship at Syracuse last
December. Stone played the
hand shown today, and after he
had made the contract, he said
in his rapid-fire way, had 10
play it wide open. 1t was the
only way to make nine tricks.
Maybe ! should pass the first
club trick, but then West
might have only three-card
club suit and / would look
foolish"
Stones bid of one diamond
was made of course in prepare
ton for the no trump contract.
The opening lead of the three Of
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-23
K X X X X X
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .

mined, don't ask now for you
were supposed to learn that
when AAA was first set up,
nearly 10 years ago, and in UNI
derstanding incentive payments
there are certain things you
have TO take for granted as so,
just because they're so.
Anyway, Farmer Jones' wheat
acreage allotment is 200 acres.
Now, under the Department O.
Agriculture's conservation pro.
gram, it has been determined
again don't ask how - that for
the 1913 crop, farmers shall be
paid 90 cents bushel for every
bushcl of wheat grown on every
farmers allotted acres, provided
he doesn't plant more than al
lotted acreage in wheat. Say the
10-year average yield of wheat
on this land Is 10 bushels to the
acre. That would be 200 bushels
for Farmer Jones's 200 acres.
Two thousand bushels of
wheat at 90 cents per bushel
multiplies to $184, which would
be paid to the farmer out of the
federal treasury and would be
over and above whatever he
could get on the market for the
actual sale of his wheat. Some
time during the spring, the
county triple A committee will
come around and check up to
make sure Farmer Jones hasn't
planted more than his 200 acres.
Some time in the fall, Farmer
Jones would get his extra
money.
Now this S184 is kind of an
incentive payment, but it is not
the incentive payment we start
ed to talk about in the begin
ming. This S184 is an incentive
for Farmer Jones NOT to grow
more than his quota Of wheat.
There is already too much wheat
storage. The 90 cents per bushel
wheat payment is intended to
make sure there won't be more
than too much, and the new,
wartime incentive payment sup
posed to encourage the farmer to
grow more things the country
hasn't enough of is something
else again, which will be con-
sidered in its proper place
pnfnrn onino On ~ that ron.
slider what happens to Farmer
Jones if he plants more than 200
acres. For every acre above his
allotted 200 that Farmer Jones
plants in wheat, he may be pen
allied - yes. penalized - 10
times the amount of the pay
ment he gets if he doesn't plant
more than 200. The payment is
90 cents per bushel. Ten times
that is 90 cents a bushel, and
with a yield of 10 bushels to the
acre, Farmer Jones could be
penalized $500 for every acre
above 200 planted in wheat. II
he planted 210 acres in wheat,
his 10 acre penalty would be
S92, and if he planted 220 acres
in wheat his 20 acre penalty
would be S184, which would ex-
actly wipe out the conservation
program payment of $184 to
which he would be entitled If he
had planted only 200.
Here, an important point. A
farmer cannot be penalized more
than the amount of payment to
which he would otherwise be en-
titled. If Farmer Jones had
planted 230 acres in wheat, for
instance, they couldn't haul him
into court and actually fine him
S92. In other words, they don't
take away from farmer more
than he hasn't got.
Now that you understand all
this basic stuff, you're ready to
take up the matter of real, war
time incentive payments to in
crease production of food crops,
which will be considered in the
next column.
R%l1-ll AklRAl%
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-23
SKOL, BEGORRA

CHICAGO - From the Svith-
iod Singing Clubs clubroom,
passersby stopped when they
heard the strains of When
Irish Eyes Are Smiling" come
from the Scandinavian Sanctum.
They were perplexed to hear, as
an encore, "Who Threw the
Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's
Chowder?"
There was an explanation,
however. There was a new MEM
Der. Chief of Detectives John l..
Sullivan.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-23
KNOCKOUT

SALMON, Idaho A six
point bull elk charged a light
truck driven by Glen Richard
son, district Conservation Off
cer--and stopped it cold.
Encouraged by the easy de-
cision, the animal stepped out
of its class for the next bout.
II charged five ton snow
pillow and dropped dead, its
neck broken.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-23
MANPOWER SHORTAGE

InNTh n, Id. = III 10 Wal
time problems:
When the Zacchini brothers
started out for their annual tour
with their huge circus cannon,
they were forced for the first
time to take women for ammu-
milton instead of men.
Egle, 81, and Dui ma, II,
daughters of Edmende Zacchini,
eldest of the seven cannoneer
brothers, will alternate in the
dangerous work of being blown
from the gun into net.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-23
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON


Now that Tales of Manhat-
tan" has cleaned up at the box
office and Is also being picked
by many critics as one of the
"ten best" pictures of 1912, it
seems safe to say that Boris
Morros has arrived. Boris and a
gentleman by the name of S. P.
Eagle formerly Sam Speagle)
are listed AS the producers.
We never had the pleasure of
meeting S. p, but we have been
acquainted with Boris for some
years now, aid we always figur-
ed he would go places in Holly
wood.
One of the crimes of Holly
wood journalism is that, while
touting the Goldwyns, Mayors,
DeMilles and other master
minds of the industry, it has
thus far failed to let the public
in on Mr.. Morros, who by this
time should be known far and
wide as one of the true phenom-
ena produced by this eccentric
village.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-23
. FLASHES
OF
LIFE .
BY the Associated Press
RIGHT AT HOME

NEWARK, N. j. - Two small
boys brought an exhausted pig
con to fire headquarters, and
Captain John Moran telephoned
the number of a band on it's leg
to Police CAPTAIN Albert
SchWankert, a bird fancier.
wait until l get my registry
book, said Schwankert. A mo-
ment later, he said, I've found
the owner"
"Who is it,"
"Me."
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-23
. BARBS

Some borrowing neighbors
will take everything but hint.
Words can be used to express
a lot, but around March Is fig
ures are going to mean q lot
more.
Every single strike on the
home front might mean three
strikes on the boys at the battle
front.
Wartime planting Is going to
mean almost as much as war
time plants.
Now there Is real meaning In
the expression, "Those blasted
Germans"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-23
NICK-OF-TIME DEPT.

E. Erickson, only woman mem
Der of the Utah Senate, return
ed from one of her infrequent
absences to find her colleagues
considering bill she opposed.
Just look what happens when
mama isn't here for one day."
she exclaimed, quickly organic
ing opposition that promptly de-
feated the bill.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-23
SILVER LINING

housewife looked glumly into
her cupboard to see how many
cans she had before registering.
She pulled out one can of peas.
Behind it lay her husbands
most priced and long missing
pair of cuff links.