Evening star., 1945-06-07
Wage Pact Approval
Puts Hard-CoaI Price
Rise Plea Before 0PA
BY JAMES Y. NEWTON.

today studied request of the hart
coal industry for a price increas
that might hike the cost of anthra
cite to consumers as much as 5,
cents a ton.
OPA entered the coal case afte
the War Labor Board late yester
day approved the new wage agree
ment between anthracite operator
and John L. Lewis United Min
Workers with only minor modifica
tions. Both parties agreed to tn,
changes which affect about 1000 o
the 72,000 hard coal miners.
The new contract in the hard Goa
industry Is contingent on the op
orators receiving price relief to com
pensate for the higher wages MI
Lewis got for his union after sever
weeks of bargaining and strikes
The mines were shut down for thre,
weeks.
Get Travel Pay.
Approximately $4,000 miners will
receive pay boost of $1.37la a da.
under the contract, including tn,
provision of underground travel pay
for the workers for the first time
in history of the industry.
WLB Chairman George w. Taylor
explained the last-minute modifica.
who crash landed and other Ameri
cans who became prisoners of war;
secondly, those who, under the Mos
COW declaration, are to be sent bacl
to the scene of their crimes for tria
by local authorities and, thirdly
traitorous nationals.
In treating the subject OF thost
accused of offenses against Amer /.
can military personnel, Justic.
Jackson said such offenses tradi.
ditionally have been dealt with or
the spot by the field forces. Author.
ization for such prompt procedure
he explained, had been withdrawn
because of the fear of stimulating
retaliation through execution o1
captured Americans on trumped ur
charges" The surrender of Ger.
many, however, and the liberation
Of our prisoners, he continued, have
made it possible to resume summary
dealing with this type of case.
At the same time, Justice Jackson
said a plan of coordination has
been worked out between his staff
and the military authorities so there
will be no question of conflict in
particular cases. He said, too. that
officials of other countries were
anxious to help in this field and
he recalled that the French had
brought in evidence to himself and
Maj. Gen. William j. Donovan, an
associate, that civilians in Germany
had beaten three American airmen
to death with wrenches.
Same Cases Underway.
Gases such as this are not infre-
quent," he explained Under the
perfected, the mill
tary authorities act in cases of this
class without delay. Some are al
ready underway; some by now have
been tried and verdicts rendered.
Some concentration camp cases are
also soon to go on trial"
He explained further that the part
Of the United States in those cases
involving offenders who are to be
sent back to the scene of their
crimes for trial consists in identifi-
cation of individuals "and the SUR
render on demand of those who are
in our control"
The United States War Crimes
Commission is especially concerned
with cases of this kind, Justice Jack
son explained, since it represents
many of the United Nations with
the exception of Russia.
1T has been usefully engaged as
a body with which the aggrieved o1
all the United Nations have record
er their accusations and evidence
he said.
Requests for the surrender OF
persons held by American forces
may present diplomatic or political
problems, which are not my respon-
sibility," Justice Jackson con-
tinued, but SO far as my work is
concerned I advised the commits
sion, as well as the appropriate
authorities, that there Is
no objection to the surrender of
any person except on ground that
we want him as a defendant or as
a witness in the major case"
Traitorous Nationals.
AS for the traitorous nationals
whom he listed as the "Quislings
Lavals, Lord Haw Haws' and the
like" the justice said each country
was free to prosecute them under
thir own laws.
Justice Jackson recalled that more
than month ago the United States
proposed in writing to the United