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aoe ee 0 -_-" ~ ren * . Pare 2 ee ewis Signs Wize Pact ©. With Ickes; Ends Strike = Basic Daily Pay of $8.50 °"">; vided; Contract Goes to WLB 0 = 7 ze . WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.~John L. “Lewis and [nferior Secre- mary Harold L. Ickes today presented the WL Y bor Lt: a Board) with « formula for ending the eight-month#6M coal wage 377 Temes ofisis. It was not immediately clear whether the Board roo accept the present. - in four conferences lasting a to-ltime cut and the arbitrary Bxing tal pf only one and # half hours,/of travel time at. 45 minutes 'nited Mine Workers’ leader! throughout the Appalachian aree— og sir one Government offcial|are the issues that may ceuse the ~ who has remained on cordial speak-! sharpest controv within the ing terms with him throughout the | WLB. - ° coal conflict, labored and brought] Ickes and Lewis estimated that forth » rabbit. Most observers e%-lan additional 20 million tons of pected the to spend many | bituminous ion turbulent hours deciding whether bituminon ond emi be tons of ‘to nccept the agreement or to pre-!by the additional work time, but ‘ cipitate a new collision. other observers expressed doubt + Two key provisions in the agree-| period and might interpret it for ' Te | ‘ment laid the basis on which the| themselves as a feoe-saving tH UMW’ Policy Committee last night | ula which they were not com ordered the coal miners to retumn|'o recognize, The UMW reduced th ~“Vietory’ Debate ? redu e miners’ ’ . customary Junch period from 30 The agreement: also created . a. to 15 minutes. The additional work-| much debate as to the extent of the a ing time will give the miners daly victory which Lewis has won if the ee - Lala —_ ed te WwW VCpTee oes a _ : ted by the WLB, They| whether the rank-and-6le miners a ates hich anes anted in the tebelled against the curtainent of ; ~ ES. decision. - al their huncheon period or chose - ; ed Pega The same daily wage will bei of nin dea ok. an easy way ; “Rp oR, - ; ar id to other miners throughout the| Some ishar sonrret contenied, .—————-~- 4 \ g y Jone, Ae ; cnes ° \Ro RECOVERED LL yo M4 NOV BB 1943 sei eat nerve eita t 4d <— This is a clipping fron page S37” of PM |: for Aten. 4, P43 | Clipped at the Seat of Gevernment 2 bes re