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...standards of life being raised," Dr. Nourse said dryly, "... when a great labor organization sees the current situation as 'the occasion for a reduction in hours of work'... or when the czar of coal orders a three-day week with full pay . . . and when pensions at 60 are demanded for a population steadily becoming longer lived...
Then he left for a three-day visit to Canada; with his party he viewed Niagara Falls from Maid-of-the-Mist (see cut). This week Pandit Nehru would take off on a two-week flying trip across the U.S. to continue what he called his education...
...under the wage agreement of 1947 and stipulated that coal miners would pay a 20 cent-a-ton royalty for pensions and sickness benefits. The Southerners argued that with the end of the contract, they were no longer obligated to make payments, especially in view of the three-day week...
This year's coal strike differed from those of recent times in that the United Mine Workers never used their usual "no contract, no work" slogan. Instead, after the last contract expired on June 31, the miners inaugurated a three-day work week in an effort to strengthen their bargaining position. Their aim was to cut down existing coal stocks without the odium or financial stress of going out on strike...
...position of the UMW was not as strong as it had hoped, since summer demand for coal had dropped considerably, negating the effect of the three-day week. Early last week, the anthracite miners ended their sympathy strike, perhaps to persuade their home-heating customers not to switch to oil. Next day, the 22,000 soft coal miners west of the Mississippi returned to their jobs...