COAL SETTLEMENT
SOUGHT BY MINERS
OFFER TO NEGOTIATE NEW AGREEMENT
WITH VIEW TO REDUCING LABOUR COSTS.
(United Press Association.—Copyright.) LONDON,' 3rd September.
After a conference which lasted all day, and in which Mr. Ramsay Macdonald (Leader of the Labour Party) took part, Mr. A. J. Cook (secretary of the Miners' Federation) sent a letter to Mr. Winston Churchill, saying:— "The executive and delegates to the Miners' Conference, having carefully considered the deadlock, have resolved to ask you to convene and attend a conference of the Mining Association and the Miners' Federation. We are prepared to enter into negotiations for a new national agreement with a view to a reduction in labour costs, so as to meet the immediate necessities of the industry." An official communique says that the Government considers the letter constitutes a basis sufficient to justify them in requesting the owners to resume negotiations, and is communicating with them. Mr. Macdonald, when informed of the result of the letter, said:—"l am glad I have been of some service, and I hope that common sense will prevail, and that a settlement will be the result."
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 58, 6 September 1926, Page 9
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186COAL SETTLEMENT Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 58, 6 September 1926, Page 9
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