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TEN' BECKLEY POST-HERALD. W. VA. THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 20, 1950 Coal Mining Course Will Start In UMWQfficialReportsOn'uMW HEAD SAYS Committee's Plans; Men CONTEST TEAMS IUST REGISTER Eccles Team Will Defend Championship Trained As Instructors Championj Will Instruction Will Be Offered On Experimental Basis! Defend Title At For Firtt Year; Studies Available For Male Students In Twelfth Grade Mullens Meet Instruction in the a a of coal mining, principal induslry of West Virginia, will be offered in high schools in at least seven counties of the stale, it was disclosed yesterday. The Committee on Mining Education of the Slate Board of Education met last week at Morgantown wilh officials of West Virginia University and decided to offer the mining cburse to the twelfth grade male students on an experimental basis during the coming school year, C.

E. safety engineer of i Mine Worker's District 20 and member.of the 'committee, staled yesterday. It has been agreed by the committee, Jones said, to proceed dur: ing the next year and offer it as an course, subject the final approval of the committee after it is tried out. The success of the course among the high school students will.probably decide whether or not the course will be continued. Teachers Trained Fourteen teachers have been trained at West Virginia University in a special for the teachers, Jones explained.

All of these men have had 'some mining experience, and with the formal training, will be suited for instructing their students in the facts about coal mining, which is the iifeblood of a large portion of the state. It is planned to offer the mining studies in. Raleigh, Fayette, McDowell, Boone, Mercer, Logan and Kanawha counties at the present time, with other counties possibly: offering it later. It is to teach it-to the twelfth grade, Jones said, but it is possible that some boys in the tenth and eleventh. grades will lake course if there is insufficient State First Aid Meet Is Revived; Set For Sept.

19 The State Department of Mines will conduct its first state-wide first aid meet since the beginning- of World War II September 9 at Dunbar, Mines Chief Arch J. Alexander announced yesterday. The event, one of the highlights of the State 4-H Fair, will get underway at 2 p.m. on that day under the direction of H. P.

Farley, secretary of the Safety Commission of the State Department of Mines. Twenty-eight teams are expected to participate in the meet, which is being: co-sponsored by mining' institutes through the state and the United Mine Workers of America. Some elimina- interest among those in the twelfth tion contests will be held in the grade. If a sufficient number of boys in the twelfth take the course, no others will be accepted. The meeting last week, presided over by H.

K. Baer, secretary to the State Board of Education. Meeting with "the.committee were GX R. Spindler, director of the University's School of Mines, and the men who have been taking the special course in Morgantown. Next Meeting Jones also disclosed that the next'meeting of the Committee on Mining Education will be held October the Capitol Building in Charleston, at which: time all interested groups among management, labor, an deducation will be to.attend.

At that time the committee will have its report fairly well prepared, he said, and also have almost two months experience in the teaching of the course, is planned to have a progress. report from the teach- 1 ers offering the studies. The proposed course will include the following; Jones said: (1) Importance of the coal mining industry, including public interest in mining, history of coal mining in the United States and in West Virginia, coal as an energy source, and coal as a source of other products. (2) Geology of coal and related strata, including principles of physical geology, theories or ori- fin of coal, structural features of coal deposits and related strata, and grade and rank of coal. (3) Methods of coal extraction, including general methods, in- various union districts to decide the a a will enter the contest.

The grand prize i ning team'will be a trophy donated by the Mines Department, with individual loving cups for its members. Prizes also will be awarded the runners-up. Alexander said this is the first statewide first aid meet held since 1941, having: been discontinued during: the war. FORMER LOCAL MAN ACCEPTS NEW POSITION Earl C. Robertson Named Clinchfield Fuel Co.

Head J. P. Routh, chairman of the Pittston Company and Clinchfield Coal Coropation, announced yesterday that Earl C. Robertson would join the Fittston organization as vice-president of Clinchfield Coal Corporation and chairman of the board of Clinchfield Fuel Company. The latter firm is distributers of Clinchfield coal in the southeastern territory.

Mr. Robertson, a former Beck- fluence of geologic conditions on ley resident, will temporarily make mining method used, economic in- his headquarters at the Spartans- fluence on mining methods, roof burg, S. office of Clinchfield i i a i have been forwarded to all local i in District 29, United Mine Workers, informing them a they must register i first aid teams if they wish to be represented in the first aid contest at the Labor Day celebration in Mullens, C. E. Jones, district safely engineer, announced yesterday.

One of the largest first "aic events ever staged in the distric is expected to take place on Labor Day when teams from throughou Southern West Virginia assemble at the baseball park near Mullens for the annual event. Defending its championship won last year at Mt. Hope will be the first aid team from Eccles Loca Union No. 5770. These men, em- ployes of Eccles mines of Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates, have al ready started holding practice ses sions to prepare themselves to hole the district championship they won.

UNION SHOP CLAUSE HELD ILLEGAL U. S. Court Of Appeals Upholds Decision On Contract WASHINGTON, July A provision in the contract between John L. Lewis and steel industry-owned coal mine owners a all workers must belong lo Lews' United Mine Workers un- on was held illegal Monday jy Hie U.S. Court of Appeals.

The court uphelcl and to enforce -A prior de- lliat effect by the Labor Relations Smokeless Coal Page RICHARD IL MASON, Coal Editor Synthetic Liquid Fuels May Solve Shortages Of Vitally Needed Chemicals Direct Hydrogenation Of Coal Offers Source Of Benzene, Aromatic Hydrocarbons; Mines Bureau Starts Probing Possibilities Current shortages and increasing requirements fop-benzene and phenol have induced the a of Mines lo undertake an investigation of these and oilier chemicals available in producing synthetic liquid fuels from coal and oil shale, Director James Boyd announced yesterday. Major objective of the study, in which the a i a Security Resources Board has expressed interest, is lo determine the most desirable processes for producing chemicals in conjunction with i fuels, Boyd said. Potential benefits would include: (1) a new source of those chemicals either now in short supply or expected lo be in time emergency; (2) a a source ot" aromatics ir other special fuel components required by the armed brces; and (3) reduction of the cosl of syn'thclic liquid uels by the co-production and sale, of chemicals. The Bureau has appointed two The eight-man first aid team of Eccles Local Union No. 5770, United Mine Workers, who won the District 29 championship last year has already started its practice sessions to defend its crown at the Labor Day celebration this year at Mullens.

Nightly sessions are being conducted by the team to prepare themselves for the contests. Members of the championship Eccles team are 'shown above, left to right: first row--Mike Griffith, Wylie Erwin, and Ed Dix; second row--E. L. Carter, captain, Hubert Lawson, Ivan Lowery, and John Cormack. Noted Korean Labor Expert WillTour Local Mining Area cision to Valional Board.

The contract in question was the 1948 coal agreement, but Lewis and the mine owners have continued substantially the same clause in all succeeding coal contracts. The National Coal Association early this week warned retailers and consumers that coal is in short supply and advised that they place orders now for future needs. The association said production for the first six months of this year ran nearly 31 million tons less than in the first six months of 1949. The output in 1950 January first through July 1 was! 234,124,000 tons. The association said it did not! want to "frighten anyone," went on to give the following figures and facts: Dai Wi Lee, Former Secretary Of Labor, Will Stop In Beckley On U.

S. Tour; UMW Safety Official Will Conduct Him On Trip A noled Korean labor expert studying the United Slates Labor Scene under the sponsorship of the Office of International Labor Affairs will lour the Beckley mining area this weekend lo gather facts that will aid hinrirrhis work when he returns lo his native land; The visitor will be a i i Lee, secretary of labor of the South Korean Interim Government from 1945 to 19-18 a now a lop coal mining executive in a country. His i to the Beckley area is being sponsored by District 29, United Mine Workers, headed by President "George J. Tiller. I This area will be the first stop I after leaving Washington, D.

on a trip that will take him to several different parts of the United Lewis has 90 days in which to Stockpiles too are down. Coal appeal today's decision to the Su-j stocks totalled 44,795,000 tons on preme Court. June 1, or 27,951,000 tons under! Optimistic View TakenByChamber On Coal's Future iStates. Mr. Lee, preme If he fails to take the appeal within 90 days, or if the appeal is lost in the Supreme Court, Lewis and his union can be court contempt proceedin quire abandonment of the union shop arrangement.

the same date last year. a resident of Seoul, is now manager of the Chok government-owned coal He studied at Yale, 1524- and at Columbia University, WASHINGTON, 'The a 1926-27, where he obtained his onsultants to assist in a general tudy of processes, yields, and markets, Dr. Boyd said. They are Dr. Gaston DuBois, of St.

Louis, formerly with Monsanto Chemical Company, and L. A. chlueter of Washington, D. vho is associated with the Amer- can Coke and Coal Chemicals Institute. Even now in short benzene constantly is becoming more mportant as a basic raw material.

its use in such products as synthetic rubber, plastics, nylon, and detergents readily accounts for sharp increase in demand during the last decade. Until recently, benzene available only as a co-product in the manufacture of oven coke, used chiefly for metallurgical purposes. Thus, coke requirements established a ceiling on benzene production and interruptions in either the coal or steel industry tended to create an immediate shortage with dislocations in dependent industries. For the firs time, benzene is now being produced from petroleum al Texas City, Texas, where a plant has been established with an annua capacity of 5,000,000 gallons. Mos of this probably will be used in the Gulf Coast area which con sumes about 40,000,000 gallons benzene annually.

i Benzene and the aromatic hydrocarbons generally, together with phenol and other commercial "tar acids," can be produced in substantial amounts by the direct hydrogenation of coal one of the synthetic liquid fuels processes being developed by the Bureau of Mines, Boyd said. Such production, while not a major program objective, would offer a means of augmenting present and future chemical supplies, and at the same of over-production in the bi- Coal stocks at the head of thejtuminous coal industry has a silver Great Lakes, the association add-'lining," claims the U. S. Chamber Young Men's Christian subject to eti in a i supplied its mem: 0 Commerce in a recent report i which post he has 1 to re-! bers are very iow i i Natural Resources Department, years, and has publis the union! On A ril this ear yiA. L.

Lynn, Island Creek Coal Wa Out Korean You I were approximately 300,000 tons Company, is a chamber director Have To Take." M. A. degree. Ke is secretary of the Korean National Council of Men's Christian Associa- held for 20 ished "The Young People The Taft-Hartiev Law nrovidesi 3 5 com ared i 2,465,000 tons: whose interests lie in that direc- M- A last gar stocks on for setting up a union shop when the workers agree to the union shop arrangement. But such an election for the UMW can't be held until Lewis signs the non-Communist a i a i something he has refused to do.

NLRB officials said the case applies only to the ''captive" coal Michigan totalled 141,000 tons as! His interests include labor legislation and labor law administra- ''Closing of the marginal mines, i tion; labor-management relations; scuss industrial rela- American trade union MINES BUREAU COMMENDED ON BIRTHDAY U. S. Coal Mines Safer Today Because Of Unit's Efforts Secretary of the Interior Oscar L. a a last week paid i lo the U. Bu- of Mines on its i i a a a ble i i it has a lo the a i and to civilization.

The secretary noted that American coal mines today are among the safest in the world because of the Bureau's, scientific research on the causes and the prevention of coal mine disasters. The Bureau's educational efforts, he noted, and the coal industry's adoption of advances brought dramatic and consistent improvement in coal mining safety. Today, he pointed out, there are only about one-fifth as many fatal accidents in coal mining as there were 40 years ago before the Bureau of Mines began its work. Equally impressive in the progress made in getting more heat from a lump of coal. Today a pound of coal will generate three to four times as much electric power as it would have 30 years ago.

And here again, research by the Bureau of Mines formed the basis for this gain. But the range of the Bureau's time, held reduce the liquid fuel contributions extends far beyond costs, he added. coal mining. Its research on mine A single commercial scale coal ventilation helped make possible hydrogenation plant, producing principally gasoline and liquefied petroleum gases, could make a major contribution in alleviating shortages of such chemicals. compared with 1,329,000 tons Apr.

strip and truck mines," said wishes to dis 1 of last year," the bulletin said, the chamber, "will result in lower (lions, with The association blamed some of average costs and higher quality Headers; observe the functionin delay in lake shipments on last of the coal still produced. The of miners' steelworkers'. garmen the year's strike by the miners as well producers that will "then constitute garment workers', and other trade unions winter. Recent strikes of dores at some of the as late opening the lakes a industry will be properly in the United States; and wants to 'f steve-1equipped and adequately a Labor Institute in Ko- A-er lake'to carry forwacd a intensive! rea similar to such institutes at NEW BOOKLET CONTAINS TESTIMONY PROTESTING FLOOD OF FOREIGN control in underground mining, history and development of mechanization in mining. Mine Gases panics for their own fuel needs.

Other mine owners have at- Fuel Company and will later make tacked the union shop arrangement his headquarters at Cincinnati. another NLRB case, in which Associated with the coal industry mines, those owned by steel it addedf a tied oal! campaign to hold ana increase American universiies. the Holland tunnel, by providing a successful method for ventilating a long tunnel handling automobile traffic. And that method has since been applied in many other tunnels here and abroad. The Bureau also played an important in making costly ium available for cancer treatment, by developing a process for extracting the radium Trom i discovering ways of producing aviation gasoline from American WASHINGTON Selected! newspaper, magazine and radio crudeVils 0 editors throughout the country are Suitable, f.

was Responsible for 30 years. Mr. Robertson re- a hearing is to be held next month. After initiating the case. and ore facilities in connection their markets.

xvith the over-all coal picture, the' The same association noted, "There was is reportedly the Chicago, 111.: Pittsburgh, a 10-day vacation period at the coal a a a oac cnnnK-i Hazelton. and Sctanton. Pa. release, refers to' i Fairmont, W. Va After leaving Beckley he will receiving abstracts of testimony jj, birth ot" potash and molyb- New York presented at recent hearings of a mining industries in this 4 Signed as vice- resi-j to conliniie lhe ter, properties of gases, tne earth dent of Pittsburgh Consolidation union shop with Lewis "to atmosphere, coal mine gases, con- Coal romn1nv fr I sno i bevere shortages v-oai company.

He began a sales extent and manner provided by mnnror with thA Raioioh Smnto- a' hampered and and jest single natural gas supply azeU on a a under which the United 1 ij a P. enc provisions and one Gas Pipe Line Co. recently agreed I Co ne11 University, Ithaca, N. production was lost." to deliver annuallv to a aTn eek a Yale Uf.iver- exc Senate subcommittee investigat-1 country. And, it was the father ing unemployment in (5) Mine ventilation, functions of ventilation, fecting ventilation requirements, review of sources of gases, essentials for safe and ventilation; measurements' in 1926 as Distant general; capacity with the Raleigh Smoke-1 i a i a i unless a court less Fuel Company in Beckley.

knocks it out. for them as western i in Cincinnati, He Wttd pSEUh COMMENDS needed in ventilation calculations, geometric figures, mine fans, ilating controls, air divisions or splits, and calculations. sales manager and later became! vice-president, a position years. After the merger of Pitsburgh Coal Company mines recently in accordance with icon ne I contract week of production was lost. deliver a a gas Severe shortages of coal cars'as Eastern Transmission Corpora- movement of the i tion.

Algonquin Gas Transmission fuel, the association reported. expects to buy a part of this "Those who need coal," the from Texas Eastern, for trans- sociation said, or who will needimission to New England, it is coal should take a look at these stated, facts and understand that we say is not related to frighten! have no control. Coal consumers anyone but is given simply as ad-; should not wa: the the Army Chemical Corps, be- one week a rail road, and mineral industries. cause of its works in gases and The 16-page booklet, equipment, excerpts from statements of morej A progressive bituminous coal Labor Management than 40 witnesses representing; industry salutes the Bureau of Haven. Conn.

management, labor and public of-; Mines on its fortieth birthday for During his stay in Beckley he i ficials, is being distributed by the the brilliant achievements which will inspect the Brooklyn mine of National Coal Association. a helped make possible the Scotia Coal and Coke ThA fvt a nf i i a coal industry's service to the na- Suuenntendent John conducting the trip. The first pages of the publica- tion. "What They Say About the! i Mounting Flood of Foreign Oil! ejIlVfMFPT FF Al OUlUlUtKLfct (6) Mine fires and' explosions, and Consolidation Coal Company, and record j(l in ne was sales vice-nresi- improvement, conditions required en for active combustion, ignition! sources for mine fires, hazards a I costs of mine fires, extinguish-1 IMP hKl AL ment of mine fires by direct a tack, sealing mine fires, unsealing BY INSPECTOR! C. E.

Jones, safetv engineer for'f 1 at Trci ATINf A I D-tric 4 will tour the i are I iXAtilLLO They should i Mr "LC- (devoted to figures relating to the PDD ATTIC rmUCHDM vance information. book their orders now. This a increasing amounts of imports and i A i LUnrUlvlU "There is no trouble at plies to retail dealers as well as ASIATIC RESERVES (consequent decreases in employ-. rrnm 1 TAnr mines. There is ample capacity to! i i a users." Asia possesses over one-fourth mem ure for coal, oil railroad, ft rbUtKAL tUUt correction: pnx 5 Uce i a de quality a i The association did not name of the world's known coal re- anci industries.

Federal coal mine in- i spector outlined a few supple-; safeguards for the CMAyTT CCO ver Company's Summerlee Summerlee. the a of Klines announced today. When; reexamined in June by i i nuences over which they the mines. the "outside influences" according to the Bitumin-' The final chapter is titled: With the completion of some re- ou? Coal Institute. i Answers," and it quotes various mine lire areas, and mine explo-S" i Harold M.

Hock, the Fayette i s. PIT 3 'TM tory-and development of explo-i Describing several recent i I I and averaged 2.254 tons of coal a i a sives, primitive methods of loosen-jpi- ovcm ents, a Federal coal mine Some unsafe conditions ob- ing coal and rock principles ns pector commended the com-1 served were eliminated during the biasing, and classification of ex-ipii a i with recognized safety: inspection and accumulated coal ro TC i a a in most operations a dust was cleaned from alona con- lm es and discharge points. He also ig of rock for fire-em- Coal Leader Raps Socializing Coal, Cites Free Enterprise As Solution TM A plea for "private enterprise a i a i A i a cent improvements, most of the practices at the New- recommendations for stemming, Campanv U0 0-ton-a-day i the flood of foreign oil, including! Sor ne at uet com testimony ot Rep. John 1 a a wi Fcd i chairman of Ae House, cra elv Cod a Fcredal Affairs Sena-: coa in tor rcpci ed to tor Edward Martin a Qf Mines a A rein Battle, executive vice eclion When rcex amined in jdent. National Coal i Inspcctor F.

Eisen- i Smith, vice president. Inde-j brod Raleish ountv min- 1 pendent Refiners Association i a 275 emploves. I America; and Rep. Robert L. i A few unsafe conditions were slvle" was voiced Ibis hv one of Ibe.

nation's top of industry has never (D-W. latter correc cc i during the iened the burdens of any people'quotation, which is the last ex; he systematic timbering plan was cerpt in the booklet, follows: figures in coal industry. J. Potter, of I i a a declares lhal "everyone would lose, in the nationalization process." ergcncy use, approved covering i The president of the Rochester tricity in mining. Coal Haulage (9) Coal mine haulage, includ-i ing early history of mine haulage, present haulage methods, essen- Discussing "Who Socialized Coal?" Or.

Charles anywhere. It never in Police i ce 1 works out the way the theorists' iu Congress can do it. had been taken down expect it. will. The coal industry a tj a ta or it can raise the supported.

Inspector F.isenbrod employs 430.000 men in 8,000 tariff on the importation of oil." I noted. He also commended the 'wearing of permissible electric 'cap lamps for portable illumina- i QAFFTY iioii ht5 During the inspection, ventila: boxes, rock-dusting where neces-! prepared tor tne footbaii." the mine producer ne of lhe bj ones and it I'M lULinvJolVijU firing shots with permissible blast- tion in the 4 left and north mains sary. "Americans. Speak broad-j continues. "Our American busi- lice on one percent of the to- CITpprCTrn AT A units, stemming boreholes a Can you imagine our a 1 incombisstible material, and crats in Washington running By ariopting only a few addit- i firing each shot immediately after by C.

A. Kansala. exposed metal in the explosives a Pittsburgh Coal Company! defending the brand of football nes 28 "states. It is run by; transcriotion for the one of the bi? ones and it nro-' tials of track haulage a im rov cd. Inspector Kansala i Inspector Hock said permissi- Kis mcsssjje is beir.c car-; system is a champion, toe.

and Haitian noted in suggesting more single-shot or permissible mui- v.v 11 ives 'he greatest good to tial construction of sotnc line brat-! tiple-shot blaslinc units 1 greatest number and let us not administrative job for S. 000 coal: ional 5a et measures, operating charging. Other betterments in- than 100 radio stations in com ruin it by mellowing Conditions "and oractices at the eluded effective securing of cars the foolish illusion that little men In answer to a query concernim rrainajo a n-rrnin a- in Drainage ana pumping in- mine, Semet-Solvay Divisa faces, removal of some explos- Allied Chemical and Dye ves containers to safer places, and pumping head, motive poxver. and abandoned workings should be i unobstructed, proper car circles, scores the present trend; posted against unauthorized entry. floor insulation where shock in Washington.

Ivania coal operator, or big government, under bureau- government during prominence in mine socialism, would do and federal operation of mines! Corporation can be brought into' keeping at least 24 inches of the Dr. Potter, as deputy coal mines: at the time. Dr. Potter replies: conformance with clearance space clear along pumping calculations. (II) Safety and first aid.

Additional rock-dusting a exist, guarding "The government is in the pea- administrator and deputy solid; "The seizures were only tech- administraior. was in charge nical. or paper seizures. The com- crdent prevention, betterments were an audible Improved ventilation, added "Government in finance and answer to the talk that coal agreement with the union, tell the compensation and first aid. (12) Mining laws, including his- west Virginia laws, and inspection standards.

device on each locomo- blasting precautions, and better money lending. The government a sick "indusrty" is: owners to live by it, and tcchni- tive, adequate timbering of control were among an rents houses. It is i "I do not concede That the in; caliy gave them back their prop- ing places, separate containers for! chief proposals renewed by a electric power business. Industry is sick. It has been kicked erty." the Mine Safety Code, according to a Koppers main, official coal mine reinspection re-i port released today by the Bureau; of Mines.

At Tralee, Wyoming County, the mine employed 195 men and produced about 1.800 i tons of coal daily when it was re-' Enumerating several recent im- examined in July by Inspector Approvements, a Federal coal AT POWELLTON MINE L. Ulshafer. inspector commended the mine good and detonators, iliumi- jnation at transfer points along belt Federal coal mine inspector after directions see too much by social a Dr. Potter stresses. "The Amcri- a recxarninalion Mines, frame grounds for electrical mead Coal INDUSTRIES Bituminous coal is a natural i equipment, closed containers for mine, at Sabine tire indus-jmbrieams, and daily loading out product upon which entire tries are supported by the crude machine cuttings.

Headroom chemical substances derived provided over the 1 right belt Mines the reinspeclion was completed In reviewing the failures of so-'practically the sole carriers in Europe under the delusion of in June by Inspector Robert Cal-' cialism in other countries. Dr. have to pay iheir own way which is regressive, not the residues, gases, and vapors re-! and said similar clear-i vert, the Wyoming County mine! Potter contends that "to defend a still meet partially economy. Let's keep in temperaturejance was available over Ihe 3 a 180 employees and averaged our American system of profit--competition." -what we have en. Ibeil, 1774 ions of coal daily.

motive capitalism is a needless a Dr. Potter declares, it." In view 1 of the effective over-all with major provisions safety program at the mine, the Federal Mine Safety Code inspector recommended only a a the Powellton No. 3 mine of the few additional safeguards: erect-1Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates, ing a barricade at the Division, near Elkridge, W. storage magazine, removing the Bureau of Mines an- leriais obstructing clearance space)nounced today. Whep.

re-examin- along a haulageway and in June by Inspector J. A. Van standing cars securely, and better'Gilder, the Fayette County- mine and keep on of designated 290 employees and averaged 'trical equipment. tons of coal daily..