Mr. Justice Sankey stipulated that no miner should strike until
the question in dispute had been submitted to the District Council and the National Council and they had been unable to settle it. It is significant that the miners' six nominees, who of course welcomed all the Chairman's concessions, refused point-blank to admit that the miner in State employ should be any lees free to "down tools" than the miner in private employ. In other words, they contradicted Mr. Justice Sankey'a optim- istic assertion that the miner would work leas irregularly if the mines were nationalized. They denied that the miners were responsible for the rapid decline in output since their wages were greatly increased. They asked for a larger representation for the miners on the District Councils. It is obviously im- possible to satisfy the extreme doctrinaires who have gained control of the miners' Executive, and. who have acted as prosecu. tors, witnesses, and judges on this strange Commission.
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