The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-05-29
Mr.. SWANSON
PROBES HEAD.
And Not Senator Borah as
Was Talked Over at
the First.
POLITICS MAY ENTER
At Some Point of Proceedings
and That is Why Change
is Made.

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WASHINGTON, ID. c.. May 2s--
Senator William e. Borah, of Idaho.
will not be chairman of the sub
committee of the Senate COMMITTEES
on education and labor which is TO
Investigate conditions in the Paint
Iereek coal fields OF West Virginia.
He a Republican. 1T was Senator
Borah who first undertook to have
. the investigation started. He was
Ignored in the matter and the Kern
resolution was adopted. after being
amended. Then it became the iti-
tention to have the Investigation
made by a subcommittee intsead or
the entire committee and fmmedi-
ately Senator Borahs name was
passed around as the probable head
OF the subcommittee. But as poll
tics may enter into the investigation
at some point in the proceedings and
as it may be part of the plan to get
all the political capital possible out
of the investigation, Senator Borah
will not head the subcommittee.
The subcommittee has not been
named yet but it seems to be under
stood now that Senator Swanson, OF
Virginia, Democrat, will be the
man. Senator Borah probably Will
be on the committee but not as It's
chairman. The organization of the
subcommittee Is expected to be
made Saturday, when the full COM
mittee is to have meeting. The
Is expected to go to
West Virginia in the course of It's
investigation but probably will sum
mon some of dts witnesses to come TO
Washington. The resolution under
which 1t will act is as follows:
Resolved, That the Senate Com
mittee of Education and Labor Is
hereby authorized and directed to
make a thorough and completes In
vestigation of the conditions exist
dng in the Paint Creek coal fields OF
West Virginia for the purpose of az
certaining-
First. Whether or not any sys-
tenn of peonage has been or is main
tanned in said coal fields.
Second whether or not postal
services and facilities have been or
are interfered with or INSTRUCTED in
said coal fields: and df SO. by whom.
Third. Whether or not the Inn
migration laws OF this country have
been or are being violated in said
coal fields; and If so. by whom; and
whether or not there have been dis
against the said coal
fields in the administration of the
laws at ports of entry.
Fourth. Investigate and report
all facts and circumstances relating
to the charge that icitizens of the
United States have been arrested
tried and convicted contrary to or IN
violation of the constitution or the
laws of the United States.
Fifth. Investigate and report to
what extent the conditions existing
in said coal fields In West Virginia
have been caused by agreements and
entered into contrary
to the laws of the United States for
the purpose of controlling the pro-
duction, sale and transportation OF
the coal of these fields.
sixth Investigate and report
whether or not firearms, ammunition
and explosives have been shipped
into the said coal fields with the
purpose to exclude the products the
products of said coal fields from
markets In interstate
trade; and If SO. by whom and by
whom paid for.
Seventh. If any or all OF these
exist, the cause leading
up to such conditions"