Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-01-18
srNATE REQUESTS WILSON TO HOLD UP ORDER , DAYS
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N ,;obt wired coal operators, who are ,,ndor contract to supply industries @ Which will be shut down, to ship their ona1 as usual to state fuel administra- tors with draft attached. The govern &.,ont thus will become purchaser of #nl1 coal mined where the consignee is forhid6cn to receive it. A sum of $25,- &noo oOO will be set aside for making .,,,rcbaees. Schools were declared eX- amnted tonight from the closing order, |under which they are classed as mu- nicinal buildings Fuel, officials held, may go to schools freely not only dur inc the fve-day period, but on the <1Iondav holidays as we'll. Food indus ,rios without exception will be per Emitted to operate on full time. After a conference with Dr. Garfield tonight Eood Administrator Hoover issued the Following statement in that connec- &tion:
 Food Industries Exempt. "It is my understanding that Dr. order does not include grain Elevators, grain mills, bakeries, stock Wards, meat-packing establishments, &cold storage houses, sugar factories and refining plants or any other form Inf food industry" No order of pref Ference is established between the Classes which are allowed to receive roal In their Monday editions, which ere limited to those ordinarily issued lon holidays, newspapers are enjoined from issuing the large editions usual Nv put on on Sundays. Public utility Ibuildings, telegraph and telephone of Ifices have been added in the official Border to the list of business buildings (which may be heated on the Monday &holdays Violation of the order will be punished by the penalties provided lin inc Lever bill, $5,00O fine or two years' imprisonment, or both.
 Washington. Jan. IA wave of 6ndsnant protest against the gOvern- mcn's drastic fuel restriction order, which swept over congress today, |cuminaed in the adoption by the senate tonight, 50 to 19, of a resolu- &tion requesting five-day suspension of the order. Efforts to get vote on Ia similar resolution in the house were Blocked by objections. Hours were spent in stormy debate in both senate land house members vehemently char acterizine the full administration step as entailing national calamity" and industrial paralysis" Partican Hines were largely disregarded, par &ticularly in the senate, and when it Became apparent that the order was going into effect in spite of the sen- ate request, plains were laid for sub-. hitting an appeal directly to Presi- {dent Wilson tomorrow.
 "Great DiscOuriesy to Senate.' Issuance of the orders tonight was Ia great discourtesy to the senate" said Senator Hitchcock, author of the l resolution. But l do net see how congress can HOW act to suspend their i operation l hardly see what further steps can be taken by congress, OK cept by appeal to the president in l |time to stay their execution" Would Repeal Food Law. Suspension or repeal of the part of ] the Lever food control law, under which Fuel Administrator Garfield acted was one of the proposals con- | sidered by congress today. Senator Hitchcock said it might be brought up tomorrow, although the necessary bill or resolution hardly could be passed by both houses in time to have any effect
 Congress, flooded by telegrams of protest from business interests, gave practically the entire day to the sub- Ject. Resolutions requesting post ronement were introduced in the sen ate by Mr. Hitchcock, democrat, and Republican Leader Gallinger, and fin the house by Acting Republican Leader Gillette
 Ac.ian NOn-PartiSan.
 It was 6 o'clock, and just about the time the fuel administrator formal Scrder was made public, that the sen ate adopted the Hitchcock resolution. In the house, after sharp debate, Q vote on Representative Gillette's res olttlon was prevented by refusal of representative Cox of Indianas demo- efat, to give unanimous consent for It's consideration.
 aiarfield Faces Senate.
 Action in the senate was delayed iong enough for Dr. Garfield to be