The Sentinel=record., 1918-01-18
MAY ATTEMPT T0 REPEAL
 SECTION OF FUEL CONTROL
Congress Was Flooded With Protests Against the Fuel Administrators Order and the Entire Day Was Practically Given Over to Consider. ation of the Question.

Washington, Jan. i7-A wave of in dignant protest against the govern ment's drastic fuel restriction order which swept over congress today cul- minated in the adoption by the sen ate tonight, fifty 'to nineteen, of a resolution requesting a five-day sus- pension of the orders. Efforts to get a vote on a similar resolution in the house was blocked by objection.
 Hours were spent in stormy debate in both senate and house. Partisan lines 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, plans were laid for sub mittng an appeal directly to Presi- dent Wilson tomorrow.
 Suspension or repeal of that part of the Lever food control law under which Fuel Administrator Garfield acted was one of the proposals con sidered by members of congress to- day, Senator Hitchcock said, and might be brought up tomorrow, al- though 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 over practically the entire day to the subject. Resolutions requesting post ponement were introduced in the sen ate by MT. Hitchcock, democrat, and Republican Leader Gallinger and in the house by Acting Republican Lead CT Gillett.
 at was six o'clock and just about the time the fuel administrator for nal order was made public when the senate adopted the Hitchcock resolu- tion.
 In the house, after sharp debate, a vote on Representative Gilletts reso- lution was prevented by refusal of Representative Cox of Indiana. dem- ocrat, to give unanimous consent for it's consideration.
 Action in the senate was delayed long enough for Dr. Garfield to be summoned to the capitol and ques- toned by the senate manufacturers Investigating the fuel shortages, Senator Reed, the chair man, reported that he was not satis- fled with the explanation.
 Renewal with probable increased intensity of congressional criticism tomorrow is anticipated, although after failing to secure action on his resolution by the house, Representa- tive Gillett said 1t was closed in cident."
 Leaders in the movement for a war council to control and direct general war policies of the government think the situation insures favorable action on their proposals.
 Senator's Lewis, Simmons and Jones of New Mexico. in the senate, and Representative Rainey in the house were among the principal speakers in o~A~hoS OA Aht ] HtN all admitted that the order entailed serious consequences. but opposed hasty action in disturbing orders un- der authority granted by congress, having the approval of the president and presumably essential.
 Representative Lenroot, of Wiscon- sin, republican. in reply to Mir Rainey said the country was "stung" and that Eff this order is necessary now, it is due to absolute impotency on the part of someone during the past few months"
 "If it is necessary" MT. Lenroo, added. then we have now on Ameri- can soil lost the first battle against Germany
 He insisted that the country was entitled to know why this order was issued and why every non essential was not first shut down.
 We could shut down every saloon