New Britain herald., 1918-01-18

 # t1e passage of the Hitchcock reso1ti- s rtfon by Senator Knox (Pa.), who said: NJ "A million German soldiers turned # #11oose in the United States could not work the havoc this fuel order will @ create"
 Senator Reed, chairman of the committee on Manufacturers, conduct ed the debate in favor of the Hitch # cock resolution after the hearing of the fuel administrator. He reported # 10 the senate, virtually word for word, < the statement as to the reasons for the N fuel order as explained to the com- x mittee by Dr. Garfield. He was helped # out by Senator Vardaman (Miss.), x who had assisted in the examination, AA and was opposed by Senator Jones @ (N. M.), who was the single spokes- s man in opposition to the resolution x who was heard.
 The debate which followed pr. Gar # fields dramatic appearance before the M manufactures committee lasted less @ than two hours. The final vote on the l resolution came at the end of Senator | Jones' defense of the fuel administra-
 tors act The alignment of the sen- x ate follows: firmative-Senators
 Bankhead, Beckham, Gerry, Gore,
 Hitchcock, McKellar, Martin, Owen, @ Pomerene, Reed, Salisbury, Shields # Smith (Ga.), Smith (Md.), Smith (S
 CD, Stone, Swanson, Thomas, Till
 man, Underwood, Vardaman and @ Wolcott-Democrats, 22; Brandegee,
 Calder, Cummins, Curtis, Fernald, v Frelinghuysen, Gallinger, Hale, Hard x Ing, Johnson (Cal), Jones (Wash.),
 KenogE Knon Knsan MScumPsp Sow Sorr oPean Pein N&-1n x Sutherland, Townsend, Wadsworth,
 Watson and Weeks-RepubIicans 2S. N Total, 50.
 \ Negative - Ashurst, Chamberlain, @ fletcher, Hardwick Johnson (S. D., ones (N. M.), Kirby Lewis, Myers, ohelan, Pittman, Ransdell, Robinson,
 Shafroth, Sheppard and Simmons
 Democrats, 16; Borah, Grona and La
 Follette-Republicans 3. Total 19.
 Garfield Explains Position.
 Dr. Garfield arrived at the capitol E just before 2 o'clock, having been MY hastily summoned by the committee S on manufactures to explain his order.
 The examination began almost im- x nediately.
 @ ''The purpose of the order" said
 Dr. Garfield, lis not to interfere in
 he slightest with the loading of coal # ht the mines. This is made clear in
 he amplification of the abstract"
 Dr. Garfield said the plan was to
 permit certain war industries to oper- @ hte despite the order. Shipbuilding, # he said. was one of them; but if the # industries to be exempted were clas- < sified in the order it would cause a @ Etorm of protest and embarrass the # Fuel administration. He said Secre- Tn, oIC Y.y~n- @ barring such a list.
 z The restrictive order was made ne- M eessary,. Dr. Garfield said, by trans N oortation conditions, which had made M It impossible to supply industries and a 8st the same time furnish homes and W public institutions. The necessity for # moving ships, he said, was so great 9 hat drastic measures were compul- H gory.
 This order was issued because of
 lack of coal for private consumers
 hnd utilities,' he asserted. This was @ hot caused by lack of production, but IS we all know, by conditions we have X 8aced since December 8. The pur- @ bose is not to interfere with loading @ Ears with coal and sending them for # Ward. We do not interfere with the H mines from consigning coal during f%M% #l1S i've udyS III LllS liOIIhdl HdtuEai S @vay. And it does not affect delivery B Eff coal by dealers"
 @ The section of the order marked a.
 # G." published today, has beer S hanged to make that clear, he said x Ill coal mined and arriving at des. x Mination in the five-day period under R # contract will be turned over to the N # tate fuel administrators.
 S T have been discussing this order S #Vith business men for a month,' s:lit N pr. Garfield. If companies fail te x ay wages for these idle days they S# will not be doing their part" H# @ pr. Garfield told the committed # warehouses were jammed with sup
 8 lies, with no ships to move them, anC x nany of what ships there are canno ' hove for lack of coal.
 ''I wonder if the public appreciate.