The evening herald., 1918-01-17

! government IN some eases II VIII
even involve plants operated by WA
ter power u is such revolutionary
! order ana Involves rviis of such rN-
tent that consider Vt q wise thing
to pause for five days while un in.
| ,cstihution is being made
/ senator calder supporting the.
| Hitchco,k resolution, cited how a ship
| builder protesting against the order
| today said his ship yard had enough
| coal tu run for three weeks but would
have 90 suspend tomorrow II th" or
! der goes into effect
Need Busiuc-s Men.
q submit" senator calder said
! that We need iu many uf the com
missions men with business training
who wiI plan In advance and cuurdi-
/ nate their work
/ Senator calder said one cause of
/ the shortage was advice uf the fuel
! administrator last summer tu house
| holders aud others against laying u
advance supplies.
- cunnut speak too strongly for
! this resolution" said senator Weeks,
/ republican. uf Massachusetts Of had
| telephone conversations with man.
| ufocturer this morning who said the
! orCcr means losing t2.Upu,OuO prod
ucts of his company. hope some
I action VIII bc taken to stay this or
I der
/ GaIliHgcr'- Resolution.
senator iulliuRcr's resolution ful-
] lows.
Whereas, through the news
/ papcr pt,'Ss Il has b,rn brought
/ tu the attention uf the congp'~-
! and the country that an order
! InS b,.cu issued hA the fuel ad-
! .,,imi-trntnr providing for the
I closing down of large proppr-
! tlon oT our industrial establish
! ncni~. aud
Whereas. On Information al
ready received n would seem to
he of serious doubt wnrtncr suvh
order would not prove highly dot
rimcnthI to both the industrial
aud labor Interests oT the United
Stat.s: therefore In II
.I,rsoiNcd. that " u the sens
of the senate that such order
should he suspended until u thor
y uugh investigation shall he made
~ to the ntrr'~-itN for the pro-
posed action
iIuchcurk'~ I,c-olution.
senator Hitchcock 81 resolution read
''I,r~uI,td. that the fuel adj
mini~tration oT the United states
~, aud IL II hereby requested to
DELAY Tor rive DAYS the order -us-
pcndins the operation of Indus
trinl plants I'm portions ut the
United states. In order that pIN,-
tests ma, br heard, Investigation
made and Information piV'~cnt-
cd d"
To- ylcJr up che ruuEostIuu ui ship
pins 80 principal Atlantic ports Co..
/ .ufluE from the faubu" eft bunker
coal Fuel Administrator Garfield has
selected 60 special assistant q" take
charge ot hunkoriug 80 the ports. tn"
coal Be- assured los the fuel admins
traton's order
instructions covering th" main
! points uf the order went out early
this morning to rli state iI'' admin
i,trutors IN the east.
Othcr departments or th, govern
meat regarded the fucl order with
varying attitudes. The war and navy
department. however. had been CON
eultrd aud were I'm accord. Nhil" II
was f"lt some order was necessary u"
mcot the situation some officials hr-
loved the effect might have been "n-
uined o., means less drastic IN "t-
feet tu the youEtrN's "cua"mir fabric.
Confu-ion~ H. Evidence.
Some coufusinu- was evidenced in
the result expected ON the govern
mcuts war program
tn. council 81 national defense was
anxious over whether cloth factories
mppl,iue the government with MAJ
It,rial for uniforms 1nd oNer'oats
v uuld have 10 shut down.
.If fuctorir- supplying materials
essential Co. the war program was
closed tluwn th, result viii hr very
detrimental" .uiU Charles EIscumuu.
vice chairman of th" supplies com
mittcc.
I'ndcr a provision which h WAS
decided this morning tu insert bon the
order the government VIII h"r"w" IN"
purchaser uf virtually au cuu pro-
5uccd iu trc tive daNs closing period.
! AIu,. produriur coal under contract
tu industries which VIII uc clos 81 viii
De directed to urn their output over
'u ;hr state fuel administrations under
huI of Mdiur attached TIA" treasury
department vil srt aside 1a'.o"n 600
for the uur,hJ.r of this coal coal
iu transit tu industries which Will be
closed viii mot DO" purchased hv the
government hut merely Will hc divert
,d h, state fuel administrators and
turned over tu consumers who como
within the preferential list The coal