The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-18
President Gives Full An
proval to Step Before Com
mand Is Sent Out.
GARFIELD IS STORM
CENTER OF CRITICS
Supplementary Statement
Exernpts Certain Indus
tries in War Work.

Washington. Jan. 17.--Whilc q storm
OF protest RACES at the capitol AnA
among the business interests throukA.
out the nation. Fuel Administrators
Garfield tonight signed the order n
preparation since yesterday closing
down manufacturing plants east q
the Mississippi river for five days be-
ginning at midnight tonight ana
stopping virtually all business activ-
ity on every Monday for period oe
10 weeks beginning January q.
With the full support OF Presideut
Wilson. the fuel administrators &C.
tnched his signature to tho mandate
as tho senate was preparing to vots
on resolution which It passssa -
minutes later. requesting him to posI. !.
pone action for five days Dr. Oar.
field would rot comment on the s4n.
alto action. but It was stated D. tha
fuel Administrative that the resoluA
tion would have no effect on the order.
Hot pay IN Capital.
Selacm has Wa.hingion seen a dav
OF more stirring activity. An a..
tanished cong,ess paid It'll. a:tcn.
tion TO any other subject dusing tAe
day nnd officials generally, leyv cf
whom had known tho order was Inn
minent. talked OF little else. DR.. Oor-
field was the storm center during the
morning when hls office was Hwnmped
with telephone calls, In the afternoon
when he was hailed before senate
committee and tonight when he finally
Issued the order.
The order as signed and sent out
tonight to state fuel administrator
for enforcement contained but few
changes from tho form OF an abstract
given o. =, tho fuel ni =. sstrntIos,
.onish.. or did 1t ..eAr up to nny
great "Steat the eonfus'cn r.su;tine
from lack o. detailed explanation
Some 1rinas Excr,pssd.
A supplementary statcman; Issued
with the order embrace a list Of In
dnstries engaged In imperative war
work which win be exempt from the
orders enforcement. 1t includes shlp.
yards engage. in naval work. . few
plants turning ont products nncded
Immediately by he army and navy mud
portions OF plants producing tubing.
The list was prepared by Secretaries
Baker and Daniels.
Although no formal announcement
was made. the shipping board has been
assured that all shipyards will bo ex-
empted.
Garfield Before Senate.
DR.. Garfield was called before the
lln fn ma MI "a ~ H~tA
which has been investigating tho coal
shortage. 10 explain the necessity Of
the order Shortly after noon he
heard OF the stir that was taking place
in III senate and hurried TO the cap
itol In the midst OF debate over
Senator Hitchcoc&'a resolution, the
committee met and decided to call
him. Senator Resd. the chairman. an
nounced on the floor that DR.. Garfield
was 10 be heard and asked that con-
sideration Of the resolution be post
poned until he was questioned.
After leaving the capitol, Dr. Gar
telephone conservation with the white
House, called his legal aids to put
the order In final form.
May Appeal TO PRECEDENT.
Tonight It was Indicated that an
appeal might be made to President
Wilson. The suggestion also was
heard that tho food control bill, under
which DIR. Garfield acted, might be
repealed. but there appeared little
prospect that this would be done,
since 1t hardly could be accomplished
before the five day period was over.
Many senators when they heard that
the order would be carried out, In
sisted that the fuel administration was
exceeding Its authority and that II
could not prevent an owner OF fuel
from using stores In his possession.
Fuel administration officials, how.
ever. pointed to provisions OF the act
imposing heavy penalties on any one
who violates regulations Presidenk
Wilson may prescribe under the net. :
Although first interpretations :Qe
the order indicated that its provision4
would not apply to the use Of wood.
oil, gas and other forms Of fuel, to-
night 1t was declared that an fllel q
every description was intended. Pro-
duction OF fuel Will not be infer1eto1
with in any way.
Protests came from every region g
the country. Business orgaulna4@1Q
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