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State Fuel Administrators II. j. NJ.
Jones of Montpelier received the follow
ing message to-day from the fuel admin
istration headquarters in Washington:
"All plants except those exempted in
ruling must be shut doyn on prescribed
days; coal may only be used to pervent
freezing Even plants using more coal
when shut down must carefully comply
with ruling"
The following telegram also this day
received from the federal fuel admins
tration is self-explanatory
"You and your local representative are
empowered and directed beginning to-
morrow and until Jan. % to divert such
fuel as may arrive in their respective
communities in carload lots to meet cur
rent requirements and TO provide an ade-
quate and normal supply for such con-
sumers of fuel as are given preference in
section | of the order. The purpose of
this order is to give you and your local
representative fullest opportunity to pro-
vide for the needs of domestic consumers,
public utilities and other consumers spec
flied in order"
Administrator Jones also received a
copy of the general order signed by Fuel
Administrator Garfield shutting down
the industries of the country east of the
Mississippi river, the order having gone
into effect at midnight last night. Mr..
Jones asked the administration this
morning for ruling whether coal is con-
sidered fuel under the order as issued.
A meeting of the state fuel committee,
which had been called for last evening,
was turned into a discussion of the new
developed sby the issuing of the
Garfield order Gov Graham was at the
and during the evening he
issued the following statement to the
people of Vermont:
Aside from clearing the fuel situa-
tion, relatively few people realize
the indirect benefits to be derived
from this order. Perhaps nothing
can better force an appreciation of
the actual situation The whole peo-
Pile will have a better understanding
of the war. Transportation facilities
will be somewhat relieved. Labor
will be attracted in gradual flow
from non-essential to necessary in
dustries and into military service.
In Vermont, apparent enforced
idleness may be protitahly diverted
to the woodlot, for next winters fuel
During Thursday afternoon, modifi-
,ation of the federal administrator or
Ter was received by Mr.. Jones, which
placed some of the burden on the food
and all inquiries along
hat line were referred to John T. Cush-
ne of ST. Albans.
Mr.. Jones wired Washington for rul-
ng relative to what kinds of industries
would be allowed to operate and what
ind of heat could be used. In his mes
age he asked for authority to allow
hose industries which use water power
lone for generation of power and cleo
ricity for power or heating to operate.
.elative to heating, he asked that insti-
utions using wood exclusively be al
,wed to heat their places of business.
One of the most important matters
-hich came to the attention of Gov.
raham was relative to the movement of
rains, and it appears from the order
rat any train which was not operated
pom Sunday could not the following
ionday be operated during the time the
der is in effect, but ruling will be
;ked on that, it is understood. Many
her industries have been asking advice
to when they could keep open and
hen they would have to be closed.
The following members of the state
el committee were present at the con-
renee: George Chaffee, Frank Brooks
ID Gregory Smith.