Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-06-28
URGE ACTION
i ON POLLUTION
State Shore Cities Get Be-
hind AppIeby Bill Pending
in Congress

TRENTON. June 2S:-The House
of Representatives Committee on
Rivers and Haroors is urged to re-
port for passage the Appleby bill or
similar legislation to prevent oil
pollution of navigable waters in a
Aetter sem to Hon. s.. Wallace
1mpsey. chairman, by the League
Atlantic Seaboard Municipalities.
was given out today by Secretary
sdley H. Phinney of the New Jer-
y League of Municipalities who
been active in organizing ,he
k1antic League. The membership
Il includes New York CITY. Baltl-
pre-, Newark, Atlantic City, VIII
fngton, Del. Key West. Fla, and
Ter Florida, Georgia and New
gland cities and chambers of
hmerce, while a large number of
Eers such as Philadelphia, New
lans and Providence, r. l., arc
Eye1y interested.
ne communication claims that
Is holding hearings and eigh.
fths consideration of the subject
Rivers and Harbors Committee
1ht to be in a position to report
ktttable bill for passage and that
IRE to do so at this session o!
sress would condemn the FISH
and seashore resorts of the
re Atlantic coast to irreparablc
tremendous financial loss. The
sr follows:
tOn behalf of the League of At
Eic Seaboard Municipalities /
b to urge that your committee
prt favorably the Appleby bill,
tR. 1896, or one giving approx
4ely the same relief from pollu-
ogAnavigable waters by oil and
re. lSe.
fThis'league has been but recent
forga 1ized and is composed of
city administrations and cham
rs OF commerce along the entire
lantic and Gulf coast whose COM
bn interest is that they suffer from
pollution and wish it stopped by
deral action. At the moment We
i've the membership list as en-
osed and a large number of others
e interested. Every mail is bring
g In new recruits. AS we have not
Zen able to hold an organization
1eetipg we have no officers as yet
nd the exact form of bill which we
III support Is not determined. The
let that we have the active support
of men like Mayor Broening of Bal
timore, Md, Mayor Bader of Allan
tic City, Health Commissioner Cope
land of New York City and Commits
sioner Gillen of Newark. indicates
that the league will go ahead in its
efforts to get legislative relief from
this intolerable oil nuisance, wheth-
er it takes two months or five years.
Your committee has held hear
lngs on this subject and has had the
matter under Amusement for eight
months. We realize that this is a
difficult technical problem, but is
there any reason for further delay?
Will you be in a better position to
take action a few months hence
than you are now? Is there any
reason why we cannot get relief at
this session of congress? Failure by
your committee to report a suitable
Dill Is condemning the enormous
economic resources of fishing and
yea coast resorts on Long Island,
New Jersey and Florida, not to
mention New England and Chesa-
peake and Delaware bays to ire
parable and tremendous financial
Joss. IL not ruin.
I'VE submit that ultimately this
problem will have to be met by
4uitable legislation and we believe
that your committee ought to have
been able to reach a conclusion by
this time. May we not have a fav-
orable report on a proper bill that
Will give relief from oil pollution at
, very early date?"