Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-08-02
COAL DICTATORS
ARE APPOINTED
Hoover'S Plan for Distribution OF
Fuel Announced.
COMMITTEES TO RUN MINES
presidential Committee" Composed OF
Hoover, Daugherty. Fall and Nc
Cord, to Have General Charge
Sixty Operators Also Named.

washington, july Z0.-here Is Nhat
President Harding proposes to do In
the coal and railroad strike emergency
as announced by Secretary OF Com
merce Hoover The plan Is predicated
upon an opinion of Attorney General
III. III. Daugherty authorizing wide le-
gal powers TO the government
/. Appointment of "a presidential
committee" made up of Secretary
Hoover. Attorney General Daugherty.
Secretary FAN OF the Interior depart
ment and Chairman McCOrd Of the In
terstate commerce committee. This
committee will have general charge OF
all plans for distribution and regula-
ton.
p Representatives Of coal and rail
operatives to have delegations on the
presidential committee.
3. Agents of Presidents committee
I'm every coal field.
4. A committee Of coal operators, or
owners, I'm each district.
3. Cooperation I'm every way I'm car
rying out orders for preferential
movement of frelghts.
To Check Car Movements.
6. Careful check on movements OF
freight ears.
:. Operators to be allowed wide lati-
tude AT mines.
8. Cars to be allotted TO only those
mine owners who agree to fair price
arrangements.
9. All operators agree 10 tentative
maximum price fixed by Commerce de-
partment on June 1 $3.50 per ton at
mine).
The six members Of the operators
committee, named by districts Ga
drafting committee" II was called)
were: S. f. Yerkes. Birmingham +.
r. White. Glenwhite, w. Va; f. s.
Magyar. Knoxville; Charles O'Neill,
Altoona; S. PembertOn Hutchinson.
Philadelphia. and c. E. Bockum, New
York.
The drafting committee was a part.
of the general executive committee OF
the operators, appointed TO cooperate
with the government and the railways.
other members and districts appoint
ed were:
Hazard district. f. L. Douglas. Gin,
cinnati; Harlan county district. r.
Quay, Louisville; Kanawha district.
C. V. Dickinson, Huntington; Logan
district. A. ]. Kong; northeastern Kent
lucky district, c. w. Common. Ashland,
Ky; northern West Virginia. L. Dren-.
nan; Williamson district. r. ID. Pat
a rsweFn a
association, Webb Wllletts. Norton,
Va; Elk River district, A. G. Bradley :
western Kentucky, c. F. Richardson,
Paducah; Somerset county, Pennsyl-
wanna. p. Kendall. Washington; upper
Potomac. II. A. EmmOns, A. w. Stew
art, John s. Brophy; Fayette county.
Pennsylvania, George Whyet.
Daugherty o. KS Plan.
The legal 20. X" was put upon the
Administrations plan to combat the,
twin strikes by Attorney General.
Daugherty. After studying the plan.
evolved by Secretary of Commerce
Hoover the attorney general said II
was within the law for the govern.
ment TO exercise such functions with
out further recourse to congress for.
new legislation.
II shall join with Secretary Hoover
and every other governmental agency
under the direction of the President
TO relieve the situation to the end that
coal and other necessities OF life may
be furnished to the American people
In sufficient quantities and at reason,
able prices" the attorney general said
To Invoke Transportation Act.
The first step will be TO invoke that
section of the transportation act Civ
ing the interstate commerce commits
sion complete control over the distri-
button and use Of all railway motive
power, cars. terminals and other IA
ciIities necessary to the movement Of
traffic. II is stated II viii take but a
few days 10 set up the machinery for
this purpose.
Hundreds of kilograms were sent
out Sunday and replies received by.
the interstate commerce commission
taking a census Of the available rail-
way equipment Of the country and its
present location. With this data ex-
perts Of the commission will be en-
ahled 70 ascertain where there is n
surnlus Of serviceable equipment that
can be transferred 10 sections where
equipment is lacking 10 move traffic.
The individual railroads have been
loath 10 let their equipment get off
their own lines. because IL takes three
10 four months To get It back under
normal procedure. With the commits
sion taking jurisdiction, however,
equipment will be kept on the move.