The Washington herald., 1922-08-24
WINSLOW ACT WINS
Provides Nine Members
Of Public Group to
Determine Facts.
WEEKS SUGGESTS
u. S. RAIL CONTROL
Mondell Says Important
Legislation Will Be
Up Next Week.

The House, called back after six
weeks of fishing and fence build
ing, to cope with the coal and rail
strikes. has gone through the mo-
tions OF coping with the coal strike.
lnasmuch as President Harding
hasn't asked for rail strike laws.
and has called of the ship subsidy.
the lower chamber has nothing
much to do until December.
After heated debate all day, dur
ing which advocates OF a fact-fi nd
ing body to include operators and
miaers vainly struggled. the House
passed the Winslow coal bill late
yesterday. 1t provides for nine
members Of the public group.
which. according to Representative
Bland. Republican. Indiana, who
fought hardest against the meas
ure. knows nothing about the
coal industry and will get nothing" !"
Talks Of sei.fns Roads.
Now the bill goes to the Senate 10
be reconciled with the Borah bill.
once the bonus is out Of the way.
Meantime. with the New York
conference peIWefn lne ran
executives and the Big -Four Broth
erhood leaders on the rocks. Sec
retary Weeks has announced that
the government will have to take
over the railroads in case all peace
efforts collapse. and the executives
1nd IL impossible to maintain trans
portation service.
So far as Congress is concerned.
Federal operation of the railroads
isn't on the calendar. The House
expects to meet at noon and i'm
mediately declare a recess until
next Monday.
Floor Leader Mondell, while de-
elining to divulCe its nature, in
sists important legislation will be
taken up next week" Possibly
this legislation may comprise a con-
ference report on the winslow bin
and the Borsh bill-in case the
latter has been called up and
passed by that time.
Coal Legislation Urged
The only other legislation "on
the fre" is that to prevent coal
profteering. three suggestions on
which were submitted to President
Harding by Secretary Hoover
yesterday.
While coal legislation is the
only specific recommendation of the
President, nevertheless in request
Ing an exhaustive report on the
bad condition of motive power and
cars from the Interstate Com
merce Commission. the Senate may
later consider rail legislation. Sc
far no mention of this report has
been made on the Hill.
Must Use Coal Substitute.
Householders may be forced to
submit to substitution OF coke, oil
and soft coal for anthracite fuel
this winter. Federal Fue. Distrib.
utor Spencer warned yesterday.
Particularly will this be true
among the people Of New York
State, New England and the Lakes
region, where most rigid super
vision OF distribution already is in
force. he declared.
Failure of the Philadelphia con.
ference to settle the strike in the
hard coal flds. Spencer admitted
is causing the Federal distribution
committee much concern.
Wages OF miners in the non-unior
fields of West Virginia have beer
boosted from s4.sS to s7.ls per day
the Federal fuel distribution com.
mittee was advised yesterday.
Non-union operators were forced
to this action in order to continue
operation. in view Of the settlement
of the union strike through the
Cleveland agreement. II was said
Reports Of last Monday show ths
largest coal shipments from the
mines of any one day since the be-
ginning OF the miners strike. ac-
cording to the Association Of RAN
way Executives.
ON that day 1908 cars were