New-York tribune., 1922-08-23

II also is cinema star, and she has
| announced that she has taken up
flying and hopes soon to win q
II pilots certificate.
There are, now twelve woman
II pilots licensed in Great Britain.
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obtain information by supnnaing wit
nesses and calling for papers and doc
uments. An appropriation of 100000
is provided in the Borah bill, which
differs in number Of details from
the Winslow bill In the House.
Attack Is Planned
Senator Borah will report the bill
to the Senate tomorrow and will seek
early passage. The use of the bill in
the Senate to delay the bonus bill may
be attempted, but 1t is not likely the
bonus measure can be displaced.
Convinced that the Winslow coal in
quiry commission bill lacks teeth" and
does not provide for an effective in
vestigating agency considerable e!e-
nent i'm the House will attack it to-
morrow when it comes up for debate.
Should the efforts to force over num-
ber CT amendments designed to put a
"big stick" in the hands of the pro-
posed commission fail it is declared
the full strength of the members hold
| ing this view will be directed toward
turning the measure back into the In
terstate and Foreign Commerce Com
mittee, thereby preventing its passage
in it's present form.
| ~ Under a special rule to be proposed
when the House convenes, two hours
debate will be permitted, after which
| speeches will be limited to five minutes
leach.
Bland to Lead Fight
Opposition to the Winslow bill crys-
/ tallized rapidly after the committee
reported favorably upon it in virtually
| the same form as it was introduced
!, yesterday. All attempts to amend 1T in
I the executive sessions OF the commit
! tee Yesterday and this morning failed
| completely.
Representative Oscar f. Bland, Re-
publican, Of Indiana, a member of the
! House Labor Committee and author
| of the Bland bill, creating commits
sion for the same purpose as the WINS
| low bill, upon which LONG hearings
were held and favorable report made
last May, undoubtedly will lead the
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representative Bland and his adj
1 herents, who are said to include mem
bers Of both the Republican and Dem
ocratic sides, s.s we'll as the labor"
members, will center their fight around
/ two points. They will first seek to
! put in the bill provision for both
miners and operators representatives
on the commission. The other impor-
tant amendment to be offered would
| provide that whenever facts are re-
! fused the commission the right of
| shipment of coal in interstate COM
merce may be denied
All Teeth Drawn
Bland, in discussing the situation.
| said to-day:
! Sin my opinion, the coal fact find
ling commission bill reported from the
| Interstate Commerce Committee is q
red herring drawn across the trail.
$ "Fo.' four months L have investigated
ithe existing laws for ,ascertainirg
! facts and find that the courts have
/ held that under the existing law under
the commerce clause of the Constitu-
i duction within the states. NV bill.
| upon which the best legal minds in
the government service have been work
ing, not only based the right to obtain
the facts upon the interstate, powers
| of the Constitution but upon the tax
| ing power and other powers, and Con-
| gress' certainly has right to go into
/ the states and obtain facts pertaining
i to taxation legislation.
All of the teeth in the labor com
mittee bill have been drawn in the new
Dill. The provision denying the right
of shipment of coal in interstate com
w ctc ,
| been taken out of the bill, / have no
pride in authorship, but / am going to
stand for a fact finding commission
| law that will do the work and that has s
| representation of the miners and oper-
ators who are vitality concerned, and
/ ffrom whom facts must be obtained
Nothing but prejudice against the in-
dustry can prevent including repre-
sentatives of both employer and dem
| ployee on the commission. II is not a
regulatory commission, but fact find
ing agency.
Propose to Fight 1t
HThis Bill is being pushed through
/ Congress without hearings, inyestiga-
tion or consideration of legal points.
The miners organizations have al
ready charged operators with giving
facts padded, and of only giving such
AaCIS 40 were, ,tauaHCdSeOQS TO them
kselyes. Thefacts should be known and
the employee should feel convinced
that fair tribunal to obtain the facts
ishad been constituted and that all the
/ power available to the Federal govern
ment had been granted to the agency.
q propose to fight it out on the floor
of the House.
! In the Interstate Commerce Commit
tee, am informed, amendments which
would put teeth in the bill are voted
down.
"You ask about Senator Borah's at
titude. Senator Borah agrees that not
only the law, should have teeth, but
that there should be representation on
the commission of both miners and
operators, but if you will look over,the
personnel Of his labor committee, you
tcan understand his problems
II do not think the President is ad-
vised as to the contents of the bill. In
respect to personnel of the commits
sion, ! think he has been wrongly ad-
! vised, although do know that he is
searnestly;fin favor OF obtaining allfthe
/ facts and stabilizingt the coal indus
try"
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