New-York tribune., 1922-08-31

was synpsshetic and wouid rp-opeTass
sss The effort TO get sastabse legisla
lion. Senator Pepper ia rrepaEing {
draft of the legislation he wants. III
rrpfeys d distinct commtgsion To In,
vestigate the hard ceag industry. y
also has hsen suggested thaS there nf
a single commission. but taat II aaaskf
distinctive reports on the anthracite
industry and Oh the bltunainous I'M
slIstry.
The committee on the order uf bnss-
ness of the Senate, headed by Senator
Lodge. decided at a nssnsing to-day TO
recommend that the coal hiils be placed
ahesa of other inatsers, following the
passage Of the ssildiers' benus bill. The
coal bills now pending before the Sem
mta include she Borah bill fer coal
investigation commission and the Cun-
snfns bill 10 give the Interstate Com
iaerce Commission power over priorl-
ties and embargoes and for the pre-
sension OF rrofiteering.
Harding Anxious for Passage
President Harding Is anxious tc
have these two bills put through, and
the action OF the committee on order
of business to-day indicates that they
will be passed, No move has been
made in the Senate to grant the Pres
ldent power to take ovcA the mines and
the railroads.
The committees or order OF business
decided to recommend that, apart from
conference reports or emergency legis-
fation, the coal bills be taken up first
after the bonus bill, and after them in
order will be the Liberian loan bill, the
Capper- Tincber grain EambliEG bill and
the Dyer anti-lynching bill.
Jt is regarded as improbable that all
these bills will be passed Sn:s session.
The coal bills, however, are TO be
pressed. They wilt encounter stiff OPP
position, but it is generally agreed they
can be passed IL forced to q vote.
An unexpectedly heavy food Of at
tempts TO amend the Winslow coal dis
tributien ageney bill prevented the
final vote or its passage, which had
been planned by Chairman Winslow,
of the Interstate and Foreign Com
merce COMMITTEES. he lis confident,
however, that he will be able to shut
down tomorrow and send the bill to
the Senate almost intact.
Bill Survives Assault
Every onslaught against sections of
the measure by both Republicans and
Democrats was repulsed to-day. The
most important attempted alteration
was sponsored by Representative sgd
ney Anderson, Republican, OF Mime
sofa, who sought to insert special pro-
visions for the establishment of q
direct government buying and selling
agency to assure reasonable coal prices
to consumers. He was speedily halted
on q point of order against his amend
naent. Representative Horace Towner,
Republican, of Iowa, who was in the
chair, held it was not germaine TO the
bill and could not, therefore, even be
considered.
The House refused, on q vote of rs
TO 36. to accept as an amendment q
substitute bill framed by Representa-
tive Everett Sanders, of Indiana, a
Republican member of Mr.. Winslow's
committee, who led stubborn fight
both yesterday and to-day against the
proposal to give the Federal distrib-
utor arbitrary price fixing powers.
After declaring that the Interstate
Commerce Commission would be called
upon for any OF the real work which
may be done under the distribution
and price control plans Of the meas
are, Representative r. Walton Moore,
Democrat, Of Virginia, offered an
amendment which would have done
away with the proposed Office of Fed
eral Fuel Distributor and turned over
defeated in this without record
1gots.
President Given Free Hand
! An attempt by Representative Fritz
G.. Lanham, Democrat, of Texas, to
aimit the salary Of the distributor to
7,5f0 q year was defeated on vote
rcf 27 to 81. A clause, offered by
Representative Edward e. Denison, Re
publican, Of Illinois, which would have
required the President TO submit his
ate for confirmation, was also re-
sjected, II to 80.
A limitation of six months upon the
period of operation of the distributing
agency, with a provision that the
President might renew the appoint
ments in his discretion, was asked by
Representative George S. Graham, Re-
publican, OF Pennsylvania. His motioa
WAS lost without division.
Still another effort to amend the
measure was made by Representative
William d Boies, Republican, of Iowa,
who would have required the Inter
state Commerce Commission to order
$50 per cent reducti 3ns in the Freight
rates on coal. A point of order against
ghis amendment was sustained by the
schair.
Hardsng's View Explained
& Following numerous inquiries from
both sides of the House as to whether
-eor not President Harding had chanped
MS attitude toward the Winslow bill
since the announcement yesterday thai
tine Executive feels Congress should
grant him authority to take over anv
mining and railroad properties he
deems necessary to the public welfare
Mr.. Winsiow made the following state.
ment:
This morning in the presence of the
committee I telephoned to the pres;.
dent in order to get that checked IN
wanted to get this Presidential bust
ness strengthened out because ther.
sre some people who claim to fhinl
the President feeble-minded enough h
change his mind between nign.S ans
morning.
THAT is not true. He autho, ;zes
me to say he is as much in favor 0.
the bill as he has ever been. and al
ways has been heartily in favor OF 1t
and, whether other legislation is i'm,
ninent and necessary hereafter or not
he hopes this bill will go through, be
cause he feels more and more conf
saent he can handle, and the Admins
tration can handle, the most aaeran-
cases and the greatest features q
necessity through the operations a
tais hall IN accordance with its proyi
sions. 2
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