Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-01
|b[!l,ONTRO[ BILL
NOV UP TO SENATE.
Ds6use Passes Measure Aimed to
!. Regulate Prices and Pro-
y vide Distribution
LAW TO END JANUARY I, 1924
Ru Associated Prcaa


:. Washington. Sept. 1.-Passage b.
lhc House Of the Administration Goa
Distribution Bill left completion Of tn
Iegisle tive program growing out OF tn
coal and rail emergency up to the Sen
ate today. Resumption of debate OF
ehs Borah substitute for the House bill
passed Inst week to create fact find
Z xne coal commission was the order o.
Susiness In the Senate. with prospect.
,nr vote on the measure today con.
adhered doubtful.
4 sThe bill for control Of coal distribu
Ion and prices was put through the
tiouse yesterday by vote Of PA tc
el, the measure being opposed by
twenty Republicans and supported by
nhirty Democrats. 1t went through a.
framed except for one chance, mn
amendment by Representative Sanders
providing that the life of the law should
'end January I, 1924. or few weeks
efter the first regular session of the
next Congress.
The provision of the bill which de-
veloped the greatest opposition was
that giving the President the right.
after formally declaring the present
emergency at nm end, to proclaim the
existence of another such emergency
without asking leave of Congress. It
was finally retained by vote of 14s
70 ia in the House proper. after It
had been voted out in Committee of
the Whole on the motion Of Representa-. :.
Give Rayburn.
A two hour debate during considera-
%f0h Of the Borah bill in the Senate
Yesterday. after 1t had disposed of the
Bonus Bill. developed more into n dis
cussion of the causes and possible ef-
fects of the present coal and rail sit
uation than of the bill itself. Passage
Of the measure, however, was urged by
Senator Frelinghuysen. who foresaw
otherwise similar condition in the
coal industry to be faced by the country
mission. he thought, should be made n
permanent Government tribunal and not
limited to one vestigation.
COkeburg. Pa. Sept. /. A ma
5ority OF the State cavalrymen sent into
the Western Pennsylvania coal strike
region nv Governor Sproul will evac-
uate the district tonight and mill
tary control will cease next week, when
the remainder of the soldiers entrain
for home stations, according 10 orders
issued Mt headquarters of Colonel T..
]. Stackpo!e. Jr.. here yesterday.
Colonel Stackpole plans to leave a
machine gun squadron and two cavalry
troops in the field for the week to
handle the situations In Washington.
Cambria, Somerset and Indiana Coun-
ties.
Cniont0wn. Pa. Sept. 1.--Indcpend-
ent coal operators of the non union
Connellsvillc coke. region will never rec
Y ognize the union and will stand firm
upon their open shop policy. declared
w. w. Parshall, vice president of the
Fayette County Coal Operators Asso.
ciation, in statement issued here
yesterday.
The statement was brought forth by
reports certain of the Independent own
efs would sign union agreements.
Cresson. Pa. Sept. 1.-Oificers Of
District No. g. United Mine Workers
of America, have centered their fight
on the Somerset County coal field.
where, they declared yesterday. 10000
newly organized miners would remain
on strike until the operators sign
y agreements. A break in the ranks of
the operators came YESTERDAY. union
: leaders said. when Bird Coal Company.
at Kelso. with daily production of 1000
tons, signed an agreement with the mine
workers.