Norwich bulletin., 1922-09-01
House Passe' bal
 Dist1ibg Il Bill Vote Was 214 to 61-Amend- ment Adopted Limits Dur ation of the Law to Janu- ary l, 1924.

Washington, Aug s1. - The admin istration bill for control and distribu- tion of coal during the mining and transportation emergency was passed today by the house. 214 to 61. and sent to the senate with assurances of early consideration. Only one change was made in the measure as originally framed, m amendment by Representa- tive Sanders. republican, Indiana, pro- viding that the life of the law should end January 1, 1924, or few weeks after the first regular session of the next congress. being passed, 122 to TT.
 In the senate, as soon as the soldiers bonus bill had been disposed of, at tention was turned to coal legislation, the Borah substitute for the house bill passed last week creating a fact-find- ing commission being taken up. Two hours of debate. however, showed the imp Of action on the measure today and 1t went over for further con- sideratiou tomerrow.
 The big fight of the day in the house vas in the section of the control and distribution measure, which gave the president the right, after issuance of a presidential proclamation. declaring the present emergency no longer in existence to proclaim the existence of another such emergency without asking leave O. congress. The action was voted out in in committee of the whole, eighty-five to sixty-ive, but w1sn the bill as nnal- ly completed was put before the house proper, Chairman WinsIow of the inter- state commerce committee, in charge ot It. demanded and obtained a record vote and the section was retained 14S to 12l
 The senate discussion developed more into exchanges Of orinions as to the causes and possible conseduences of the ,,,-o and eli than fNi the Borah bill. It brought also iron Senator F'relinghuysen, republican, New Jersey, statement that had the senate acted on bills, which he introduced two years ago and a year ago and which ht claimed. were designed to serve the same purpose as the present proposal, th' present emergency could have beer ayerted.
 Senator Frelinghuysen said he be lieved the Borah bill should pass, be cause of conviction that condition similar to those now before the countr. would have to be faced next srring. | He argued, however. that the fact | finding commission could be made l permanent government tribunal and no I be limited to one investigation.
 The New Jersey senator declare l that many large coal companies ha 1 been guilty of taking extortionate an l outrageous pTOuLS ana 5Fs-au d ioIAS l1s of dividends voted by several
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 0bjsction to what were termed th t'.threats'' Of Senator Frelinghuysent wa entered by Senator Willis, repubiicaE Ohio, who said that tho New 5erse 5I senator was attacking mine oceratoi and mine workers when the chief dil ficulty now, So far as Ohio was cor i cerned, was transportation. He II formed the senate that coal was bein 1 pdled at the mouths of mines in ths
 state but that it was not being moye' 1 The debate then turned to the sl1i
 ject of government regulation of th
 coal industry and Senator Sutheraan
 republican, West Virginia, protested thi
 the country had had enough of goverI
 ment regulation of any kind.
 Senator Dial democrat, South Carolin said the measure would create anoth'
 agency to which the people of u
 country may run"