The New York herald., 1922-08-24
Borah's Bill for Finding the
Facts in Industry Is to
Be Rushed.
DAVIS SEEKS COAL PEACE
Makes New Effort for Govern
ment to End Anthracite
Suspension.
Special Dispatch to THn NEW York HERALD
New York Herrld Bureau,

Special Dispatch to THD NEW York HERALp
New York Herrld Bureau,
Washington, ID. C., Aug. 90.
The Winslow bill. providing for a
coal fact finding commission composed
wholly Of representatives of the pub
lie, as recommended by President
Harding, was passed by the House to-
day by a vote OF 219 to 55, after a
strong anti-Administration fight for
substitution of the Bland bill, which
would have given the coal operators
and miners membership on the Com
mission.
The Borah bill, similar to that
passed by the House, was not taken
up in the Senate. 1t probably will be
considered during the morning hour
tomorrow and prompt passage is
expected.
Secretary of Labor Davis announced
this afternoon that he may make a
new administration effort to bring
peace in the anthracite fields.
Confers with Lewis.
Secretary Davis. It was learned. vas
In telephone conference all afternoon
with John l.. Lewis, representing the
United Mine Workers. and s. d. War
riner, representing the anthracite oper-
ators. His conversations led him to the
hope that joint meeting might be the
means to a new conference IL IL did not
afford a basis for agreement and settle
ment. The nature of the propositions
discussed or the commitments made were
not made public.
For time this morning 1t appeared
that efforts to hasten the Winslow bill
through the House would be blocked in
the Rules Committee, but opposition
there. which temporarily substituted the
Bland bill. was overcome. The main
difference between the two measures
was that the Bland bill provided for a
ators represented. while the Winslow bill
provides only for public representation
as desired by the President
Creation of a United States Coal Com
mission as the fact finding agency Is
designed to forestall future conflicts In
the coal industry and does nothing to
meet the existing crisis.
Legislation looking toward the crea-
tion OF coal buying agency recon-
mended by the President to hold down
coal prices Is to be undertaken In he
House Immediately, however. Assur-
ances to this effect were given by House
Leader Mondell (wyo.) to-day to Rep
resentative Ogden Mills OF New York
Members of the New York delegation
received kilograms to-day from the New
York State Coal Commission urging the
coal buying commission. Mr.. Mondeli
assured the New York members that the
Legislation would be forthcoming.
Text of the Telegram.
The telegram from the New York
commission was as follows:
The New York State Coal Commits
sion very earnestly urges upon you
the necessity for prompt action In
carrying out the Presidents recon-
mendations for governmental
agency to control the distribution and
price Of coal and for yesting In that
agency all the power Congress can
give IL. The situation In New York
State this fall and winter will be
very acute at the best. Nearly five
months OF anthracite coal production
has already been lost, and even
though all the mines were opened to-
morrow some time must necessarily
elapse before they can be operated
TO full capacity. The greatest diff
Guilty is being experienced In getting
through shipments out Of the very
reduced supply OF bituminous coal.
The Governor has called the Legis-
lature In special session for next
Monday, and legislation viii undoubt-
edly be enacted clothing the New
York state Fuel Administration with
all the powers the State can give II.
Tho benefit OF such action will
largely be lost unless the Federal
Government on It's part promptly con-
stitutes strong central agency TO
secure the coal and get II TO tho
several States. The necessity for the
investigation Of the entire coal situa-
tion. and recommended by the Presi-
dent, is apparent. but even more
imperative Is the need for prompt
action on his recommendation as
governmental coal agency unless ef-
fective and vigorous measures are
taken to develop to the utmost the
supply and distribution or coal, es-
pecially anthracite coal. New YORK
faces coal shortage even worse than
that OF the winter Of 1ei7-l91S.
Dependent on Anthracite.
New York is absolutely dependent
upon anthracite to keep warm. aside
from the needs OF industry. A short
age in anthracite affects every house
hold In the cities of the State. and
serious shortage spells sickness and
intense suffering, especially in the
tenemcnts and poorer districts. The
prospects OF winter being so near and
the state almost denuded OF anthra-
cite Is alarming In this emergency.
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