The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1922-07-28
H00ver'S Plan for Distribution of
Fuel Announced.
COMMITTEES TO RUN MINES
"PresidentiaI Committee" Composed of
Hoover, Daugherty, Fall and Nc
Cord, to Have General Charge
Sixty Operators Also Named.

ClIc COdI anu railroad strike emergency,
as announced by Secretary of Com
merce Hoover. The plan is predicated
upon an opinion of Attorney General
ii. ii. Daugherty authorizing wide le-
gal powers to the government
1. Appointment of a presidential
committee made up of Secretary
Hoover, Attorney General Daugherty,
Secretary Fall of the Interior depart
ment and Chairman McCord of the in
terState commerce committee. This
committee will have general charge Of
all plans for distribution and regula-
ton.
2. Representatives of coal and rail
operatives to have delegations on the
presidential committee.
8. Agents of Presidents committee
in every coal field.
4. A committee of coal operators, or
owners, in each district
g. Cooperation in every way in car
rying out orders for preferential
movement of freights.
To Check Car Movements.
6. Careful check on movements of
freight cars.
z. Operators to be allowed wide lati-
tude at mines.
8. Cars to be allotted to only those
mine owners who agree to fair price
arrangements.
9. All operators agree to tentative
maximum price fixed by Commerce de-
partment on June l ($3.50 per ton at
mine).
The six members of the operators
committee, named by districts Ga
drafting committee" it was called)
were: S. E. Yerkes, Birmingham; E.
e. White, Glenwhite, w. Va; e. S.
Magyar, Knoxville; Charles O'Neill
Altoona; S. PembertOn Hutchinson
Philadelphia, and c. E. Bockum. New
York.
The drafting committee was a part
of the general executive committee of
the operators, appointed to cooperate
with the government and the railways
Other members and districts appoint
ed we're:
Hazard district. E. L. Douglas. Gin
cinnati Harlan county district, r.
Quay, Louisville; Kanawha district.
G. V. Dickinson. Huntington: Logan
district, A. ]. Kong; northeastern Ken
lucky district, G. w. COnnOr. Ashland
KY; northern West Virginia, E. Dren-
nan; Williamson district, r. D. Pat
tersOn, Dayton, O.; Virginia Operators
association, WebEt Willetts, Norton
Va; Elk River district, A. G. Bradley /;
western Kentucky, G. F. Richardson,
Paducah; Somerset county, Pennsyl-
vania, P. Kendall, Washington; upper
Potomac, 7. A. EmmOns, A. w. Stew
art, John S. BrOphy; Fayette county,
Pennsylvania, George Whyet.
Daugherty o. KS Plan.
The legal 20. K" was put upon the
administration plan to combat the
twin strikes by Attorney General
Daugherty. After studying The plan
evofved by Secretary of Commerce
Hoover the attorney general said it
was within the law for the govern
ment to exercise such functions with
out further recourse to congress for
new legislation.
Il shall join with Secretary Hoover
and every other governmental agency
under the direction of the President
to relieve the situation to the end that
coal and other necessities of life NAV
be furnished to the American people
in sufficient quantities and at reason
able prices" the attorney general said
To Invoke Transportation Act.
The first step will be to invoke that
section of the transportation act Civ
ing the interstate commerce commits
sion complete control over the distri-
button and use of all railway motive
power, cars, terminals and other IA
cilities necessary to the movement of
traffic. 1t is stated it will take but
few days to set up the machinery for
this purpose.
Hundreds of kilograms were sent
out Sunday and replies received by
the interstate commerce commission
taking a census of the available rail-
way equipment Of the country and its
present location. With this data ex
perts of the commission will be en-.
abled to ascertain where there is
surplus of serviceable equipment that
can be transferred to sections whore
equipment is lacking to move traffic
The individual railroads have been
lOath to let their equipment get off
their own lines. because it takes throo
to four months to get 1t back under
normal procedure. With the commits.
sion taking jurisdiction, however
equipment will be kept on the move