The New York herald., 1922-07-26
Arrangements to Be Made,
for Coal Cars to Be VI
Placed at Mines. N
NEW YORK TO BE HELPED
State Utilities Board Asks for
Cooperation in Keeping
Necessities Moving. ~
Special Dispdtch to THE New YORK HEHALn.
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington, ID. c., July rs.

Special Disputch to THE New YORK HEHALn.
New York Herald Bureau
Washington, ID. c., July IS.
AS the first direct step by the Cow
ernment to checkmate loss Of coal pro-
duction through the Gripping of rail-
roads serving producing coal mines.
the Interstate Commerce Commission
| to-day issued two orders-one direct-
| ing all carriers to forward all freight
by the most direct route or one which
| would avoid congestion. and a second
giving priority to the movement OF
food. live stock, perishables and coal.
on all railroads east Of the Mississippi
River.
These orders are designed to relieves
the shortage OF locomotives and coal
cars on the roads unable to handle
their normal traffic. 1t will divert from
them other traffic and provide for the
placing of all coal cars that the pro-
ducing mines can handle and for the
expeditions movement to destination
of the coal produced.
President Harding will wait at least
| "a WCCh W hCeCi AiiihC tt6 PtdCliCdi Gl~
feet upon the coal supply of the policy
OF affording full protection to mine
operators and to miners who wish to
work.
1t was officially made known to-day
that in his effort to bring a settlement
between the operators and the union
miners the President proposed a fixed
minimum working period OF perhaps ESQ
days a year. with a minimum wage
based on this amount Of employment
| in the mines. This proposal was de-
| signed to reach one OF the funda-
mental economic troubles involved in the
fact that there were too many miners
and too little employment in the mines.
1t was frankly admitted that the con-
testants were not enthusiastic over It.
the miners declaring It to be irnpracti-
cable.
Seeks supply for New York.
Chairman Prendergast of the New
York State Utilities Commission con-
ferred in Washington to-day with Sena-
tor Calder and Secretary Of Commerce
Hoover on the coal situation. He Of
fered the full cooperation and support Of
.NeW 1OTk otdLt dulHOTlleS 10 Ine II eu~
eral Government in the emergency.
With Secretary Hoover he went over tho
fuel needs OF New York and urged action
that would assure to his community a
sufficient supply to keep the utilities
going and to protect the public from
suffering.
Senator Borah (Idaho) introduced In
the Senate a bill providing for the crea-
tion of a commission to investigate tho
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the questions relating to the coal in
dustry with view to aiding. assisting
and advising Congress relative to legis-
lation either in the naturalization or tho
regulation and control OF the coal in-
dustry by the Gvernment.
In introducing the bill Senator Borah
said: This measure Is not intended to
deal with the present immediate condi-
tions with reference TO the coal indus
try. I should not want that impression
to obtain. The present situation Is be-
ing handled by another department Of
the Government. II has for It's purpose.
however. the preparation which may be
necessary TO deal with the coal industry
In the future"
Hearings will be held on the bill be-
ginning Tomorrow He will call Secre-
taries Hoover and Fall as witnesses.
They will be the only ones heard.
VIII Itthp tnt EtOnuSs
The T. G. c. action to-day is designed
primarily TO relieve the railroads serv-
ing producing coal mines from as much
other traffic as possible Secretary
Hoover pointed out to-day that the pri-
mary obstruction OF the coal traffic
from producing mines Is due to lack of
railroad operatives and inability to
move coal cars. both loaded and empty.
Mr. Hoover made II known that tho
railroads serving producing mines have
10000 tons OF coal loaded and on sidings
unable to move because there are NOT
train crews or locomotives 10 move Il.
These roads have empty coal cars in
good order sufficient to load 1.oooOOo
tons OF coal II they can be placed. Their,
Is no coal car shortage In the non,union
fields
President Harding Is guarding closely
the next step 10 be taken in the coal
crisis. He made II known to-day that
he has made no move toward restora-
tion OF the wartime Fuel Admnistra-
tion.
II was made known that the President
feels the situation Is sufficiently grave
to warrant great prudence as TO the
accuracy OF newspaper publications re-
garding the strike. At the White House
reports that alien strikers were to be-
dcportcd and other aliens imported to
work the mines were characterised as
bunk"
Official statement was made to-day
that IL was hard to determine In ad-
vance exactly what the Government ma
chinery for the ALLEGATION of cars would
do. The Government will use every
force II can lawfully command to pre-
vent profiteering.. to prevent cons