New-York tribune., 1922-08-26

thar the hard caal strike will not be
settled, but he declared to-day that IL
Il was not settled in d short time 1t
would be absolutely necessary for the
government to take the anthracite
mines ever Senator Cusnmins fike-
Wise has bill authorizing the presi-
degt to take oyer the railroads, but he
does not intend TO present or press It
except as a last resort.
Ii is apparent that the failure to
settle the anthracite strike has caused
the utmost apprehension IN Congress,
and Senator'S, as we'll as House men-
hers are getting in q temper for dras-
tic action unless the hard coal mines
soon resume operation.
TkaSenate Interstate Commerce Com
rittee tomorrow viii. meet 70 consider
the Cummins bill giving the Interstate
Commerce Commission extraordinary
powers over interstate shipments OF
coal and for the prevention of
profiteering.
Senator Cummins said to-day 1t
was not the intention to consider the
Walsh resolution tomorrow. He pre-
dicted the passage of his bill, which is
the Administration measure, to pre-
vent profiteering. Efforts will be made
to report the bill tomorrow.
w tuStG6 Dill OtSQsdSeu
When the Borah bill was taken up it
was substituted for the Winslew
measure, just passed by the House,
and various amendments considered.
Senator Edge offered his amendment
70 authorize the President to take ever
the mines. Senator Shields served no.
tiee that IL would provoke "a very ex-
tended discussion.o Senator Edge said
that while he favored the Borah and
the Cummins bills the situation was
such that the President should have
power to take the mines over. He
thought the President should have
fullest powers in the emergency and
that he could be trusted to use them
wisely. He declared the public had
lost patience with the differences be-
tween miners and operators.
Senator Borah said the question in
troduced by Senator Edge was wholly
aside from the pending bill and should
be considered as a separate measure.
He declared he was willing to exhaust
any power the government had to deal
with the emergency.
"The necessity for haste is obvious"
snid Senator Edge. "The country is
looking for immediate results"
Senator Sutherland, of West yir-
gjnia, who is opposed to interfering
with private operation, wanted to know
if any calculation had been made cas-
to the amount of money that would be
required TO carry out the amendment" !"
He protested against vote in q few
minutes on an amendment of such i'm
portance.
Life and Health Imperiled
Senator Edge replied that life and
health were st stake.
Senator Fletcher, Democrat, of FIori-
da, held that the investigation com
mission was of little value, called at
tentioH TO the fact that the President
was at the mercy of the United Mine
Workers, held this condition should
not be allowed and said something
should be done Immediately.
Something ought to be done now,
not after December" Mr.. Fletcher
said, "to give relief to the situation
and to protect the health and the lives
of the people of this country"
He declared no group of men should
be permitted to hold the country at
their mercy, that he resented it and
rebelled against it.
Senator Shields offered an amend
ment to exclude from the proposed
coal commission under the Borah bill
any mine owner, mine operator or
miner. He contended that no one in
terested financially should be on the
commission.
gOne of the great troubles with the
Railroad Labor Board" he said, ais
that it is composed of representatives
of the railroads and the employees"
Senator Robinson, of Arkansas, op-
posed the Shields amendment on the
ground that some of the commission
should be experts. lie fayed both oper-
atoTs and miners for not getting to-
getber and condemned the ssstubborn-
ness on both sides. He said this was
causing growing sentiment (which
viii result in whatever action this
government has the power to take to
protect the people from this foolish
obstinacy."