Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-01
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bill for control and distribution Of coal
during h mining and transportation
emergency vas passed by the house
PA to 81, and sent to the senate with
assurance of early consideration. Only
one change was made In the measure
as originally framed, an amendment
by Representative Sanders, Republic
can. Indiana, providing that the life
OF the law should end January I. 1924,
or a few weeks after the first regular
session of the next congress, being
passed l22 to ~.
In the senate, as soon as the SOL
dters, bonus bill had been disposed Of.
attention was turned to coal legisla-
ton. the Borah substitute for the
house bill passed last week GREETINGS
fact-fndtng om mission>b being taken
up. Two hours OF debate however,
showed the impossibility Of action on
h measure Thursday and It went
over for further consideration Friday.
Big Fight of Day.
The big light OF the day in the
house was in the section of the control
and distribution measure, which gave
the president the right. after issuance
OF a presidential proclamation, declar-
ing m present emergency no longer
IN existence to proclaim the existence
or another such emergency without
asking leave OF congress-. The action
was voted on in committee of the
whole, I efghty-f1ve to stxty-fve but
when the bill as finally completed was
put before the house proper Chairman
Winslow of the interstate
committee in charge of it demanded
n obtained a record vote. and the
section was retained 14s to "a.
RonreSanfafivn TQox,1,nr rr-.--
Democrat member of the interstate
commerce committee offered the mo-
ton to strike it out and he was sup
ported by Chairman Madden Of the
appropriations committee, Represen-
tatlve Graham. Republican, Pennsyl-:
Van1a, and some leaders Of both par
ties. Previously Mr.. winslow had
sought to amend the provision so as to
Civ congress the right to say if an
emergency prevailed IL the coal min
ing and railroad world. but his motion
TO this enect was defeated through the
votes OF members who were confident
the entire section would go out.
Mr.. Rayburn's motion to re-comn,it
for the purpose of eliminating the
clause to prevent extortion in prices
charged for the Goa and other fuel
n promote the general welfare"
was rejected without a record vote.
Some Opposition.
Three Republicans from West Vir-
ginia. woodward, Rosenbloom, and
Goodykoontz opposed the bill, Mr.,
.Goodykoontz commended that in the
house debate operators had been
while no strong voice was
lifted against ~pro1teering retailers.
Asserting that the measure would not
afford relief he told the house that
the people had asked for bread and
congress had given them a stone. Mr..
woodward. characterized the leeisla-
ton as Socialistic and declared the
sane. cure all legislation might be
demanded by those concerned with
other industries than coal.
The senate discussion developed
more into exchanges of opinions as to
the causes and possible consequences
OF the present rail and coal situation
of the Borah bill. It brought
also from Senator Frelinghuysen, Re
publican, New Jersey, a statement
that had the senate acted on bills,
which he introduced two years ago
n a year g and which he. claimed
were designed to serve the same pur-
pose as the present proposal, the
present emergency could have been
averted, .
Senator Frelinghuysen said he be-
lieved the Borah bill Should pass, be-
cause of a~conviction that conditions
similar to those now before the coun-
try would have to be faced next
spring. He argued, however, that the
fact finding commission should be
made a permanent government trib-
unal and not be limited to one investi-
cation.
The New Jersey senator declared
That many large coal companies had
been guilty of taking extortionate and
outrageous profits and read a long list
of dividends voted by several. The
list. he said, was public property and
a beer compiled and published by
well known publishers.