The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-25
WILL DIRECT
SHIPPING AND
FIX PRIORITY
Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion Declares Emergency
Exists-Will Assign Cars
Classes Are Designated.
WILL RUSH SHIPMENTS
fRv Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON. July 25.-The iu-
terstate commerce commission today
declared that an emergency existed in
transportation in territory east of the
Mississippi river which required it to
direct routing of shipment of all es-
sental commodities and to fix prefer
ence and priority for the movement OF
food. perishable products, coal and
other fuel, and livestock.
The commission declared that, in
view of the emergency, cars for the
shipment of coal should be assigned
to railroads on the basis of preferences
in coal Shipment; to the railroads and
other common carriers and public
utilities and hospitals in a second
class, and government institutions, ma
uonal and state, in a third class.
The orders which are effective To-
morrow further forbid the reconsign-
ment or division of any coal accepted
for transportation by any one OF the
preferred classes and declared for
such special purposes as might appear
from time to time the commission or
its agents might specially designate
cars to be assigned TO mines for pre-
ferred loading.
In a second general service order is
sued under its emergency declaration
the commission required that all car
riers in routing shipment disregard
the usual practice and forward it to
destinations by the routes most avail
able to expedite movement and pre-
vent congestion.
WASHINGTON, July 25.-The i'm
mediate policy of the government was
declared at the White House today TO
be continuation of its endeavors to
| furnish its protection to men willing
| to work in the mines and to put into
motion the machinery decided upon
! for the distribution of the dwindling
coal supply
The administration spokesman in
discussion of the coal situation said
appointment of a federal commission
to go into the coal industry was not
in prospect, at least this week
The administrations view as ex-
pressed at the White House today s
that the government can not force men
to work, but it can create a condition
in which men willing to work and de-
sirous of work may work in safety,
If it is demonstrated after fair
trial that there are no men willing to
work, some other plan or some other
method must be devised to get coal
President Harding accordingly was
represented as unwilling to specu-
late or anticipate such a situation and
method
Plans to Function Soon
The governments emergency coal
\ program will begin to function within
48 hours, Secreatry Hoover in making g
this announcement today said ratifica-
tions of the emergency plan for distTi-
button of the reservation of unfair
prices by the operators association
was expected within IS hours, but
if cooperation was withheld in any
district, the government would pro-
ceed to appoint the necessary local
committees.
; The emergency coal control plan,
Mr. Hoover stated, is intended to appiy
to all coal produced in the non-union
or union fields, and it was indicated
that service order by the interstate
commerce commission providing for
, priority in the location of coal cars
made be expected Immediately.
l Operators Remain.
j. Representatives of operators in the
I producing fields remained here for a
! further conference today with Secre
tary Hoover to round out details of the
plan to insure the fuel supply of es
t sential industries and the maintenance
of fair prices during the strike merg
ency
II A number of minor changes in the
' tentative form to which the plan was
agreed to by the operators and rail
road representatives yesterday wa;
considered probable and the product
\ of the final discussion then was to be
. resubmitted to the interstate com
| merce commission and other govern
! ment agencies involved. In addition
/ it was said, much work remained in
! the organization of the local commit
o tees through which the plan would b.
!. administered under the supervision O.
, a central governmental committee Il
' Washington appointed by the presi
q dent.
Dausherty Approves
d AS announced by Secretary Hoover
) in its tentative form last night. tbs
" plan, which, before being submitte,
= to the operators, was approved in a,
iopinion by Attorney General Daugh
e erty as being entirely legal" is de
r signed to insure fuel distribution 4
!" railroads, public utilities and othe
t necessary consumers, and the mainto
i. nance of fair prices, through prefer
e entail ALLEGATION of freight cars. Th
J. emergency powers of the interstat
n commerce commission in the regula
ton of interstate commerce form th
handspring of the entire plan
In addition to the 'tpresidentia
.committee'' here, composed of rer
resntative of the commerce, justic
and interior departments and the II
y terstate commerce commission, TO CT
operate in carrying out the prefere-
tiaI orders of the commission. th
in plan also provides for an administr:
IN tive committee. comprising represeI
1e tatives of the former committee an
to of the operators and railroads, an,
n. where necessary, representatives {
* the larger consuming groups. Th
Lr- presidential committee would estal
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