Evening journal., 1922-07-25
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from business nor labor. strictly
speaking.
One OF the first steps in the direc-
ton of a permanent code dealing
with Industrial disputes in great
/ labor unions and on railroads will be
taken by the Senate .abor commit
tee under Senator Borahs leader
ship.
A definite move to put the coal
mines under such governmental con-
troll as will safeguard the country
against a recurrence of the present
strike was made in the Senate today
when Senator Borah. Republican, of
Idaho, introduced a bill providing
for the establishment of the United
States Coal Commission, to study the
coal industry and aid Congress in
legislating against strikes.
Borah said his bill was designed
"as the first step toward either ma
tionalization or strict Federal con-
dustry. The bill was referred to the
committee on education and labor
of which Borah is chairman. He said
he would call the committee together
within a few days to consider i'm
mediate action on the measure.
The bill. Borah said, was not in
troduced with the idea of helping
TO solve emergency but for the pur
pose of establishing adequate safe
guards for the future.
The coal commission called for in
Borah's bill. would be composed Of
three members appointed by the
President, one to represent the coal
miners. one for the operators and
one for the public. The tenure of
the commission would run only one
year from date of creation. unless its
life was extended by Congress. The
three commissioners would be paid
$4,000 each a year.
It would be the duty ofthe coal
commission to ascertain and report
to Congress and TO the President first
as to ownership of all coal mincsi
second. cost OF production, third
profits realized by operators during |
the past ten years. labor costs. wages !
paid. irregular production and sug-
ges.ions FOR remedies and ali other
facts which the commission deems
Il wise to place in tho hands of the |
government TO aid in establishment
of a wise policy relative TO the coal /
industry.
The Poindexter anti-strike bill will |
be revived in some form, il seems |
certain. Thot bill was killed in the 1
Senate by Labor Senators" but its
supporters will again put it forward, |
or some bill like It, as a means of /
getting a test OF sentiment and II 1
possible settling the constitutional, 4
limits upon the power of Congress to
control workers.
The Esch-Cummins transporta- |
ton act which created the Railroad |
Labor Board will be amended.
Either the board will be replaced |
by some other agency, depending 1
largely on the outcome OF the pres |
ent rail strike. or the powers Of the I
board and the definition Of its func- |
lions will be broadened and clarified /
Senator Cummins. chairman of the |
Senate interstate commerce commit |
tee, will start hearings soon as a pre-
liminary to amending the law. Cum |
minis insists that to It must be added |
affirmative declarations in favor of
a living wage and other clarifying /
provisions.
. The Kenyon industrial code" will \
be pressed. probably with admins
tration backing. This bill intro
duced by former Senator Kenyon OF
Iowa, just before he went on the |
Federal bench, will be hard fought
by labor. 1t creates a coal labor |
board with powers virtually the same
as those conferred on the Railroad