Middletown transcript., 1922-08-05
NATIONAL COAL
ADMINISTRATOR
Henry B. Spencer Appointed By
President Harding
FUEL PROMISED TO ALL
Coal Carriers Act-N. G. w., C. G. o.
And 1. & N. Declare EN-
barge On General
Freight.

Washington. - President Harding
appointed Henry B. Spencer. of Wash.
ington, as Federal Coal Administrator.
In this capacity Mr.. Spencer will as.
sumo direction of the administrative
work of the Presidents coal commit.
tee In directing the movement and
distribution of available coal supplies
to the nation.
The Coal Administrator is well
equipped by experience for his new
duties. He was raised in the railroad
business, was at one time vice-presi-
dent of the Southern Railway System,
was general purchasing agent of the
railroad Administration during Gov
ernment control and had charge of ma
tional coal distribution when the Gar.
held Fuel Administration was dis
banded after the armistice.
Announcement of the appointment
followed an official announcement that
I'VE will have coal for all. There
may be some embarrassments and
some hardships, but the nation will
not go without coal supply"
Administration leaders are confident
that the measures so far taken will
prevent any suffering or shut down of
industry in the nation. Reports to
Washington indicate an increasing
fuel supply, largely because of the i'm.
proved movement on railroads serv,
ing the producing coal mines.
Three railroads serving the main
producing coal ffelds-the Norfolk and
Western, the Chesapeake and Ohio
and the Louisville and Nashville
gave notice to the Interstate Com
merce Commission today of an en-
barge against all freight except food
stuffs, live stock, feed for stock and
coal, the four articles carried on the
majority order issued by the Commits.
sion. This action was taken so that
active equipment could be turned to
coal movement to clear the Jam of
loaded and unloaded coal cars on the
lines of these roads. The embargo
will be lifted as soon as the present
congestion is cleared away. The en-
bargoes are expected to result in an
immediate large increase of produc-
tion in the non-union fields of West
Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky and bor-
der sections in Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania.
Secretary of Commerce Hoover as
chairman of the Presidents committee
Is devoting his entire time to building
up an organization for coal distribu-
tion and for the checking of profiteer-
ing. The organization is being care
fully selected, for it is realized by
leaders that it will
have to serve for months after full
time mining and railroad operations
are resumed. 1t will take months to
restore normal supply and distribu-
tion.
Governors of "a States have noti-
fled Secretary Hoover that they have
undertaken to set up the necessary
administration in their respective
States to control profiteering and dis
tribution of coal within their borders.
These States are Ohio, Indiana, Hi.
nois, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Da-
kota, Minnesota, Maine, Massachu,
setts, New Hampshire, Connecticut,
Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey,
Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Vir-
ginia, Iowa, Oklahoma, Florida, Ken.
lucky, Tennessee and Louisiana.
Kansas already has the administra-
tive facilities under its industrial
court. 1t is not regarded as neces-
sary to establish coal control in the
Rocky Mountain and Pacific coast
States, as they have supplies of coal
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