The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-19
CONGRESS TO
ACT AT ONCE
ON COALLAWS
Senate and House Republican
Leaders Promise Speedy
Action-D Democrats To
Support.
.LULL IN RAIL PARLEY
ny Associated Press)

(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.-Plans for
| carrying out President Hardings rec
concentrations to congress yesterday
| concerning the coal situation-legisla-
ton to control the present situation
| brought about by the miners strike,
and designed to forestall similar flu
ture difficulties, were under way
Both senate and house Republican
leaders promised speedy action, and
they were said to have the support
of most of the Democratic leaders
Members of the house interstate com
merce committee last night were re-
quested in kilograms sent by Repre-
sentative Mondell. Republican floor
leader, to return to Washington at
once to begin work on the necessary
bills and possibility of their passage
in part at least, rext week, was de-
clared good.
The proposed legislation. 1t was In
dicated by leaders, would be confined
for the present to measures TO set up
an agency to purchase, sell and dis
tribute coal in interstate commerce,
and for creation of commission to
, ascertain the facts in the coal indus
try
To Control Prices.
The agency proposition which would
be designed primarily to control the
prices it was indicated. likely would
. require more time for consideration
than the fact-finding commission, as
some leaders were said to oppose the
recreation of any such body as the
, war time coal administration, which
they declared was not success.
Other recommendations made by
Mr. Harding in his address to con-
gress, such as legislation to put
! teeth into decisions of the railroad
! labor board and for federal protection
! of aliens, were regarded as less urgen:
: and are expected to go over to the
: next session.
No Aid Needed
The assertion of the president that
!; despite the inadequate authority of the
labor board, other agencies of the gov
ernment Werearmed with statutes TO
prevent conspiracy against interstate
commerce and to insure safety il rail-
/ way operation and the further state
. ment of his resolve ito use all the
! power of the government to maintain
q transportation and to sustain the rtgh.
y of men to work" was taken generally
} by the legislators as an indication that
v he felt the rail situation could be hand
q led without immediate aid fron. con-
e gress. Difficulties of the future is
| what iC pyn6rfeA deal with
( and guard against.
IS NEW YORK, Aug. 19.-New York,
y for the last two days the scene of con-
2 ferences between Brotherhood leaders
It and railroad executives, called in an
is effort to end the nation wide shop
IS crafts strike today experienced lull
in the negotiations.
Rail chiefs were preparing for a gen
eral meeting of the Association of
Railway executives early next week.
at which will be considered a PROPOSE
ton for ending the walkout preferred
yesterday by the running trades. act
ing as nlediators, to a committee rep
\ resenting the carriers.
\ Labor leaders who had massed in
the city during the parley, also were
holding themselves in readiness to re-
L0 iNClFO LAC duSWCi Ot lAC di
e another meeting of the mediators and
IS executives set for next Wednesday.
r Details Not Known
Is The proposal under consideration by
d the roads was not officially defined at
,r the end of yesterdays parley, In some
lquarters it was said to provide for i'm
n mediate restoration of strikers with
u seniority rights unimpaired. In other
e quarters it was said to provide for the
70 lreturn of strikers as rapidly as they
lie could be absorbed, with their senior
d. ity ultimately to be settled with salts
u faction to all. In either case. II was
lie said, new recruits who were to be re
otl tanned as extra men would be required
is in the shops at the end of the strike
9S to repair cars.
s. Alfred P Thorn, vice-president and
De general counsel for the Association o.
Railway Executives announced IFS in
At tention of going to Washington jmme
ip diately on a mission which he dc
:. clined to discuss.
Await Western Chiefs.
T. Dewitt Cuyler, head of the asso
citation, returned to his headquarters
in Philadelphia. Other members o.
the executives committee which par
- ticipated in this weeks conference
ed were again in their Offices awaiting tht
ng arrival OF western chiefs for the mex
od general session of the association.
Warren S. Stone, president OF thu
to Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineer
Sc was making ready to return to Wash
to- ington with Bert NJ. Jewell, head o
ct the shopcrafts organizations, and 9th
or er labor leaders.
OF the 16 representatives of runninl
od and stationary trades who were sum
es, moned to New York during the delft
'rt erations, several announced the
on would remain here pending ney
weeks developments.
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