Evening star., 1946-11-25
Tuck 0'Conor Take
Emergency Measures
10 Save Coal Stocks

Emergency measures for deal
ing with the coal situation were
being put into effect today by
the Governors OF Maryland and
Virginia, with rationing planned
and efforts made to supply fuel
to the institutions needing 1t
most.
In Marylahd, Coy. o'Conor pro-
claimed q state Of emergency to
bring about "the most prudent and
drastic rationing" Of soft coal stocks.
He directed the mayors to determine
In each town what plans should be
undertaken to conserve coal. The
assistance Of an 18-man Coal Con-
servation Committee appointed Sat
urday was offered the communities
Each. the Governor said in a tele-
gram, should determine whether
available coal stocks should be con-
served by dimout. closing or restrict
ing amusement places, closure Ct
schools, curtailment Of power for
industrial purposes or whether In
It's opinion coal stocks available in
the community are sufncient to
justify no action. !"
Thirteen OF Bethlehem Steel.s 26
open hearth furnaces at Sparrows
Point were closed. The company ex-
pected to decide today how many OF
its $4,000 workers would be laid of
20 Ships Tied Up In Baltimore.
Along Baltimore's water front 20
vessels were tied up because OF the
embargo on foreign shipments Of
coal.
Gov. Tuck Of Virginia named q
three-man fuel emergency commits
sion, giving 1t power to set up q
rationing and distributing system.
The commission consists of Gen.
James A. Anderson, State highway
commissioner, chairman; John q.
Rhodes, unemployment compensa-
tion commissioner, and William n.
Nickels OF the State industrial COM
mission.
Sources close to the Governor said
the Virginia State Guard probably
would be alerted within a hours.
The Governor. however, refused to
confirm or deny report In the Rich
mond Times-Dispatch that units OF
the militia already had been ordered
to stand by for possible emergency.
The Fuel Commission was engaged
today in survey to determine the
requirements Of schools, hospitals
and other institutions. The three Of
ficials also planned to confer In
Washington during the day with the
Solid Fuels Administration and IN
terror Secretary Krug.
Gov. Tuck directed attention to
the brownout ordered by the State
Corporation @ Commission, banning
all nonessential exterior lighting
and one e-fourth OF the interior
illumination Of business and in
dustry.
ArnaII Rejects Controls.
In Georgia Gov. Ellis Arnall said
that instead Of telling Governors
and communities to conserve
dwindling coal supplies Secretary
Krug and President Truman should
get busy and settle the coal strike. |"
The Governor said he had no in
tention Of putting any controls into
effect in Georgia.
In New York Mayor william
O'Dwyer proclaimed a state Of
emergency, and ordered q dimout
Of city buildings, effective to pm.
At the same time he asked the
cooperation OF private business.
Broadway prepared to return to
wartime dinness tonight, with the
giant electric signs dark and the
ater marques limited to one CO.
watt bulb each.
From Wilkes Barre. Pa, the AS
sociated Press reported that anthra-
cite miners were expected to return
to the pits today, after q three-day
sympathy strike by 10000.
Union leaders said they could not
determine what might happen II
John L. Lewis and the United Mine
Workers were Kicked around in
Washington"
At Hazleton. delegates to a meet
ing Of the UNIV general mine COM
mittee called the restraining order
in District Court "un-American.
Central Pennsylvania may escape
a diinout. From Harrisburg it was
reported that Charles e. Cakes, pres
ident of the Pennsylvania Power
and Light Co., had asked exemption
Of that area. He explained that
the company could furnish power for
at least six months, owing to the