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Show Committee to Inquire Into Statements Made by Fuel Administrator in Respect to Proposal. Attorney General and Others to Be Asked Why Garfield's Plans Were . Set Aside. "WASHINGTON'. rcc. 1 i. While relaxation relax-ation of rc.strirrl.ioM3 on tin: use of bituminous bitumi-nous ro;il continue"! tod:iy, indicating yov-ernint.-nut beH-A" that tne strike crisis in I Use industry has passed, congressional ln- vesication began to bear upon the active participation in the ptttk:iiirnt. Tho ap-I ap-I poai'aiiL'e last niyht of Dr. 11. .V. Garfield, I whoso resignation as federal fuel admin-j admin-j i.strator was accepted yesterday by Presi-j Presi-j dent Wilson, before the senate sub-committee- investigating the coal situation, was followed today by Indications that Attorney General Palmar and other high officials would be called on this week to explain why plans of It. Carfield were tdt aside and a compromise made with I the miners' union ou a basis whU-h tho I former fuel admiuistrator described as j "contrary to fundamental principles of j government." I Acijng President John Lewis of' the ) Tnited Mine Workers of America, who ! is attending lite labur reconstruction conference con-ference hre, predicted today that by Monday night &5 per cunt of the minors would be back to work. "Though it has been a difficult task to reach all of the men in the short time since the decision was reached,'' he said, "it is ceriam that they will go back." FUEL RESTRICTIONS ARE BEING LIFTED. Itestrictions imposed on the use of fufd during the strike gradually are being removed under the discretionary authority author-ity lo rescind such orders given tne regional re-gional railroad directors. Thus tlie working work-ing week w ill open tomorrow with a near- i er u pp roach to a normal industrial situation sit-uation than fny week since the strike! was made effective, November 1. i I Although most of the power to rescind: j the' various restrictions has been placed 1 in tiie bands of rhe regional directors, i j the niiroai administration is continuing to exercise a supervisory control over! bituminous coal and coke. This has ; been in:ide necessary not alone by the i rc-dgnation of Dr. ( la rf feld. but also by j tne resignation of Gyrus Guernsey, Jr., I assistant ro Or. Garfield, and John A. Alport, Al-port, chief engineer, both of whom came back to Was It ing ton to serve with their chief when the fuel administration was revl ed. PRESIDENT SOON TO APPOINT COMMISSION. These resignations have practically put an end lo the reinstituted acti ities of the administration. Appointment by President "Wilson of a commission to supersede tlie fuel administrator admin-istrator is expected this week. No intimations in-timations of tlie personnel have been given in official qunrters, though t he basis decided upon will make its composition com-position include one mine worker, one coal mine opera tor and a representative of the public. The three will have power to readjust wage scales, above the present pres-ent advance of H per cent given the miners, if desired, and also to advance the selimg price of coal, l '("he scale com mi t tee of tlie operators of the cenr ral comp,ltit ive field, it was learned today, probably will meet in Cleveland Cleve-land Wednesday to consider their attitude atti-tude toward the strike settlement. i Coal Restrictions About Ended. ! CHICAGO, Dec. 1!. Willi the return of (lie buLk of the nation's bituminous coal miners' to the pils tomorrow, nearly all restrictions on the use of coa) will be 'lifted. All of Chicago's drastic regulations regula-tions have been rescinded and business -".,) industry will return to norma! hours tomorrow. in t .ii' north er n and cen tral western west-ern railroad renious the regional coal committee com-mittee will still require coi.su mers to ma Ite a writ. ten application for coal and pivh ihi t delivery to iniyono with more than a. week's supply. Res lorn tion of carta lied train service east of Chicago wi'I be effective at midnight mid-night tomorrow and n t the same hour Thursday in the northwestern and central western regions. Allen's Stand Denounced. WICHITA. Kan., Dec. 1 l.Repivsen- Lati ves of the Wichi La ( fade and labor council, embracing all rhe un ions uf the city, I oday passed resolutions denouncing the stand of Governor Henry J. A lien on tiie coal strike and declining to by further bound by the official aets"of John H. Crawford of Wichita, stale labor commissioner. com-missioner. The act of the governor in sending1 volunteers to the mines was utterly un - I wa rrauted, the resel ution said, and the actiun ot Crawford iu giving consent to' the proceedings i3 crh.icised. j Mining to Resume. j PITTSIU'RG, Dec. It. Coal mining in' the Pittsburg district will be practically! normal turuurrow and those of tlie i-.'juo i union miners who d- not go to work Mon- j day will do so Tnesda y, accord ing to a st a lenient isMicd tonight by Philip Mur- raw president of district No. :, t'uited Mine Workers. j ? |