Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-02-17 | Page 1 | Reed Declares Political Force Controls I. C. C.

f 4 REED DECLARES lARf r POLITICAL Un Al mH FORCE IR lS It c Members Intimidated by Pennsylvania Coal Interests In In- Charge I LAKE CASE CITED CIr D Reversal of Decision Is Laid to Th Threats eats WASHINGTON Feb 17 17 AP AP- AP ion Intimidation of certain members of the Interstate commerce commission in inthe U the lake lak cargo c coal cad al rate rat case by cue by bya a political influence emanating from Pennsylvania and running into thi the White House Houle itself w. w was charged today in the senate nat b by Senator Reid Reed Democrat Missouri Asserting that the tho commission had reversed Itself In this case so ISO as 35 to favor the coal operators of Pennsylvania over o those In tn West Vest Virginia J Kentucky Tennessee and Virginia Senator Reed d declared it had rendered a a. decision not ON only revolutionary and unjust but probably the most arbitrary yet et handed down by a federal board or tribunal Speaking on the e e e of his departure departure de de- de on a a. stumping tour tourS which Is to take him across the continent I the Democrat aai said ald it was hard Shard to e escape the conclusion tb that t tho Interstate commerce a ion had reversed re It s sat t under th the shadow oC of the sos BUS sword sord of Pennsylvania wielded by by Senator 1 n Heed Biad ed of ot that state who ho the tho ll urian said possessed d the nt advant advantage gt ge of of Jon long ex experience lence and intimate association I with the secretary of the treas trens- ul ury RECALLS FIRST DECISION Recalling calling that only two two years ears ago the commission h had d refused the petition pe pee of the Pennsylvania coal op op- orators for a a. higher differential in rates on coal to the lake mice ports port and the northwest the Missouri url senator sena seas tor said then It D was the political cal CAI battalion was was' called into action ac ac- ac tion with the Pennsylvania need Reed boldly declaring that Pennsylvania should have ha the representation on I the tho commission which would correct cor cor- cor act i-act the conditions of which the tho Pennsylvania operators oom complained Having lost the case care upon It its I I merits in tho the court ho lie said saM it lt was now determined to change the personnel 1 of the court I IThe The Missourian reminded the senate sen no ate that his Pennsylvania anla cousin had opposed the nomination of I Thomas F F. New ew York to the commission until he had had hM assurance from the White House Houle Continued on page 4 4 J REED DECLARES POLITICAL FORCE CONTROLS I. I C. C C. C Continued from page J. J that hat r Pennsylvania 1 wouW I be considered con Can In tho next next- appointment Time ran on the speaker continued continued con con- but rot it Jt did not run very lon Ion long until the tho articles of or the treaty of ot peace between tho the senator from Pennsylvania and the president t were ere put into force torce TERM EXPIRES The term tenn of or Commissioner Cox one or the commissioners who had concur concurred against ed In n the majority opinion against t the e Pennsylvania operators opera opera- tors torn was about to expire He JIe had been a no good commissioner commis commis- So far as M I know neither his ability nor fidelity had ever been questioned But Pennsylvania had to lo be taken taken tak- tak en care cafe of ot The then told to-ld old of t the Cyrus Cyrus E E. E Woods of Pennsylvania to to succeed Cox sl s Cox and of the rejection of his nomination by the senate because been connected with the Pennsylvania coal cas industry both as attorney and stockholder S Under the circumstances es it t would I not have been wise to have just th then n and there the appointed another another an an- an- an other man like Wood Reed continued continued con con- so 80 Mr Brainerd wa was appointed appointed ap ap- ap- ap pointed to fill the seat neat made vacant by Cox And ADd be it said to Brain Brain- I I erd's erds credit h be did Id not u undertake d take to participate In the tho a on re to- hearing But nevertheless the tho removal of Cox had removed on one on of the obstacles ob ob- stadt'S to the reversal of the case cas The The term term of Commissioner r Esh was WAIl about bout to expire Hi ilia emoluments An and honors were of course d dependent upon re- re i appointment I TWO CHANGE VOTES He Ile must have havo known no n of the he threat of Senator Reed that Penn Penn- Pennsylvania nn- nn sylvania vanla waa WU proposed I to be nt tel He Ile had doubtless observed tod that tha the tho senator from Pennsylvania had climbed cUnrod to the very apex of political political cal power ff and nd influence I 1 doubt not that the tho commissioner commission commission- slon- slon er 61 r often viewed lew rith disconsolate fee Cox Cox's soap already suspended front from the pole of ot Ute tote Reed Real J tepee He naturally to avoW avold n a elm fate Cox had bad been removed And ADd upon rehearing although tho the case sa sabad had bad been fully tried in the firm t in instance instance In- In stance tance and thero there had been en no chan change in conditions Esch and changed chan their votes voles and rendered a decision fixing the differential tilt dif fe nUal at the tho point demanded by bytho bythe bytho tho the Pennsylvania Pennsylvania- interests