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Show JlllS III FOR HEW i: ; HP ' Nebeker Says Prosecutions I '' May Follow Disclosures in Senate Investigation ! ' 7 WASHINGTON, .-Jan.' I. Inquiry 'r Will b begun at onoe Into the prices ; ' thargrd the government for coal last s year, acllng Attorney General Nebeker J announced today, on receipt of the findings of the senate committee on reconstruction, which has been Investigating Inves-tigating the aale of fuel to fha war department and other branchea of the government during the shortage. ' ; Prices aaked government depart- j committee's report, the acting attorney freneral aald, appeared to warrant, and even require," Inveatlgatlon by the ; department oJutlce, prosecutions will be Inetltuied and pressed to the jj limit, he added, ahould the facta de-i de-i veloped bear out the evidence aub-i aub-i muted by the committee, 'apparint facts. ' It mould appear on the fare of the . report. Mr. Nebeker aald. that prlcea charged the government for coal were exorbitant to a degree, and that ar- ) tlon would lie under the Lever act for ! profiteering. Namea of more than a i ecore of concerna which had eupplied 1 coal to the government were listed by i th committee, he added, but would !not h announced, pending an Investigation. Investi-gation. which would Include a study of the alatiatlra of cn cent, pricm .charaed and th commltt'a rntlmate i of what would hav been a fair mar I fin of profit. - COAL ON DECLINE. k' RepUfa to telfgrama of Inquiry aent i to chnmtra of commrc and mu-nlripu) mu-nlripu) authoriliea ovr th country by the aenute coal Invcatlgatlnir oom-: oom-: mlttee began coming In today and ; were anfd to Indicate that retail coal prices were on the decline. i A tabulation of the report la belnjr 1 made for representation next week, ; f when the committee reaumea Its In-.'. In-.'. qulry, and committee mmher aald - it Hf!d be useful ahould the committee com-mittee decide to embark on an lnvea- tlfrttlon of the retail distribution of coal aa suggested yesterday by aena tora daring a general debate on the coal question. |