Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-11-05 | Page 11 | Tumulty Denies Action as to Coal

i I I T DENIES I ACTION COAL I Corrects Statement Made b by Y i 1 Franklin Miller i I IT WASHINGTON I Nov 5 Joseph Joseph se P. P i T t secretary c jy to to President i Wilson IO issued a formal statement today denying i iI i that he ht had d at any time made e any r sugI sug sug- suggestions f i I I nes to members I of f the i interstate rs commerce commission with reference to toi I II i iI I shipments of coal the fuel crisis last Franklin summer kNe T. T Miller adviser to the senate senate sen- sen i j ate reconstruction committee was reported re- re re 1 I cf ported to oi have told d that committee y yesterday yesterday yes yes- in New York that Mr i Thad had been the chief director of ot operations I during the worst days of the coal crisis Mr Miller was quoted as having havin testified I that Mr I had d held el dally aily al conferences con 1 c with mo la l of the he Nation Nation- Nation 1 at I Ial al Coal association and the railroads and i that the decisions as to diversion of coal i i were made at athose those hose conferences j I There was no poll policy C at an any time in inthe 1 the matter of priority shipments of coal said Mr 11 statement I acted 1 upon the representations made to the I president I which h came a from Republican e f governors fi from hal all al parts of th the country y I Mr l Alvard acting for Judge Payne di director dl president rector general with reference of fe railroads a to th the advised v handling the I of this difficult situation I r simply acted I to bring the Information which reached I the White House to the attention of Mr 11 i I Alvord Aivord without specific recommendation of any kind to him or to the interstate commerce commission I never at any anytime anytime anytime I time con conferred erred with or made suggestions to the members of the interstate commerce commerce com com- com I merce commission with reference to shipments shipments ship ship- ments of coal I