Show administration LEADERS AD MIT CRITICAL SITUATION DUE TO RAIL belief now exists that immediate settlement of transportation difficulties could not forestall coal rationing washington stampeded into decisive action by the rapidly increasing peril of a fuel fani famine lite this jail fall and winter congress dropped everything friday for consideration of drastic measures to keep the country supplied with coal during the coming months and to prevent a i recurrence neg of existing or impending coal shortage thia due to th the anthracite and bl strikes the grave danger of intense suffering and sickness even freezing among the people of 0 those states where winter Is most savere dinned dinnee into the ears cars of senators and representatives senta Benta tives alike by a torrent of 0 tele grains galvanized both se senate nato and house into grappling with a situation which threatens threatens to become oven worse than that of the he terrible winter of 1017 1917 1918 1018 senate debate turned from the bonus to the coal crisis and to the railroad strike seizure of the coal mines by the president unless the anthracite strike Is soon settled urge urged dby by senator calder republican now york was before the senate interstate comi nerce commission in tho the form of a joint resolution offered by senator walsh democrat massachusetts to empower the president to take over all mines whose products are shipped in interstate commerce in order to open them up and furnish coal to the people while the walsh resolution was aimed at all mines it wa was a intended as a weapon to be used by the president to deal particularly with tho the anthracite situation A desperate situation confronts the country we are but 00 days from the usual period of 0 frost and anthracite coal must be secured and distributed soon or else people will freeze to death this v winter inter senator calder said senator dorah borah republican idaho chairman of the senate labor committee said ho he hoped the governor of every state threatened with coal shortage would follow the example of governor miller of now new york in calling a special session of the legislature to secure immediate relief and to prevent a fuel famine dorah borah planned to press for or imme diate action by the senate in his bis bit providing tor for v a coal commas sion to be appointed by the president preside n t to investigate the whole coal industry with a view of nationalization or government control and a st standardization an d ardi gation of the living and working g conditions of the miners even it the railroad strike wore were settled today the country could not avoid rationing of 0 coal this winter it was admitted the problem is rot not coal production but how much coal tho the carriers can haul secretary ot of commerce hoover stated |