Show FUEL BOARD FOR NATION PROPOSED GOVERNORS GOVERNOR'S CONFERENCE IS IN FAVOR OF EQUITABLE DISI DISTRIBUTION DIS DIS- I OF CW COAL Agree That Country Faces Serious Coal oal Shortage and T That a Only t the e Utmost Conservation n Will Prevent Pre S vent Suffering Suffering- of People Chicago Governors Governors of seven soft coal oal producing states at atil a here on November so 30 agreed that the state governments should take all possible steps to obtain the production production tion of coal oal and recommended to the federal government that a complete fuel administration with an administrator administrator adminis adminis- for each state recommended by bythe bythe the g government be perfected hum Immedi immedi- dl- dl atly The state executives also aiso requested requested re requested re- re quested uniform and rigid rg lations In ml all states The governors' governors conference was called called called call call- ed edby ed by Governor Frederick D. D Gardner of Missouri Attending the conference e were ere Governors Governors Governors Gov Gov- F. F O. O Lowden of Illinois James P. P Goodrich of Indiana W. W L. L Harding Harding Hard Hard- ing of Of f Iowa Gardner of Missouri R n Robertson bertson of Oklahoma A. A H. H Roberts Roberts' of Tennessee and Attorney General R. R J. J Hopkins of Kansas representing Governor Henry J. J Allen The sta state e executives were in agree agre agreement agree agree- I ment meat that their states faced a serious shortage of coal and that only the iI ut- ut t- t m mOst st conservation of bf fuel and the most rigidly supervised distribution would prevent suffering of the people and disaster to Industry The governors were unanimous that the fuel administration organization should be be perfected to provide more absolute charge of coal reserves and distribution through state administrators tors n named by the state executives The sessions were executive executive exec exe- exec exec- and It was not until late lat In the afternoon that that the conference broke up and issued a public statement |