Show OWNED OW POWER PLANTS A MENACE branding develop bent bent of hydro hydroelectric electric power plants plant RE ab a Ini menace enace to the coal industry utah coal rali miners lers and mine owners tao have joined the nationwide protect against tiny any further use of money for the development of water power projects according to an by otto IIer Iler reg president dont oc 01 tho the utah coal opell tors tora I 1 this thiis Inform information ailon was contal noil in a statement m today by the N national job savin and investment protection bureau for the corl cod industry which chichis chis Is loading leading the fight of the coal mine 1 and alio th 0 I 1 1 men who work in the mines against the water power program of the public works Adro ration because of tile the it I 1 ong ing 1 jury wh i h is certain to result to the coal business A ri dr drav JArit Jl iH lv hy by tn it anh coil civil Ass Ocla t ti I 1 I 1 and ci aliel ice I 1 mine aline IN orl ars 0 at n a diode no S pi il ilic entire m i ir IP arr i in ill ef cf the he and i of t aea ed y ihu iho proposal of senator george dorrn I 1 of nebraska for the creation of a missouri valley authority similar to the tennessee valley authority I 1 but on a hir far more ambitious scale I 1 coplea copies of the resolution were forwarded to utah senators william 11 IL king and allbert D thomas and Re presenta t ives i will robinson and ale albe murdock every time a hydroelectric plant subsidized by governmental money la is built sir herres told the joint assembly of miners and mine owners miners lose their jobs and coal mines go 90 out of existence this not only creates unemployment but also takes off tile the tux tax rolls rolla of coal producing states tremendous amounts of taxable property I 1 one of the most dangerous pieces of legislation to utah coal la 19 a bill introduced in tho the senates Se senate natel I 1 by senator norris of nebraska this bill would create a missouri valley authority similar to muscle shoals if this bill becomes a law the coal industry would suffer stiffer ft a tremendous blow creating groat great unemployment among not only miners but also railroad workers because coal shipping makes up a 9 great part of the railroad tonnage ge 11 mr r herres also criticized secretary of the interior ickes to arefus ing a public hearing on tho the loup river project in nebraska for which the has al allotted itt ed ile he declared that this pow or er alanl alone would displace many thousands of tona tomi of coal annually adding i forced uso use of tile the surplus electricity kenern generated ted by hydro projects could increase the displacement of coal in fit tile missouri valley states na as much as tons un 1111 imalle IV or one tenth of the present pre sent annual output of bituminous coul coal in ili tho the united states millions now invested in coal mining properties railroad securities electric utility securities and in fit tile the homes of thousands of people bound to le be affected would lie 13 aped out |