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Show NATION FACING MOST CRITICAL ! PERIODOFYEAR WASHINGTON, Nov 2K.- Vith U8 than 40 per cent Of the normal output of bituminous cosjVelng produced, the : nation is facing Its most serious pe-I pe-I riod since the strike of sofi coal miners min-ers was ordered, according to report I received today by the railroad admfn Istratioh. In scores of cities the num. her of industries in operation is rapid hy falling while the nation's coal bin continues to diminish Officials held oui onlj ray of hop- ; for increased production. While last week's production showed m increase over the previous week and indi Rations Ra-tions were for a production t about .".it per cent of normal this week offi rials said they could not uxpeel cuffi-cient cuffi-cient production to check 'he drain on the national supply un'il ill differences differ-ences between the miners, and operat ors are ironed out by ihe conference here Cry For Coal Grows Loudfr. Meanwhile, temperatures n the northern half of tin nation hae dropped drop-ped and the ctj for coal for household purposes grows louder So far, Uv supplier, have been dealt out rather liberally to meet ihir demand, it Was said, but further releases or c6hl musi be timHed ii Che nation is not to fpto a serious tioup of Industry as well ; s trnnsportation before norr.tal production produc-tion is aga 'ii rea lied. Ranks Of the soft coal miners. While snowing sonic losses in mc,n I'-inrnin.: ! to work, still hold firm In seme districts, dis-tricts, it was said, men have jonc back to ether Jobs in large numbers but In many mining areas the union ties have continued to kep :he mines closed. Reviewing the coal supply .situation 'the railrAd adniinis'ri'ion reports i that 22,000,000 tons were held under us distributing system on November 2, the second day of the ;ttike Sine then these slocks together- with current cur-rent production have been drawn v'i jto supply fuel for the railroads, ship . public UtllltleSi essential industries and public welfare institutions as well as for the household uses. , The railroad administration's con tral coal committee still is noldin I thousands of cars of export coal assembled as-sembled at Atlantic tidewater pon. Officials declared that, co,itrar to report, re-port, condition were normal at the ports where this resi rve p.uppl) of eo;;l Is held, and that no car congestion was being permitted ; The railroad administration's Btato-mcni Btato-mcni said: "In ihe first week of the strike the 'average number of cars of bituminous coal loaded daily was lO'", or 26 pojf I cent of the pre-strike average, in the gi ,nd week loading was at the iato of 1 10,608 ear.4 or 30 per cent of the no-mal no-mal rate, a gain over the first week of 14 per cent. Last week, the third cf the strike, production dteadijy In. (creased and reached nearly 10 per cent I of normal The present week prom- j ises so far a still better snowing. "Production now is mainly in the east, in the soutli and In tho Rockj motintRin rocion. In the -?'ntral s.nt where bituminous coal is so largely used there Is little or no present nut-put. nut-put. The railroads have ;no difficult and unusual (ask of moving wesi t larpo pr.rt of the production of BUCh fioids as the Pocahhni is and Pennsj'l ranis fields thai normally moves easl Tho L'j.oiio.oon tons the railroads bad on November l was as evenly liiJ ri as possible nvor tho (ountry but in ihr- sections where there had been no product io';, supplies nave become depleted and coal from ihe eastern producing fioid:-. has been and is Being Be-ing sent west to HI th ne ids." |
