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Show SENATE BACKS j HOOVER POLICY I WASHINGTON Juno 10. Senatorial Senator-ial objection to the administration' efforts to prevent rls:ng coal prices was withdrawn today pending a dem- J onMration of the success of .Secretary Hoover's program of meeting the situation sit-uation by moral persuasion, while as I surances of co-operutio i were given the commerce secretary in his efforts by the National Retail Coal Merchants' Mer-chants' association. Senator Walnh, Democrat. Massachusetts, Massa-chusetts, Joined With Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho, in announcing his Intention of withholding demand for congressional Investigation of the Cool price problem, although he de-t de-t that If advance wore not I quickly overcome he would seek to determine the factn and, 1J necessary, irge Indictments if profiteering ex-I ex-I t d Roderick Stephens of New York, chairman of the board of directors of the Retail Coal association, wrote Secretary Sec-retary Hoover that his organisation would Immediately study tho specifio : suggestions offered as a policy for the J guidance of the retail coal trade. HOOVER ENCOURAGED. Developments in the coal price eon-I eon-I truvorsy since his conference with ' Senator Borah Friday night were regarded re-garded today by Mr Hoover as giving him the support and co-operation to push his program of 'moral persuasion" persua-sion" to keep charges for fuel from climbing during the emergency. "Senator Borah's useful warning." Mr Hoover said tonight in a statement, state-ment, "that no aid or comfort will bo given from the commltteo of the senate sen-ate of which he is chairman to those who have refused to co-operate In tho voluntary plan of restraining coal prices Will, I trust, put an end to tho recent actions of some people In attempting at-tempting to upset these arrangements arrange-ments through senatorial support DIRECT POWER LACKING. ' Tho National Coal Retailers' association asso-ciation now informs me that they wish to co-operate and I havo no doubt they will roply to my original propositions. "There seems to be some mistaken Impression that tho secretary of commerce com-merce has unduiy attempted to control con-trol prices other than tho desire of the administration to use its good offices of-fices to protect tho public Congress has given no powers to the administration adminis-tration and In their absence If these good offices prove Ineffectual It is up to congress to devise some other met hod." |