Show TRUTH ABOUT COAL SHORTAGE news storks stories have boon eil ed unit there Is fear there will viii ix be it 11 shortage of bit 1111 itous coal tile due to Il inability of rail roads boida to trall jart sufficient quantities to consumers before winter sets nets in commenting on oil tills thlu a nn n out ont 0 operator aej ator says sais tile the Lount rys coal sul supply lIY Is liw din to tt the llie april strike and july ierg holiday lie points out ut tint that alic lie american ralli oad could hioe handled bundled 33 35 to 40 nd ad dit lonal tons toils ut of coal lit in april tn for it orage lint but fur for the strikes and that hint 19 1 omilous ail stake to try ti to a the lie lil ailie for foi any nn coul coal chort age that ini develop ilo flop where it dots does not belong dining edyt mil june and july atil tills this expert ays tin the unald could have transported an all additional tive rho tu to tin ten tofiq ot of coal per IKI nion if it JUKI hit bun been produced the hie demands the alir jinna arnis drive dile will inake till oil our r ill roads there nn are no gr aundt tor for anticipating it a full fail tire lire adequate production product lon ot of coal fox foi the hantl froines s and antl fact 0 ries ot of country I 1 li iw now imperiled by the 7 hour day and 35 hour week the 35 hour week neck was adopted during the de pres slon when alien demand tor for coal wall sus low today the demand for coal Is abnormally high yet el tle the 35 hour week neck remains in effect it Is estimated tuat that an mour day nud and a 40 hoier would increase soft coal production by 10 to 12 per cent if demand should 11 ti ally increase in the future it could be met by extending the week eek to li 42 or 45 limits certainly a 1 working week neek of such och leng length til during this time hine of 0 emergency would be no hardship ou on coal man miners or any other workers nor kera would receive proportionately increased pay pa production aud and plenty of it 18 19 essential to the swift completion of the defense pr program and the protection of every home and individual in the land |