STATE OF EMERGENCY

Chronicle (Levin), 26 November 1946, Page 9

STATE OF EMERGENCY

Press Assn.

Praclamation In New York RESULT OF COAL STRIKE

By Telegraph

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Received Monday, 10.50 p.m. NEW YORK, Nov. 25. " Mayor O'Dwyer has proclaimed a state of emergency as a result of the coal strike. He called on citizens to suspend unnecessary lighting of every description, recluce in every possible way the use of electricity and conserve all fuels, particularly coal. The wheels of industry are slowing down throughout the nation as the coal strike continues, but the Government is marking time legally pending the outcome "of the proceedings tomorrow when Mr. John L. Lewis will appear before Juclge Goldsborough in the Jfederal Court to show cause why he should not be held in contempt for terminating the miners' contract with the Government. Should Judge Goldsborough determine that the contempt charge is wellfoimded it will be November 27 at the earliest before Mr. Lewis can be tried before a jury. An administration attorney who helped to draft the proceedings against the miners' leader said today that the primary aim is to set Mr. Lewis straight on the law rather than to pimish him. ' ' What we want is a judicial deterniination of the question whether the agreement between the Government and Mr. Lewis can be terminated. We are not interested one way or another in seeing Mr. Lewis in fi-anl.