STRIKE IN AMERICA.
AWAITING NEXT MOVE. CONTROL BY STATE. LEGISLATION SOON. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Washington, August 26. Strong opposition has developed in the Senate to legislation giving the Government extraordinary powers to deal with the industrial situation. Senators Reed and Stanley opposed the Coal Commission Bill, saying that laws sufficient for the purpose were now in existence, and that the proposed investigation was useless. Senator Dial suggested that Congress adjourn sine die, adding that this would be the best service they could render the country. Senator Stanley said that the nationalisation of the coal mines would be a grave mistake, working injury to the nation. Senator Cummins announced that it was proposed to introduce legislation next week empowering the administration to take over some railways and anthracite mines according to the President’s wishes.
THE PRICE OF COAL. ALLEGATIONS OF COLLUSION. Received Aug. 28, 10.45 p.m. New York, Aug. 28. Mr. Henry Ford states he would not buy coal to operate Ips* plants even if he could obtain it, because the railroads and the mine-owners are in collusion to keep the price up. “I tried baulking them. They are directly responsible for my laying off men and factories, but it was the only thing I could do.” Mr. Ford denounces the price of seven to nine dollars a ton at the mine’s mouth as outrageous. THOUSANDS THROWN OUT OF WORK. New York, August 26. The effect of closing Mr. Ford’s three plants at Detroit and his assembly plants throughout the country will he to throw out of work 50.000 employees in Detroit and 100.000 elsewhere. The intensification of the railway strike position is threatened by the announcement at Chicago by Mr. Grable, president of the organisation of the maintenance way employees, that the Railway Labor Board will be asked to increase their pay from 23 to 48 cents per hour.
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Taranaki Daily News, 29 August 1922, Page 5
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309STRIKE IN AMERICA. Taranaki Daily News, 29 August 1922, Page 5
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