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AL MINING INDUSTRY

HEARINGS

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

E ON INTERSTATE COMMERCE NITED STATES SENATE

EVENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 1417

BILIZE THE BITUMINOUS COAL MINING INDUSTRY ITS INTERSTATE COMMERCE; TO PROVIDE FOR ARKETING OF BITUMINOUS COAL; TO LEVY A TAX S COAL AND PROVIDE FOR A DRAWBACK UNDER TIONS; TO DECLARE THE PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUOF BITUMINOUS COAL TO BE AFFECTED WITH A LIC INTEREST; TO CONSERVE THE BITUMINOUSES OF THE UNITED STATES AND TO ESTABLISH A TUMINOUS-COAL RESERVE; TO PROVIDE FOR THE AL WELFARE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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STABILIZATION OF BITUMINOUS COAL MINING

INDUSTRY

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1935

UNITED STATES SENATE,

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE COMMERCE,

Washington, D. C.

The subcommittee met pursuant to call at 10:45 a. m. in the caucus room, 318 Senate Office Building, Senator M. M. Neely presiding. Present: Senators Neely (chairman), Moore, and Davis.

Present also: Hon. Joseph F. Guffey, a Senator from the State of Pennsylvania.

The subcommittee had under consideration S. 1417, a bill to stabilize the bituminous coal mining industry and promote its interstate commerce, and for other purposes, which follows:

[S. 1417, 74th Cong., 1st sess.]

A BILL To stabilize the bituminous coal mining industry and promote its interstate commerce; to provide for cooperative marketing of bituminous coal; to levy a tax on bituminous coal and provide for a drawback under certain conditions; to declare the production, distribution, and use of bituminous coal to be affected with a national public interest; to conserve the bituminous-coal resources of the United States and to establish a national bituminous-coal reserve; to provide for the general welfare, and for other purposes

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

TITLE I—THE BITUMINOUS-COAL INDUSTRY

SECTION 1. It is hereby recognized and declared that the production and distribution of bituminous coal in and throughout the United States are affected with a national public interest, and that the right of the public to constant and ample supplies of coal at reasonable prices, the conservation of all remaining bituminous-coal deposits in the United States by scientific and economical mining and marketing of bituminous coal, the maintenance of just and rational relations between the public, owners, producers, and employees, the right of owners and producers to fair returns upon their investments and of employees to just wages and working conditions, and the general welfare of the Nation require that the bituminous-coal industry be regulated as a public utility. It is further recognized and declared that all production and distribution of bituminous coal directly bear upon and affect its interstate commerce and national public service; and that the elimination of unfair trade practices which have tended to destroy the bituminous-coal industry and its interstate commerce is dependent upon the elimination of unfair practices in relation to hours of labor, wages, and conditions of employment.

NATIONAL BITUMINOUS COAL COMMISSION

SEC. 2. There is hereby established in the Department of the Interior a National Bituminous Coal Commission (herein referred to as "Commission ") which shall be composed of five members appointed by the President, by and

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