Out of the economic murk enveloping the bituminous coal industry last week emerged the outline of a startling relief proposal at which most big mine operators, harassed by low prices and labor troubles, clutched hopefully. This was it: let the Federal Government declare soft coal mining a public utility and regulate it accordingly. Sponsor for the proposal was no less a figure than John D. A. Morrow, president of the $165.000,000 Pittsburgh Coal Co., second largest bituminous producer in the U. S.
At a conference last month with Secretary of Commerce Lament, Mr....
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