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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1917
Page
19
Senate discussions aim to soften the food bill as amendments seek to curb government requisition powers and price controls. Representatives Sherman and Gillett challenge the administration while House debate continues. Hoover testimony set before Senate committee as talks edge toward compromise.
The United States files to dissolve a Boston fish exchange and related companies, alleging a cartel that stifles competition and imposes a 20 cent per pound antisale tax on fish. Forty one local whalefishers own stock in the New England Fish Exchange. government seeks injunctions and receiver appointments.
Washington June 6 William Degan reports Bryan endorses the Administration food bill in the state meet. He argues government can commandeer the lives of the young and tax money to protect the whole people from an unpatriotic few. He says he is not afraid to support strong presidential powers.
Wartime shortages hit English villages and city centers as licenced saloons receive limited supplies of spirits. In Strands and theaters, licensees face reduced rations and potential license jeopardy for selling beyond limits. Locals near military camps suffer from reduced access, with shortages spreading across rural and urban areas.
A Vienna cabinet plan proposes a Polish German majority by adding Polish Greek South Slav and Russian ministers to push a provisional budget through. Defence and Food Supply would be non political, divided among four Germans and others including a Pole a Czechoslovak and a Southern Slav, with key figures named Vermar Hohemis and Ruttenia.
King Alexander telegrams Premier Zaimis pledging cooperation to restore unity in Greece and maintain constitutional authority. The message, dated June 15, is reported by Berlin sources as a reaction to Entente policies in Greece.
The government highlighted a letter cited by David W. Allen of William O Atwater Company showing coal prices quoted by operators before a price fix. Berwind-White Coal Company was noted as having quoted $3.50 per ton weeks earlier than a $5.00 fix. George Wymondicretary testified about a contract between the company and De Pint Powder Company for 720 thousand tons, with open market purchases anticipated at volatile prices.
Aged text describes a wartime scheme to pool soft coal at New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Boston to reduce daily deliveries. The note mentions June and a 71-wager error amid scrambled terms while outlining port pooling to cut euro deliveries.
A U S board proposes to produce 3500 aircraft this year with a $600 million scheme. A R Hawley argues America may need a billion for planes. The plan aims to coordinate with War and Navy on design and factory siting, accelerate training, and unify production across manufacturers.
A British general in the United States argues that America's greatest contribution to the war will be air power. He cites exchange programs and training centers in Canada and Toronto as models and urges similar facilities in the U S. Leaders from four prominent engineering schools and trade colleges discuss establishing a parallel program.
In Mublin on June 1 Sinn Feiners protested after the uprising last year. About 107 demonstrators, carrying Sinn Fein banners, attacked the homes of veterans where Union Jacks flew. Windows were broken and police arrived to restore order. Eight men were arrested.
Washington June 21 Prices to be paid for steel for the government s merchant fleet were discussed at an all day conference. Key participants included James A Farrell president of United States Steel Corporation Denman of the Shipping Board Major General Goethals and members of the Council of National Defense. No decision was reached but it was implied the government will not pay the tentative 35 per ton figure in early contracts.
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