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WASHINGTON, May 24 (f) —The government will order a brownout in Eastern and Mid western coal-burning areas ear ly next week if the rail strike continues or soft coal mining is halted again. This was announced last night by the Civilian Production Administra tion. The word followed a statement by a spokesman for the soft coal in dustry that the mines will have to shut down in 24 hours because of railroad car shortages if the rail strike continues. Edward Falck, chief of the pro duction agency’s office of emer gency controls, told reporters the agency is all set to take “pretty drastic action.” He added, however, that for the present “we are going to wait and see.’ Falck expressed the opinion the rail strike will not be allowed to continue for long. He said the contemplated brown out order, to save an electricity gen erated from coal, would supplant a “request” for such action which CPA made before the coal strike truce was called. This appeal went to utility commissions in Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri and in 19 states east of the Mississippi River. CPA still has an order in effect requiring electric utilities to pool their facilities to conserve coal. Mines with a few empty cars available could move today’s output, but other mines will be shut down oy this industry representative said. The custom is for empty railroad cars to be supplied to mines during the night and early morning to carry off the production of the pre-
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Amarillo Globe
Amarillo, Texas, US
Fri, May 24, 1946
Page 15
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