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...pondered railroadmen, not bad. But the next stipulation of the Commission loosed a pandemonium of amazement. The revenue from these increases which would be effective until March 31, 1933- estimated between $100,000,000 and $125,000,000-must be pooled by the roads themselves to meet the fixed charges on bonds of lines which cannot possibly meet them this year. The machinery to handle this task the Commission blithely left for the roads themselves to devise. The roads were given until Dec. 1 to accept or reject the Commission's offer. William Zebina Ripley, professor of political economy...
...Railroadmen prohibited from working more than eight hours a day, except in emergencies; strikes and lockouts illegal, except after 90-day notice; the President empowered to take control of railways in national emergencies...
About 200,000 union miners left their jobs, most of them with money in the bank, some prepared to raise chickens and vegetables, others ready to work in factories. Manufacturers and railroadmen, who are the largest consumers of bituminous coal, refused to be alarmed. Ninety million tons are above ground, in storage, in freight cars-and, then too, the non-union mines in West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee produce 65% of the nation's soft coal needs...