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Bmw fork, dun ' 1930 *. 'Jft* Ernest f Trigg* President, national : ?deration of Oonstrnotien Industries, 'Philadelphia* Af<a a^ar Mr- Tfiggs four telegram of the 21st was received this morning, Brsvicms engagements- which I teve in lew York .will provent wy going to Washington in the event of a call* It would see that housing 'ims ham reoogaiBed>-ns an essential in view of the rent laws and rent com-, miesione under federal, state and municipal jurisdiction, which are regulating tMs essential oven more drastically than food, fuel or ^mothing are regulated toy governmental, authorities, fire lifterstate Q&arneroe Geiw&ssioa, however* does not appear to consider housing as an essential in view of the recent order giving preferonce to the shipment of coal 'which amounts to an embargo against the transportation of oui iuing caterlsls* Do we know the amount of the fuel shortage? The Bow. York Sun, on Juno 19th, reported this jmv*0 production;' " ' of anthracite ami a being three' million tons' in mama at that of last year's* According to the totted State Geological 'ftor* vey, the production of snthraefpe for the year ending Jtme Sth mm 86,39af000 toms* as compared with 53,3S1*00G tons last year* The production of bituminous coal up to April amounted to 3?,96&,Q0Q tons* as compared with 3S,lSd,0GQ tons for the corresponding period last year*. '' v. It is said that all' traffic, must now 'give way * thd delivery of coal to the northwest and then to lew England* A gavernteimit transport is leaving Sew fork today for Beaten with 10,000 tons. The Bow fork papers state today that the Brooklyn Bopid Transit Company has not enough fuel for two days and has appealed to thh Prosident. Is the Interstate Gommera Gommisslon aeting on these matter on its own initiative or is it taking advice from some other body? My own hunch is that f. Dewitt Guyler, Chairman of the Bailway sxocutive Ooramittee, is handing' out the "dope", and either we do not understand the urgency of HERBERT HOOVER PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY Commerce Papers--Unemployment, Trigg, Ernest T.; til 'lw3jtg situation, particularly in, lew ?rk where work: must be done-'d-urlati the next three months or la be seriously delayed this year* If It la a question ef an embargo on build ing materials tf a& embargo on the exporting of coal, it would aeeia to a praferiiii^lo adept the latter ae being the least \ -detrimental to ouir'^fional intereta. My feeling with regard to Injunction proceedings la that thia should not be undertaken by the Federation, as it. baa not got the funds to continue it, and it would appear to me to- be:- more- desirable-' that theae proceedings should be initiated by-soma individual or meraber organization. Very truly yours.