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The Brattleboro Daily Reformer
Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont
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Coal operators plan to seek injunction against part of Winslow-Cummins law allowing denial of rail cars for exorbitantly priced coal, claiming it's unconstitutional; action to be filed in Indiana, Ohio, or D.C. court.
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Operators Will Attempt to Get Injunction on Part of Act.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30,-An attempt to wreck the federal government's program for checking coal profiteering under the new Winslow-Cummins coal law will be made shortly by a small group of operators, according to information reaching government officials.
An injunction against that part of the law giving the interstate commerce commission and the federal fuel distributing agency the right to deny cars to coal sold at exorbitant prices soon will be asked. The operators charge that this provision is unconstitutional.
According to information here the injunction will be sought either in Indiana, Ohio, or a District of Columbia court.
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Sept. 30
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A small group of operators will attempt to wreck the federal government's program for checking coal profiteering under the new Winslow-Cummins coal law by seeking an injunction against the provision allowing the interstate commerce commission and federal fuel distributing agency to deny cars to coal sold at exorbitant prices, charging it is unconstitutional. The injunction will be sought in Indiana, Ohio, or a District of Columbia court.