Coal R&D Bills Argued Interior Department hits separate coal research agency, asks Coal Research Office in Interior Department J Y l o R E COAL RESEARCH IS a m u s t .
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stake is t h e future of the U. S. coal industry and U. S. world leadership in coal production, Harold J. Rose of Bituminous Coal Research told the House Mines and Mining Subcommit tee. Rose, coal industry representa tives, and a group of Congressmen urged passage of bills to set up a Coal Research and Development Commis sion within the Government but inde pendent of any existing agency. As proposed b y the various bills, the coal research commission would organ ize and administer research programs, contract the actual research work to qualified government agencies and pri vate firms. If necessary, it would con duct its own research projects. Under the bills, advisory committees would assist the commission. The Department of the Interior, though, has other ideas on how to run a coal research program. J. Marling Ankeny, Director of the Bureau of Mines, told the committee that Interior is for more research on coal, but is against setting u p a n e w independent commission in the Government to do the job. Ankeny points out that the Bureau of Mines already has the au thority to do everything the proposed new commission would d o except make research contracts. Interior's approach: Set up an Office of Coal Research within the Department of the Interior. Bureau of Mines figures show coal is losing out as a fuel in the U. S. In 1920, coal provided 6 7 % of the energy needs of the U, S.; in 1957 it provided only 55%—this in the face of a greatly expanded requirement. Further, coal production in 1957 was down 2.2% from 1956 and production so far in 1958 is off 22% from 1957. But many experts see the demand for coal expanding as much as threefold in the next 20 years. This increased demand will make more acute existing problems of production, handling, and efficient use. Without research to solve these and many other problems plagu ing coal, the experts say, this demand may never come. • Coal Research Today. Research spending on coal adds u p to about $17 million per year. Of this, only 2 1 %
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