Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 105, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 April 1920 — CONGRESS STUDIES PAPER SHORTAGE [ARTICLE]

CONGRESS STUDIES PAPER SHORTAGE

Congressional -investigation of the print paper shortage will be .started next Wednesday hr of the Senate committee on ™ facturers, headed by Renator Reed, Democrat, of Missouri. The committee’s plans include inquiry into supplies, distribution and prevailing prices , Pending congressional action, tne assistance of the State Department in the paper situation was invoked in connection with efforts to secure removal of restrictions upon export from Canada of raw materials used in paper manufacture. Appointment of a commission to seek removal of Canadian embargoes on pulpwood was urged by Senator Underwood, Democrat, Alabama, before the House foreign affairs committee earlier in the day. Retailiatory legislation should be enacted, he said, if friendly efforts toward this end were unsuccessful. “Serious injury will be suffered by our newspapers in a few years if there is no legislation.” Senator Underwood said.