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FEDERAL REGISTER, Wednesday, June 29, 1938
Notices
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
National Bituminous Coal Commis sion.
General Docket No. 15
I n the M atter of the E stablishment of M inim um P rices and M arketing R ules and R egulations NOTICE OF AND ORDER FOR HEARING IN RE
DETERMINATION OF WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF
THE TOTAL COSTS OF THE TONNAGE PRO
DUCED W ITHIN MINIMUM PRICE AREAS
NOS. 2 , 3, 4 AND 5

Pursuant to Act of Congress entitled An Act to regulate interstate commerce in bituminous coal, and for other pur poses Public No. 48, 75th Congress, 1st Session, known as the Bituminous Coal Act of 1937, the National Bituminous Coal Commission hereby orders and directs:
1. Notice is hereby given to all inter ested parties that a hearing in this m at ter shall be held before the Commission commencing on the 13th day of July, 1938, at 10:00 A. M., in the Hearing Room of the Commission at 15th and Eye Streets, N. W., Washington, D. C., for the purpose of receiving evidence re lating to the weighted average of the total costs per net ton of the tonnage of bituminous coal produced in the cal endar year 1936, in each of Districts 9,
D istrict or m inim um price area 1936 ton nage
District 7,892,942
48,919,533
16,646,367
3,551,750
12,543,778
1,936,412
7,050,077
M in im u m price area Price area 2__________________________ . .
Price area 5__ ______________ ___________

77,010,592
12,543,778
1,936,412
7,050,077

10, 11, 12, 14 and 15, inclusive, and so much of District 13 as is in Minimum Price Area 3, and evidence relating to any change or changes in wage rates, hours of employment or other factors, exclusive of seasonal changes, substan tially affecting costs, in each of said Dis tricts which may have been established since January 1, 1936, to enable the Commission to determine the weighted average of the total costs of the tonnage for Minimum Price Area 2 Districts 9, 10, 11 and 12, Area 3 so much of Dis trict 13 as is in Minimum Price Area 3, Area 4 District 14, and Area 5 Dis trict 15, in the calendar year 1936, as adjusted within the meaning of Section 4, Part n , of the Act, at which time all interested persons will be afforded an opportunity to be heard.
2. The District Boards of said Districts have submitted to the Commission, pur suant to its Order No. 240,1 their deter minations of the weighted average of the total costs of the total ascertainable ton nage produced in their respective Dis tricts in the calendar year 1936, adjusted as aforesaid, as follows:

upon which evidence will be received at such hearing.
3. The Division of Research and Sta tistics of the Commission has submitted to the Commission the following compu tations of the weighted average of the actual costs of the ascertainable tonnage in each District and Minimum Price Area for the nine-months period except as otherwise specified, April to Decem ber, 1937, the latest period for which cost data are available at the increased wage-rates that became generally effec tive April 1, 1937. These costs have been further adjusted to take account of known changes in Federal unemploy ment taxes, effective January 1, 1938, and to take account of the known effects of the tax imposed by the Bituminous Coal Act of 1937.
The Division of Research and Statis tics has recommended to the Commis sion th at the above costs be considered as evidence of weight in determining the adjusted costs, subjects to such further adjustments as may be proved at the hearing to be advisable, in order to take account of additional known factors of District Boards increase or decrease which are not District No.
Determination herein fully reflected.
9 ________________________ $1.5887
4. Any person desiring to offer affirma 10 _______________________ 1.7766
11 _______________________ 1.6697
tive evidence at such hearing shall, not 12 _____________________
2.8406 later than the day preceding the date 13 _____________________
2.4238
of said hearing, file with the Commis 14 _i_____________________ 3.6296
sion at its offices in Washington, D. C., 15 _______________________ 2.0481
a written appearance setting forth therein the nature of his interest and a 13 P. R. 935 DI.
concise written statement of the facts which he wishes to present. Such A ctual 1937 costs A ctual costs cross-examination as the Commission in plus two its discretion deems proper will be per adjust m ents for unem ploy mitted.
Per-ton Period m ent and 5. That the Secretary cause a copy of cost Coal A ct this Notice of and Order for Hearing to ta x e s 1
be published forthwith in the Federal Register and in two consecutive issues of a newspaper of general circulation in $1.5711
$1.59 each of the aforesaid Districts and shall 1.7611
1.77
3 1. 6366
L 65 cause copies hereof to be mailed to each 2.8265
2.85 code member, the Consumers Counsel 2.4691
2.48
3.6049
3.63 and to the Secretary of each District 2.0473
2.06 Board, and to be made available for inspection by interested parties at each of the Statistical Bureaus of the Com _
1.7646
1.78
.
2.4691
2.48 mission.
.
3.6049
3.63
By order of the Commission.
2.0473
2.06
Dated this 27th day of June, 1938.

i R ounded to nearest cent.
In D istrict 9, th e wage increase became effective M ay 1.
In D istrict 11, wages were increased on April 1 a n d again on N ovem ber 1. T he figure cited is th e average for 7
m onths a t th e April scale plus 2 m onths a t th e N ovem ber scale, w ith out a tte m p t a t proration.
4 April and M ay om itted because of prolonged strike.
A ctual costs for nine-m onth period April to December 1937, combined w ith three-m onth costs for January to M arch 1937, so adjusted as to raise th e three-m onth costs to th e level of th e wage scale effective April 1.
For period of 1937 covered see above.

seal
F. W itcher M cC ullough, Secretary.

F. R. Doc. 3&-1846; Filed, June 28,1938;
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