hand, to try to direct and control the Companies, without changing the present financial arrangements, would cause confusion, obstruction, and even non-cooperate 8, It is also vital that any new scheme for greater output should win the aci good will of the miners, both leaders and rank and file. 9. All these lines of argument lead to the conclusion that we should take the bull by the horns, appoint Regional Controllers with full powers, set up a National Authority above them, and rent, or requisiton, the coal mines from the Colliery Companies for the duration of the war.