This recorded commission speaking turn examines the allocation of authority in provisions governing the coal economy. Lederer contrasts the broad leadership role assigned to the Reich Coal Council in § 7 with the limitation stated in the final paragraph:
Im ersten Absatz des § 7 steht aber, daß der Reichskohlenrat die Kohlenwirtschaft leitet.
English translation: In the first paragraph of § 7, however, it says that the Reich Coal Council directs the coal economy.
That wording could imply authority over wages and working conditions. Yet the final paragraph expressly excludes these matters: agreements need only be communicated to the council. Lederer thus distinguishes directing an industry from regulating its employment relations or merely receiving information about them.
Darüber läßt sich aber noch diskutieren, es ist ja kein sachlicher, sondern ein formaler Einwand.
English translation: But this can still be discussed; it is, after all, a formal objection rather than a substantive one.
The intervention moves from a possible ambiguity to a qualification of its importance. Lederer leaves discussion open without advancing a substantive demand for expanded council powers. Its significance lies in clarifying how a general mandate relates to explicitly reserved responsibilities.
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