The sun., 1918-02-06
HEATLESS DAYS
WILL CONTINUE
McAdO0 Yields to Evidence Of
Facts Presented by
DR.. Garfield.
WEATHER WRECKS HOPES
Coal Situation Worse Than at
Any Previous Time
Durin. Winter.
WEATHER WRECKS HOPES

less days are 20 continue. A: lcas. Tie
programme of DR.. Garfield will be /.
effec. until moderate weather per.
mits the railroads to resume normal op'
eraticns. In many quarters i. was be.
licved that through .hc influence OF D!.
rector-Hcnerai McAdoo the order would
be rescinded to-day, but following a de.
and the Fuel Administrators from sev.
eral States no word came from the Fuel
Administration that the Monday ho.!-
days would he discontinued.
On the other hand Il was intimate d
that further shutdowns may be ordered
Mr.. Mc.\doo said: Whatever DR.. Gar
field decides to do ] will unhcsitat,ngly
suppor;.''
The fuel situation throughou. tho
country was more critical to-nigh; than
ever before this winter. according to
most officials in touch with conditions in
Michigan. Ohio. Pennsylvania. New
York city and New England. Few
trains were moving. and little coal was
In sight for repLnsh.ng the fas, dw.n-
ding reserves. No plans for relieving
the situation were offered.
Director-General McAdoo admitted
that the logs of motive power was a
great factor in the freight troubles. and
said that every move possible was being
made Ia obtain skilled mechn mics to re-
pair the mary broken down locomotives
on the Eastern lines.
EiPmness SUFFERS Relapse.
The policy Of flr1nness and settled de
termination which the Fuel AdministPa. .
ton appeared suddenly TO have adopted
with the issuance OF the Garfield cur
iA,iment order suffered an equally sud-
den relapse to-day. 1t Was announced
last week. in joint statement made by
Dr. Garfield and Mr.. McAdoo. that fol.
lowing . conference to-day n decision
regarding the continuance OF hcatless
Mondays would he made. After the
Fuel Administration had i.scd half a
day wrestling with the problem dipio-
macy dethroned decision and announce
ment OF what had occurred at or fol-
lowing the conference with Mr.. McAdoo
was withheld by the fuel Admin istra
tton. Mr. McAdoo said: THE question
rests with DR.. Garfield. who will make
the decision and apprise me Of what he
deems Is the best course to adopt
have not heard from him OH the matter
as yet"
State Fuel Administrators reported
ccal shortage 80 critical in many Sec
tons OF the country that Dr. Garfield
could not bring himself to the view held
by Mr. McAdoo. who from the outset
has been inclined TO the belief that some
other means than wholesale industrial
curtailTnent could have been found for
relieving the distress caused by the &C.
vere weather.
Last week Mr.. McAdoo. Ia a confer.
ence with Or. GARFIELD discussed the
possibility Of withdrawing the shutdown
order DR. Garfield pointed out that the
reports Of Mr.. McAdoos regional d.
rectors showed that the railroads were In
little better condition to get fuel To the
New England and north Atlantic States
than they had been before. lie agreed
that II the weather moderated the con-
tinuance OF the railroad embargo per
haps would permit the lifting OF the ban
against business.
McAdoO Was 0ptimistic.
il was decided to defer tho matter
until to-day. 1t was an open secret that
Mr.. McAdoo hoped to present figures nj
that time which would show that the
railroads are In a position to meet the
needs OF q nation at work six days q
week.
At noon Mr.. McAdoo met the State
Fuel Administrators and Or. Garfield n,
the offices Of the latter in the Treasury
Building. Tho State fuel directors told
Of the grave danger which menaced the
public II the present extreme weather
continues. and several expressed grave
doubt as to their ability to get coal
enough TO keep the homes warm, le;
alone the factories Of their districts. Mr.
McAdoo was surprised by their reports
But the statement could not he con-
troverted by him, although definite
figures showing the amount jf coal ac-
tually saved by the shutdowns were not
available. Mr.. McAdoo mad hoped that
figures of the coal saving might be
given, together with figures ON the
losses occasioned by tho Garfield order.
He was unable to obtain the latter and
debate followed which resulted in a
draw. because neither side had sum
clently definite facts to convince thu
other that Its position was the correct
one.
Tho State administrators then re.
turned to the building of the Fuel Ad.
ministrNtion and later Dr. Garfield went
into executive session with his assist.
anita II was the belief that the Fue]
Administration would issue statelnen,
setting forth why the semi official en-.
couragement Of no more heatless Mon.
days given the public last week was no
to become a fact However. at the con.
ference NTH Mr.. McAdoo II had bee,
| stipulated that the Fuel Administration
would notify Mr.. McAdoo Of It's decision
- A-L->.A a-.s>ss-
Inasmuch as the Fuel Administration
had no further facts than those which
had failed to convince Mr.. McAdoo ir
the morning. II found itself In the awk,
ward position Of being asked to pu'
forth u statement which In effect would
say "thc order which we issued some
time ago IL still In effect"
Mr.. McAdoo. who does not favor shut
downs. but believes rather IN speeding
Continued on run Tdgc.