The Sentinel=record., 1918-01-08
FIRST ATTACK IN
 RAILROAD BILL
RESOLUTION OFFERED IN ZEN ATE THAT ROADS SHOULD BE
 HELD ONLY DURING WAR
McAdoo Asks the People of the Country to Observe Freight Mov. ing Week" by Assisting in Clearing Freight Yards of All Tonnage

Washington, Jan. 7--The admins tration bill to regulate government management of railroads was sub octed to its first attacks today at the capitol Resolutions were introduce. ,a the senate seeking to amend tn section providing for indefinite con finance of government coltrol by pro viding for automatic return to pri yate control after the war
 The basis of compensation on the earnings of the three years endingl last June 80 was criticized in a hear ing before the senate interstate com merce commission by Julius Krutt 5chnitt, chairman of the executiv, ommittee of the Southern Pacific. who suggested instead the two and a half year period between July l, 1915, and December 31, 1917, arguing thal earnings for 1915 were below norma
 The house interstate commerc, commisson will start hearings on the bill tomorrow when Interstate Com merce Commissioner Anderson will explain the measure. Director Gen eral McAdoo probably will appea later in the week to urge necessity for prompt action
 The railroad administration devoted itself today to executive measures to clear up congestion on eastern rail 'oads and Mr McAdoo appealed tc tho people of the United States L. observe next week as freight nov
 ng week through an organized movement to unload cars and turn bem back to terminals
 In anticiation of government assist ance in railroad financing, roads were instructed to report Immediately the amount of capital they needed for the oming year.
 MT McAdoo's statement on a con ,erted movement to clear congestion
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 q wish 10 appeal 10 the people of he United States Co observe the week beginning January II and ending Jan iary 2l as freight moving week and earnestly request the governors c the various states, the public utlu ies commissioners the mayors Q lties and towns, the state council )f national defense. the federal ana state food and fuel administrators, tn, chambers of commerce and othe
 usiness organizations, business men nd shippers generally, trucking com anes and all railroad employees con crned to organize locally and make | supreme effort during this week to unload freight cars, to remove freigh from railroad stations and to clear the decks for a more efficient opera tiou of the railroads of the country. An earnest and united pull all along the line will achieve wonders n this direction We can help our selves and relieve an immense
 mount of suffering if We attack the problem vigorously and in the true spirit of CO., operation"
 Immediately after the freight moving week." tho new demurrage rates obtained by the director general will go into effect.
 Milder weather in the east helped 10 send freight moving faster but a snowstorm in the middle west caused serious tieup of traffic The rail road administration was not greatly concerned about the situation there however, since the congestion is con sidered only temporary
 Before the senate committee Alr Iruttsohnitt. who vas a member of the railroads war board, said he did not believe that the stockholders of the Southern Pacific would be satis- fled with a return after the war sucu IS the government might guarantee turing the war, no matter what pe- iod was selected. He thought they would accept 1t as a patriotic step turing the war.
 Alfred r. Thom, general counsel for the railroads executive council, urged that whatever action is taken should come quickly He feared the upset conditions of finance during the time when compensation was not definitely established
 Mir. Kruttchnltt will continue on the stand tomorrow and will be fol- lowed by cGorge M Shriver vice president of the Baltimore & ohio
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