The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-02
Fuel Administrator Garfield
Aims to Rescind Drastic Or
der at Early Date
MONDAY MAY SEE
LAST OF NATIONAL
SHUTDOWN PLAN
Announcement Is Made After
Conference With Director
General McAdoo; No Con-
clusion Has Been Reached

Washington Feb. G~-EurtaIlment
Of the fueilsss Monday and Tuesday
order. in whole or part probably win
be announced the nrst OF next week.
DR.. Harry A. GARFIELD. the fuel ad-
ministrator. and william q. McAdoo.
director-general OF railroads, had a
long conference tonight on the aub-
5ect. 4Tnsy deferred action until next
Tuesday at any rate. giving in sx-
plantation only the following brief
statement:
we have had under confederation
the question of suspsnding after Nom
day next. the Monday closing order.
we haxs not reached q nnsi con-
eiuaion about Il
we shalt have another conference
ON Tuesday next. when the results of
the Monday blessings and OF thu rail-
road smbargoes up to that time can
be fully considered. and shall be able
to make an announcement next week
aS to whether or not o suspension OF
| the Monday closing order may be
made"
! Neither DR. Garfield nor Director
| General McAdoo would go into the
matter further after the conference.
But IL Is known on the best authority
| that the whole matter rests on the
| subject of the general embargo placed
on non-essentiaI freight by Director
General McAdoo. after the suggestions
| of Dr. GARFIELD and the resolution ask
| ing for II by the United States ship
ping board
No Friction Exists
| DR., Garfield tonight denied that
| there had been any friction between
Mr.. McAdoo and himself.
81 told Mr. McAdoo that since he
! had taken hold OF the railroads I had
received a greater measure of cooper
alton from the railroads than ever be-
fore" said DR.. Garfield IT expressed
20 him my sincere gratitude. We had
several conferences during the week
and Mr. McAdoo said he had found IL
| difficult to get gauge on what &C
tuAily had been accom- plished by the
| embargo; that he was slow gettins
reports. go was /. We have not
enough data In hand to tell definitely
what has been accomplished: but we
swnAct to have them by Tuesday. and
viii be able to lay sil our cards or
the table and tell where we stand.
herisv@ the embargo should be CON,
tinued for some time yet. but MT. NC
Adoo is not satisfied that my view IL
correct and VIE are trying to nnd ou'
Just what is best"
Great measure OF relief already ha'
lneen accomplished. II may be pos
lsible to suspend the order for the RES
of the period announced. up 60 Marcf
LA and Is, including the fuelless Tues
days for the heatless caharets. There
will be no partial curtsiiment.
VIII Play No Favorites.
There will be no preferences in I'm
dustries. All will be allowed to ope
rate fully or they will be kept closed
turs as they are now. There will b.
an enforcement of the order next Mon
DAY and Tuesday,
Poth DIR. Garfield and Director
General McAdoo say they want q
learn the exact fuel situation al
along the Eastern seaboard and in TIT
cities where the order Is effective.
II warrants. the order will be suspend
ed Immediately. but In all probaeiht!
II will be kept In force for weei
after next Monday and Tuesday, be
, cause OF tho stress of weather which
has hampered railroad movement al
over the Eastern section particularly
and has closed down some OF tn
i mixes,
In West Virginia several railroad
were cut by foods but were repaire'
, to-day and put In operation again. Ad
verse conditions are letting up Elightl
lin the Pennsylvania anthracite re
igions, where the temperature is from
3 degrees below to "a abovei Northern
New York 10 below to geroi Wester
! Pennsylvania - to 80 abovsi New Jer
sey and Eastern Pennsylvania % to .
above; Newport News rs above
Pfttsburg district to n abovei But
J falo and Chicago zero; Ohio and In
diana / 0 below to - above. Director
General NcAdao q now fsarin