The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-27

4 .,ota Senator
rns'p p'"4terests-McAdoo Urges Five
o'd r rrtpnsion of Government OPP
year D Cororess to Investigate
st''lOn eague-Navy Saves By
sfal"' Out MiddIemen-Senator
l''~ on Demands Truth and Fair
#Rsy in Nes"i
j ,;,oton, D. C.-Senator Frank
FSs, , Of Minnesota challenged
As. ,nosaI of Director General Nc
pI " congress, the other day, that
- ..;Jroads be continued under
aresont control for another five
J. n order that public operation
!. railroads. may have a fair test
!. conditions of peace. Speaking
!, most active opponent of public
.,.bin Of railroads in the senate,
i r..r declared that the "test" which
!. ,Iao now wants is simply a test
Il, ~ willingness of the public to az
IN, government ownership.
4 draw vote among politicians and
"..d mon in Washington would
'.,.bIv uphold Kellogg's statement;
i !. apparent that Director General
Adm wants to test our public sem
.,,n+ mite as much as he desires to
!, fbe ability Of the government to
The roads under peace conditions.
"A, advantages of government opera
have been clearly demonstrated.
j. rnder the difficult conditions of
IL, and rapidly increasing wage
Ill., and McAdoo would not for a
|Lonpnt hesitate to make his cam
|s,in for the Democratic nomination
I'm The presidency upon the public
|svrsrsbip issue-if he could be sure
H. the American voters knew what
n Knows of the advantages of public
Smershp and operation.
RVE.YEAR OPERATION ADVISED
u But McAdoo is a practical man. He
Knws that the corporation-con controlled
Nnent Of the press has systematic
Bin lied to the public about the gov
snment's success in running a brok-
3dOvn lot of railroads during the
H. and in carrying a bigger traffic
2hm ever the roads handled before.
"a knows that the truth will not
Mach the whole country in time for
] be next campaign. So he suggests q
xsGtpnement Of the issue until nearly
Eipe years after the Inauguration OF
! he next president.
Il IcAdoo's plan is denounced by TIVE
Fidely different groups. The first is
he railroad stockholders, for whom
.Esbgg does the talking in congress
IN who fear that with this further
iaay the cause Of government owner
1'dp will win without even a struggl'
Il the congressional elections O.
ZlI. The second group is the active
atOCates Of public ownership, wh'
kfael that President Wilson has faile'
tem and that McAdoo is again put
Etng them off with insincere hints AM
EnSpOken promises. The friends am
he known enemies Of private owner
Ship are both demanding a settlement
z'aV instead Of any further continu
sAce Of the existing arrangement
aAder which many of the railroad
oav bigger dividends from UncI
Yam than ever they drew from tn
appers and the travelling public.
EECURlTY LEAGUE UNDER FIR
wall street influences were appal
IN
sauy responsible for the financing c
II National Security league, who's
FIanons the house is now invest
s@ang' Among the first witnesses
/ caIl9d will probably be its chief o
aaiS-Elihu Root, Alton B. Parkt
ao Nicholas Murray Butler. Aftt
D..a will come Lydecker, colonel I
4".a IN time Of peace, but a lawyt
1 "iAe OF war, who is it's present a
!. manager. Thousands of innocel
N@7ns IN all parts of the countl
1s induced by the attractive arg
'D.a Of the field agents of the leagl
give it the sanction of their nam
L ~ membership roll, and on t
u Oh these names the agen
i ~ n thousands of other well-mea
j, people, along with the big bus
and lawless element which So
NJ. opportunity to persecute local en-
II, without danger of the hea
s n of the law.
81 'gfess has voted this investie
1 H.. because Representative Frear
OnSln collected so much data l
4 gs. e reckless falsehoods used by /
4 s,is li'y League in the recent ca
i, = and showed so conclusively
ss; TO ruin politically the gr'
~5oIlJV Of d