New Britain herald., 1918-01-19
PROTECTION
 SHORT X
GOVERNOR APPEALS
 FOR COOPERATE
Asks Connecticut to Il Up to Spirit of Garfield
 Order.

Hartford, Jan. 10.--Governor I comb today issued an appeal to people of the state to respond path ically to the order of the Un States fuel administration, obe1 the spirit as well as the letter of order. The statement follows:
 "The recent order Of the Unl States fuel administration closing fNe tories for five days and closing factor ies and many other places of business the following ten Mondays has given a great number of business mon, en- ployes and other persons their first real opportunity to demonstrate their willingness to make serious personal sacrifices for the nation of which they are a part. The sacrifices asked of us are, no doubt, severe, but they seem trivial whom compared with the sacri- fees our sons and brothers are ready to make in the trenches. 1t seems to me that. whatever our private oDin- ions may be as to the necessity for the order, we should withhold super fluous criticisms based on what is only partial knowledge of the situa- tion behind the order and should
 
 tunity that is here given us to denl- onStratc our. love for our country by implicit and cheerful obedience of it's dictates.
 Connecticut manufacturers and workinGmen have shown a praise worthy attitude toward the order of the fuel administration in regard to closing their factories and have com v,1in1 ,Of nd 1itnral1v fool sure that representatives of other industries and businesses will follow with prompt obedience to tho order in regard to Monday closinss. I think we should all make a sincere effort to obey the spirit as we'll as the let ter of the order and to avoid any eff fort to profit by technioalities that would nullify it's primary intent--such technicaliucs as keeping places of business open with only part of the usual heat turned on, or extending the hours of business on other days of the week so as to balance the loss caused by being completely closed on Monday"
 Russclrs Statement.
 The only safe thing for any per son engaged in mercantile or com mcrciaI business establishment to do under tho order of the United States fuel administrator is to shut up shop entirely on the Mondays prescribed in the order" This was the state ment of Thomas w. Russell, United States fuel administrator for Con- nectic+t made this morning as his off, cial interpretation of the order.
 MT. Russell made the following statement:
 f"The fuel administrator for Con- necticut takes it for granted that in dividual action under the order Of the United States fuel administrator will be governed primarily by a spirit of patriotism and helpfuluess. The primary aim of the United States fuel administrator in the present emer- @encv is to provide immediately in each locality a sufficient supply ot coal to keep homes warm.
 Tn case Of any question as to tho rights of any merchant concerning keeping his place of business open, the fuel administrator is certain that the merchant will incline to the side of patriotism rather than the side Of self interest
 My interpretation of the order re- Stricting use of fuel for ten months Mondays is as follows:
 '"Thc establishment is allowed to use heat only to keep pipes from freezing. He shall not use heat be- yond the point necessary for that purpose. I have advised those bus. mess men who have asked me about keeping their stores open that this would save themselves from SuSpi- cion of an unlawful use of heat by closing their doors entirely on the ten Mondays declared to be holidays by the ordcr.'
 "Aftcr conferences and legal ad- vice l have decided on the following rulings concerning the operating of the saloons on the ton Mondays pre- scribcd in the order of the federal fuel administrator:
 Tt makes no difference whether a saloon is in q building of it's own or in a building with other tenants; there must be no heating in d sa- loon on the ten fuel holidays beyond the amount required to keep the pipes from freezing. If saloon opens on these days, there must be absolutely no fuel used in the build ing in which il is located. If the saloon closes. sufficient fire may be maintaiMrd to keep the pipes from freezing.
 II hare been asked by hotels to
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