The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-04
Washington Orders Further
Revision Of Restrictive
Measures
TO-DAY THE LAST
HEATLESS MONDAY
Formal Action Awaits Out
come of Conference Set
for Tuesday

Washington, Feb. Nov that the de
cision 10 abandon the hestless Monday
after this week virtually has beer
reached. the federal fuel administration
is endearoring to remove, as tar as pos
sibe additional restrictive measures i'm
posed by local fuel administrators,
kilograms were sent To all state fuel
administrators Saturday notifying them
| that il was the intention Of The federal
administration 10 make local restrictions
conform a. far a. possible with the rule,
promulgated at Washington.
Under this plan local fuel administra
| tors. who have closed churches, the,
aires, schools Office buildings and stores
on DAYS not included in the Garfield
closing order of Jan. IL, are TO permit
them TO reopen unless, after eonsulta-
ton with municipal authorities il is de
termined that coal shortage makes clos
ing absolutely imperative TO avert suf-
fering and the closing of war indus
tries.
II is ordered also that decisions made
by the local fuel administrators, affect
ing only communities over which they
have jurisdiction, shall be sent To the
federal officers here for ratification be-
fore being put into effect
With an Improvement in weather con
diti0ns, the fuel administration hopes
that restriction set forth in the closing
order of Jan II win be sufficiently dras
tie for the section east of the Missis
sippi. In the event that the provisions
for closing OF industries and commercial
s,,t al IN
order are rescinded this week. the only
regulatory powers remaining will relate
to the priority of coal shipments. The
special orders issued separately regard
ing lightless nights on the white ways,
however. will remain effective, with the
suggestion that they shall not be eX
tended to cover other nights than those
named originally.
Fuel Administrator Garfield and hi
rector General of Railroads McAdoo held
another conference Saturday to review
the situation and apparently were salts
fed that ii would be possible to abandon
The heatless Mondays after this week. |
There was no statement issued, however, !
The formal announcement will come aft |
er the conference scheduled for Tues
day
The message sent to the state fuel ad |
ministrator Saturday follows;
"As result OF various restrictive reg.
ulations established locally by state fuel |
to certain states, we are
many complaints OF diserimi-
nation between different states, and in,
aqualities in the requirements Of neigh
boring communities After careful con-
,ideration, United States Fuel Admin
strator Garfield has concluded that reg
liations in every state should in general
,e uniform with those promulgated by
This does not absolutely
prohibit additional local regulations
where they are necessitated by extra
ordinary local emergency, but in that
ase we believe that you should first con
ult and secure the sanction of the local
authorities, either the mayor of city or I
'thers responsible for local government
nd wire US for confirmation
I'VE particular desire to secure uni
orm regulations for the whole country
t the earliest possible date, not later i
han Feb. q. having especially in mind ]
Uniformity with national orders for !
ghtless nights and orders restricting [
hurches, theatres and other public gath a
ring places as well as orders relating |
0 closing OF drug stores, food stores and :
Tiers selling necessities. y
In general we feel that the United /
tates fuel administrators order OF Jan. |
is sufficiently drastic. and that fur o
ler extensions should not be attempt :
l unless absolutely required by local y
and substantially supported :
V local sanction. You should also care i
lily consider whether the good to be !
by additional local restrc- >
ons will be more than offset by the |,
image and inconvenience to the public :,
III you have already established adj T.
tional regulations. we ask that you =
lnounce a date in the near future. aft
which regulations in your state will :,
, uniform with those of Washington !,
you deem il imperative that other y
gulations now in force should be con. 7
nued. please wire nature of such reg y
ations and further period during which v
,u desire them maintained a.
Weather conditions Saturday not too
eouraging probably determined the pc =
cd over which the freight embargoes al
the principal railroad lines of the u
asst must be continued to clear up traf- y
1t was estimated that Mr. McAdoo's p
der to the eastern railroads to turn rs
er empty equipment to the western ST
les would result in 1000 empty box it
RS and refrigerators moving daily.
Four trains of 30 ears each are now I'll
owing also to the New England dis eN
let, two trains from Cedar Rapids. W
:, and two from Milwaukee, Wis ia
ley are loaded with animal and poul- he
y feed TO relieve the critical condition oc
the New England district. A