The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-01-03
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FOR RAIL WORK
APPOINTS w. HINES AND ALFRED
II. SMITH
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POOLS EAST and WEST ROADS
Director General Orders Presidents to
Report at once on Eliminating
Congestion on Eastern
mia @ Roads.

! washington, Dec. 3l.-11fectOr zen
keral of Railroads McAdoo appointed
Walker ID. Hines of New York, former
general counsel of the Atchlson, TO.
peka & Santa Fe railroad, and Alfred
Fl. Smith of New York, president of the
New York Central railroad, as assist,
/ ants pro tempore to him in the gov
eminent management Of the railroads
of the country.
The director general also called upon
presidents of al railroads to take UP
vigorously the matter of common use
of terminals, and parallel lines, and
specifically requested that all terminal
facilities in the Chicago district be
treated as unit as far as possible,
Director McAdoo also issued an or
der retaining all officers, agents and
employees of railroads in the service of
the roads under government manage
rnent, providing for retirement Of those
who wish to leave with proper notice
and designated rules for operation of
the roads as a national system. i. i,a,
Must Solve Wage Dispute.
An important development was the
disclosure that the railroads had deter
mined to reject the demands of the or
ganized workers for a 40 per cent in
crease in wages and had turned re-
sponsibility in the labor controversy
over to the, government and Director
General McAdoo.
With fbic ,.ax.aIa f;o, alec CANA IN
comforting one to the director general
and his advisers that the railroad
brotherhoods had decided not to press
their labor demands upon the govern
ment for at least 80 days, or at least
until the director general has had an
opportunity to get the united operation
of transportation lines well under way.
May Handle Securities.
Other developments in the new rail-
road situation included:
Discussion of plans for hanHing rail-
road finances through the formation
of government corporation under the
director general to buy. and market
railroad securities.
Consideration of an order withdraw
ing passenger, trains from certain lines
raralleling each other, devoting some
lines, exclusively TO freight traffic
Deliberation over the wisdom of or
dering nationwide embargOes on COM
modities not essential to the prosecu-
ton of the war or actual welfare Of the
people. glE ~,-., 's5..7.~r-z
Removal by direction of railroads
war board, cooperating with Director
McAdoO, fromhPittsburgh to Washing
ton Of the operating committee of the
eastern railroads. ...E '..- ~
Ordering from western to eastern
lines of more locomotives to aid in lift
ing the freight jam in this section.
Confers With cummins. ..gs +
Director McAdoo conferred with
Daniel Willard, chairman of the war
Industries board; Senator Cummins of
Iowa, ranking Republican member of
the Interstate commerce committee,
and Interstate Commerce Commission
ers Meyer and Woo1ey. y.
The conference with Senator Cum
minis related to legislation which, will
be needed in congress to carry, out the
government operation. plans.
Il believe congress will act as
promptly and expeditiously as possible
In the emergency" Mr.. Cummins said.
II also think that the legislation will
be confined to the emergency only and
that no effort will be made at this time
to enact any permanent railroad lsgis-
lation.
There is no question, however, that
the matter of government ownership
has come forward with tremendous
strides In the last few months"