The Washington herald., 1918-02-02
PERIOD OF FUELLESS DAYS TO END
NEXT WEEK If WEATHER MODERATES; 7.
GARFIELD and McAD0O PLAN MOVE
Administrator and Director
Postpone Final Decision
Until Tuesday.
BETTER CONDITIONS
DUE TO EMBARG0ES
Midwest Floods Cause New
Worry for Director
of Railroads.

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Suspension of the fuelIess Mon
day and Tuesday order probably
will be announced the first of next
week.
DR.. Harry A. Garfield. the Fuel
Administrator. and William c. No
Adoo, Director General of Rail
roads. had a long conference last
night on the subject. They deferred
action at least until next tuesday.
giving in explanation only the fol-
lowing bnef statement:
We have had under considera-
ton the question of suspending
after Monday next the Monday
closing order"
Confer Again Tuesday.
I'VE have not reached a final con-
clusion about it,
I'VE shall have another conferences
on Tuesday next when the results OF
the Monday clOsings and OF the rail-
I road embargoes up TO th.t time can be
fully considered, and shall be able 20
make an announcement next week as
to whether or not a suspension OF the
Monday closing order may be made"
The whole issue rests on the effects
Of the general embargo placed on non
esseDtial freight by Director General
MeAdoo. acting en the suggestions or
DR.. Garfield and the United ststes
Shipping Board
/ Great measure Of relAeS sIrGads;- -hss
been accomplished II may be possible
TO suspend the order after next Tues
| day for the rest OF the period an
nounced. Up to March % and =. in
cluding the fuelless Tuesdays for the
| aters and csbarets. There will he
no partial curtailment
Want Exact Fsets
Both DIR. Garfield and Director Gen
| eral McAdoo say they went 20 learn
the exact fuel situation all along the
| Eastern seaboard and in the cities
/ where the order is effective. II the
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| suspended Immediately: but in all
! probability it will be kept in force
for a week after next Monday and
/ Tuesday. because OF ;hc stress OF
weather which has hampered railroad
movement all over the Eastern sec
tion particularly. and has closed down
some of the mines.
To get the exact situation. Or. Gar
! field has summoned TO Washington
for a conference on Monday the State
| Fuel Administrators Of the States
most affected. They arc: J. c. Ham
lin. Maine; Charles NJ. Floyd. New
Hampshire; II. J. NJ. Jones, Vermont.
James ]. Storrow. Massachusetts;
George H. Holmes, Rhode Island
Thomas w. Russell. Connecticut: Al
bert II. Wiggin, New York: Richard
II. Jenkinson, New Jersey; William
Potter. Pennsylvania; Ferdinand 8.
Meyer. Maryland; Charles II. Ten
weeges, Delaware; Homer II. John
son. Ohioe and William X. Pruden,
| Michigan.
DR.. Garfield says already the fiv"
days suspension and the fuellCss
/ Mondays and Tuesdays have relieved
the freight jam on the Eastern sea-
board 10 a great extent. The holding
back OF thousands OF tons OF freight
by the railroad embargo Of the last
ten days, has contributed 10 a. greater
extent.
Great CORIInE Feat.
Through the combination OF the
two. thousands of tons OF coal have
been poured into the bunkers OF
supply laden allied ships and allow
ed them to move. Moreover one
Of the greatest feats of coalinE of
war vessels in the teeth of driving
gales and whipping sleet has been
/ accomplished ard called for prob
ably a larger quantity of coal than
will be needed again in such an
emergency as long as the war lasts.
The drain on the coal piles exceeded
anything heretofore demanded.
With anything like a let-up in tfs
weather both DR.. Garfield and Di-
rector General McAdoo believe IL
may be possible to not only do away
with the fuelless days but to lift
the embargo on the railroads.
DIR. Garfield said there always
had been the utmost harmony be-
tween his office and that of Mr.. No
Adoo. He said they both realized
that they could obtain results only
by pulling together. W
Grateful TO MeAdoo.
Il told Mr.. McAdoo that since he
had taken hold of the railroads / had
received a fuller measure of co-opers-
ton from the railroads than ever be-
for" said DR.. Garfield. Il expressed
to him my sincere gratitude. We had
several conferences during the week
and Mr.. McAdoo said he had found
is difficult to get a rusge on what
actually had been accomplished bT
the embargo; that he was slow get
ting reports. So was l. We have not
enough data in hand 10 tell definitely
what has been accomplished: but we
expect to have them by Tuesday and
will be able to lay all our cards on
the table and tell where we stand. 1
believe the embargo should be con-
tinued for some time yet, but Mr..
McAdoo is not satisfied that my view
is correct and we are trying TO ind
out Just what is best"
break in the weather will bring
about abrogation Of the order as soon
as anything else; but reports re-
ceived at the office OF Director Gen
eral McAdoo were not at al rosy.
Floods have caused the abandon