Evening journal., 1918-02-02
Garfield NIY END
HEAT E5S' MONDAY
Suspension of Order Con-
Sidered, He Announces,
After Conference
MAGAZINES EXEMPTED
BY YTHELATEST RULING

WASHINGTON. Feb 2.--Prospects for
abandonment Of "heatless" Mondays af-
ter next week grew brighter yesterday
when Fuel Administrator Garfield ad-
miited for the first time that consider
alton was being given TO the general
protest against continuance OF the or
der
Doctor Garfield conferred with the
President yesterday and later held a
lengthy conference with William g.
McAdoO, director general OF railroads
At the conclusion Of the latter the
following joint statement was issued:
We have had under consideration the
question Of suspending after Monday
next the MOnday-closing order We
have not reached final conclusion
about IL. We shall have another con-
ference on Tuesday next, when the re-
suits Of the Monday closings and Of the
railroad embargoes up 90 that time can
be fully considered, and shall be able
10 make an announcement next week
as 20 whether or not suspension OF
the Monday-closlng order may be made.
Despite repeated denlals by fuel ad-
ministratlon officials that any modinca-
tions in the Monday y-closing order We're
being considered, lt has beer known
for several days that strong pressure
was being brought 10 bear 90 cancel 10.
The chief argument presented TO Mr.
McAdoO by Doctor Garfield was that
the Monday closing order could be kill
ed II the freight embargo were con-
tinued in effect for a time, possibly
another week or so. Mr.. McAdoo is
opposed to the embargo and Issued u
against his own inclinatons and he
does not desire to contipue it. Doctor
Garfield insists that It Is necessary in
order to keep coal moving, at least
until the loaded cars now frozen on
racks reach their destinations
II the embargo remains in force and
the order Of the fuel administration
giving preference in coal deliveries TO
domestic consumers, ships. public util-
tiles and essential war industries is
continued for several weeks lohger. 1t
is contended that the same or better
results will be obtained than through
the suspension of all activity on seven
Mondays after next week.
Exemption of magazine and publish
Ing houses from obseryances Of the
Monday closing was announced by the
fuel administration in the following
statement:
\ study Of the results Of closing
work on magazines and other periodi-
cal publications on Monday has CON
WINGED the United States fuel admins
TRAITOR that the order Of Janu-
AIRY A should be modified in that re-
spect The complications both in the
publishing Of magazines and in the
handling OF the great volume Of mail
matter at the postonices were especial
ly potent arguments in bringing about
this decision
Doctor Garfield announced that he
had ordered a conference Of State fuel
administrators in eastern states for
next Monday. when coal conditions In
the East viii be discussed and future
policies held necessary to handle local
conditions.
William Potter of PENNSYLVANIA:
Charles II. TenNeeges. Of Delaware.
and Richard II. Jenkinson, Of New Jer-
sey, are among the state administra-
tors summoned, others being j. C.
Hamlen, Of Maine: Charles NJ. Floyd.
Of New Hampshire; II. j. NJ. Jones, Of
Vermont: James j. Storrow, OF Nlassa-
George H. Holmes. Of Rhode
Island; Thomas r Russell. Of Connecti-
cut: Albert H. Wiggin, Of New York;