Arizona republican., 1918-01-01
M'AD00 ORDERSALL EASTERN
 ROADS TO CLEAR CONGESTION AND MOVE COAL AND FOOD
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 went to eastern roads today from Director General McAdoo to clear up freight congestion regardless of pre- vious government priority regulations. passenger schedules and any hamp- ering practices under the old com petitive system and to pay special attention. to movement of coal and food.
 Lines of the west and south were notified that soon they might be called on to furnish locomotives and other equipments To help tighten the traffic burden of the east and a committee of government officials was created to work out plan for diverting export freight to ports other than New York Quantities of coal were started moving to New England to relieve the serious short age there and priority orders were suspended for roads east of the Mis- slssippi and north of the Ohio river to the extent necessary 10 clear up congestion
 Al the same time. the director gen eral dissolved the railroad war board at its own request and named a temporary advisory cabinet of five members. One of these. Hale Holden. president of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy. and a member of the war board, will be retained to supervise the machinery which the war board has created within the last nine months to coordinate the roads of the country
 other members of the new advis- ory board are John Skelton Williams comptroller of the currency, who will have charge of financial questions arlslng out of the government opera lion; Henry Walters chairman of the board of the Atlantic Coast Line. Who VIII assist on operating prob !. ems Edward Chambers, traffic ulrector of the food administration. Nho Will have general charge Of tIdiIlc' and Walter D. Hines. assist ant to the director general.
 Other railway heads who made up the war board, Fairfax Harrison of the Southern. who was chair man; Charles Req of the PennsvI- yaLla; Julius Kruttschnitt of fhe southern Pacific. and Howard Elliot or the New Haven. will return to the active supervision of their roads. put all the subcommittee and or gahlzatlons of the board will he turned over 10 Mr Holden.
 ne question df increased pav for iallfoad employees will be taken m sooh py MT. McAdoo. but he said tooaN fhai he had given little thought st' N, q; $ aid did not l-psw whaf bis
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 's o.l'fneuus Niil eoatar o.itn the director general Thursday at his 1 invitation and probably will rrqa ihat with the scarcity of railroad la 1 DOT II will be necessary to pav higher wages 10 retain men. Many advisers oi the director general advocate in creasing wages. particularly for many | unorganized classes.
 me federal board of mediation. and 1 cancellation will continue to mass on wage dlsputes now pending. it was announced after a conference of rhe board with NIT. McAdoo. but evcnf,I- any the director probably will handle wage questlohs directly. The gov eiiilileh' attitude toward wage cldhSes Will not be determined untiI rIe pfopiems of speeding up trans portatlon are threshed out.
 Mr. McAdoo limited his comment e on the labor situation today to sav ifg that he would treat the men with Justice and equity and woud s,i,.a "a Just and square hearing" in tbe brotherhood heads.
 The director general conferred dur- ing the day with Secretaries Baker ana Daniels. Chairman Hurley of tbo Shipping board. Food Admir.fstrator Hoover. Fuel Administrator GarfieId anu other government officials.
 Actlng under the director generars specific authority, A. II. Smith. presi- uent or the New York Central and aSSistaht director. who has charge ot tne hsk Of clearing congestion i, the east tonight ordered easterr mes 10 start a systematic carnnaior 10 move freight and 10 report dsily 10 nm the congested conditions so mat other roads less burdened mich, oe used for the overflow.
 Embargo any consignee who doc. not release freight promptly on ar. rival. said the order
 50 Tar as practicable. annu1 mas. sehger trains which interfere with riv. ing necessity freight service.
 Call upon all employees to lend theil elioIts Tn this matter of service to ths government and the people"
 Director General McAdoo exnlaine, that there was no intention n, aha,, doning the system of priority as di rected by Robert s. Lovett of inc WA industries board. but that in the fut,r these orders would be issued throuql the director general. who believes th selection of preferential cars in switcl yards in many cases causes more iron ble than to move an entire train an, that every class of shipments wi move faster if the whole bulk of freich goes forward without priority Railroad authorities will use thei i, discretion. however, concerning in speedier movement of perishable ar : tieles, coal and other materials whic they may believe justify being pu 5 ahead.
 The committee of managers. heade , Dy A. w. Thompson. which heretofor has maintained headqudrters in Pitts ? burg to supervise clearing of conges