New Britain herald., 1918-05-22

federal manager. who will report 70 the regional director. As far as prac
 tlcable, this federal manager will be chosen from the operating officers ot the particular property who are, therefore, entirely familiar with it's employees and with it's conditions.
 Except so far as may be necessary to meet the emergency conditions which compel the government to take control of the railroads, the federal manager of each railroad will en- deavor to avail himself to the fullest extent of the advantages incident to the operation of the particular rail- road as a unit and the preservation of it's identity. This is believed to be of essential importance, not only to secure the best results during the pe- riod of government control, but also to give the greatest degree of reas- surance to the officers and employees that the railroad careers upon which they have entered will not be nar- rowed, but, if anything, will be broad ened, and to give the greatest possi- ble reassurance to the stockholders that their just interests in the prop critics will be respected and that noth- ing will be needlessly done to have even the appearance of impairing their just rights.
 While in this way the responsibil- ity for the operation of the property will be directly to the regional direc- tors, and not to the boards of direc- tors, it is the purpose of the director general to accord to the boards of di- rectors and their representatives the fullest opportunity to keep advised as to the operation and improvement ot hn tn a the director general and the regional directors the fullest interchange of views as to what is in the best inter- est of the government and of the stockholders.
 "In the development of this policy the regional directors, and also the federal managers, will be required to sever their official relations with the particular companies and to become exclusive representatives of the United States Railroad Administration.
 tThe first moves in the inaugura- tion of this policy will be through the creation of two new regions, to be known as the Allegheny region" and the "Pocahontas region!'
 *"The Allegheny region will consist, broadly, of the Pennsylvania lines east of and including Pittsburgh and ETC, bdlLl1uOre & oulO, edSt Ol lIIS- burgh and the Ohio river, including Pittsburgh terminals; Bessemer x Lake Erie railroad, Cumberland Val Jersey, Coal & Coke railroad, Phila- delphia & Reading railway, Western Maryland railway, Cumberland & Pennsylvania, and Pittsburgh & Lake Erie. This region will be placed in charge of c. H. Markham as regional director (who has resigned his con- nections with the Illinois Central and other companies) who will have his offices in Philadelphia.
 '"The Poahontas region will consist of the Chesapeake & Ohio railway, east of Columbus, Cincinnati and Louisville; the Norfolk & Western rail- way, and the Virginian railway, in- cluding the terminals of all lines at Hampton Roads. With the exception of the Allegheny and the Pocahontas regions, the Eastern region will re- main as originally defined, with A. H. Smith as regional director, and dis trict directors under Regional Direc- tor Smith will be appointed for New England and for that portion of the Eastern region west of Pittsburgh and the Ohio river and south of the Erie main line. The selection of the re- giona1 directors for the Pocahontas region and for the Southern region, succeeding MT. Markham, as well as of the two new district directors un- der Regional Director Smith, will be announced later.
 "The same policy will be applied from time to time, as rapidly as may be convenient, in other parts of the country, always with the greatest pos sible regard for all the interests af- fected and with a view to preserving intact, as far as reasonably practica- ble, the operating organizations of the companies