Arizona republican., 1919-08-30
GOVERNORS AND WILSON CONFER
 ON H. |. 1. VAR
Close Cooperation Between State and Federal Off, cers Is Assured - Camp bell There - Offers Ma chinery to President Will son-Talks Over Situa- ton With Palmer.
[RepubIIcan A. p. Leased wirel

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-New inn petus was given the governments cam paign to reduce the cost of living at conferences here today which assured the closest cooperation between fed eral and state authorities.
 Six governors, Gardner, Missouri; Milliken, Maine; Burnquist, Minnesota; Campbell, Arizona, Sproul, Pennsyl- yania, and Cooper South Carolina, and Lieutenant Governor McDowell of Montana, representing the National Conference of Governors, spent several hours studying the situation with At torney General Palmer and then called at the White House to offer President Wilson the full machinery of the states in the effort to restore a. normal price level
 As a result there was greater opti- mism in the capital tonight over the outlook than has been evident in many days. With the far reaching state or ganizations carrying the message of economy and increased production into every county and aiding the federal authorities in bringing to justice hoard CTS and profiteers, officials believed ex- celIent results could be obtained in the next 90 days, which would avert the menace of transportation strikes to obs tain higher wages.
 The Main Facts
 After our meeting today with the president and the attorney general" i" the committee of governors announced, "certain facts are clear: Ii. That all the people of the na- xsn., ord ox.fza finnc eho1116 trrafs4o- diately cooperate for the purpose of increasing the production of necessaries of life.
 "2. That economy in consumption and care in purchasing the necessaries of life are equally important with pro- duction.
 "s. That every agency of the fed eral and state governments should CO., operate forthwith to prevent profit eering.
 "The attorney general has assured us that he will pursue under existing and proposed laws all profiteers.
 ''The suggestion of the attorney gen. eral that a, fair price commissioner be appointed in each of the states and fair price committees in the different local ities of the states upon the nominations of governors. was endorsed.
 Attorney General to Aid
 While the attorney general ex- pressed a desire to rely upon the assist ance of community efforts in the di- rection of the elimination of proffteer- ing, through local fair price commit tees, he gave assurance that when such efforts were not forthcoming and re- suits were not satisfactory, his depart ment would handle these questions di- rectly.
 "The attorney general was assured that every state agency which could be of service in the emergency was placed at his command and he was at liberty to call for any information and assist ance he desired from the state author ities."
 The results of the conference here will be communicated immediately to every governor by Miles c. Riley, sec retary of the national conference. "One of the most important things to be done is to convince the public that price are not going higher MT. Riley said.
 Prices won't be higher if the people are not stampeded into purchasing things they don't need or can do with out, and we are going to tell them so. If we can convince them. the victory's won"