Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-05
COAL SUPERVISION
PLANNED BY HINES
Rail Administration Officials
Are Named on Commit
tees Selected.

The railroad administration last
night practically completed its coal
conservation machinery to operate
during the strike and to provide
against fuel shortage in so far as
nouncsd the appointment of a CEN
trail committee from railroad admin
fstration officials, together. with q rep
resentative of the shipping board,
which, with regional and district COM
mittees. will form a network of su-
pervision for all bituminous coal in
the country.
Members of the central committee,
which will sit constantly here, will
take over to a large degree functions
of the fuel administration. The COM
m1ttee. however, will take no jurfs-
diction over prices except to coop
crate with the Department Of Justice
In Furnishing prohteers. Federal Fuel
administrator Garfield, at the sugges-
ton OF Director General Hines. Sc
committee. He also will choose a
member of each district COMMITTEES,
only the chairmen of which were
chosen by Mr.. Hines.
Predict Equitable Distribution.
Ofncials here believed the plan
evolved by Mr.. Hines will provide an
equitable distribution of coal and
avoid the tying up of traffic on some
lines while others might have larg.
tonnage in storage. 1t was asserted
that the regional and district COM
mittees could ascertain definitely the
supplies held at any terminal. Thus
they can reroute freight traffic and
reassign stocks where most needed
officials said.
The strike already has reduced the
volume OF freight traffic about 20 per
cent. This cut was said to represent
approximately the percentage Of
roads. however. where coal formed
the principal commodity handled. the
trafhc crop has been greater. Omcials
here, however. declared that few
tfainmen we're idle in refuting
"at least one-third Of the train oper-
atives are out of work."
Members of Committees.
Members of the central committee
named by Mr.. Hines, are:
Henry b. Spencer. director of pur-
chases for the railroad administra-
ton. chairman; s. Porcher. assistant
manager of railroad administration
stores: b. P. Phillips, railroad admin
istration fuel distributor; F. c.
Wright. assistant director of opera
tions; F. NJ. Whitaker, manager of in
land fuel traffic: A. g. Guthein, as
sistant car service manager; S. H. ID.
Freund, assistant general counsel.
and H. Y. Saint, manager OF export
coal traf1ic for the shipping board.
The regional committees are made
up as follows:
Southwestern region est. Louis), P.
n. Greenlaw. chairman; ]. g. Liven-
good, C. A. How. z. w. Brice; south
ern region (Atlanta). A. ID. Smith.
chairman: J. ]. King, Horace Epes,
F. H. Fetchtig. 8; L. Yerkee. G: ".
:caEo|. T. w. Proctor. chairman;
gion (Chicago). B. ]. Rowe. chair
man; P. Hunter. F. C. Honnoid: east
ern region (New York;. g. N. Snider.
chairman; A. K. Norris, r. D. Star
buck, A. e. Russell, F.. B. Wight. H.
l. Ingersoll. ]. w. Searles: Allegheny
region (Philsdelphia). J. 3. Fisher.
chairman: e. n. Bankard. w. s.
Yeats, J. W. Laurel. G.-C. Foodisch;
Pocahontas region (Roanoks). d. e.
Spangler, chairman: e. ]. Howe. +.
l. Poindexter. e. T. Burnett. ]. w.
Coke, T. d. Hobart.
Chairmsn Of the district ,cqmmit-
tees are: New York. g. NJ N6nidef;
Boston and New England. p. r. Todd;
Cincinnati. II. A. Worcester: Detroit,
p. G. Findlay; Lake. II. N. Griggs:
Kansas City. William Corbett: Omaha
AID Council Bluffs. William e. Jeffers:
Des Moines. CIV, Jonesi Peoria. H.
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