South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-12-28
SEN. LAFOLLETTE
IN OPEN ATTACK
ON Rail OWNERS
SAYS Officials Conspired TO
Betray L. 5. Producers
and Consumers.
COT FARMERS CONSENT
Claims Agricultural Men
Agreed to Support Present
Transportation Act.

WASHINGTON, Dec 27.-CharE-
es were made 10y Sen I.afoilette ~
Wisconsin. in a formal statement IS
sued today that representatives of
the railroads and of the coal steel.
and lumber interests sat secret
meeting held i'm Washington" Dec.
@. attempted 20 obtain from farm ORE
ganizauon leaders and did obtain
from some such leaders adherence
10 an agreement not 20 push leEis-
lation to repeal the commonly CALI
ed guaranty section OF the transpor-
tation act and % restore state con-
troll OF state rates
The Wisconsin senator made his
charges In celebrating on his as-
sortion that "a plan is now afoot 60
perpetuate the Fundamental proNis-
ions of the transportation act em-
bodied in section 15-A lthe Euaran-
~ section OF which % portion eE-
pires next March ID and to render
permanent the intolerablc conditions
which have made the transportation
system for the past two wears au
Instrument for the exploitation or
the American people"
LafoIlctte- CharEcS.
In substautiati0n OF bass charges.
Mr. LafoIlette made public what me
described as a brief report OF the
action OF the conference" held here
Dec. @ which hc branded cas- "a con-
spiraCv To betray not only the farm
ers. but the consuming and tho pro-
duciug millions Of the nation" This
report was made public Dog The sen3-
tor without am explanation OF its
courcc. as follows
ION Dec q secret meeting was
held I'm Washington at which high
officials Of the railroads. the coal
and steel and lumber interests. at
tempted to enlist for repeal % sec
ton 15-A and for the restoration
Of state control over intrastate rates
should cease. The great special IN
terests represented at this confer
ence were successful i'm obtaining the
consent of certain OF the farm rep
Iresentatves 10 such an agreement
This conference was participated
i'm by the special committee repre-
senting the railway executives. OF
which Air. Atterbury. OF the Penn
sylvania railway was chairman. It
was held al the Racquet club lu
Washington on Dec. @. 1921. There
had been previous conference iu New
York on Sept Fl Of which Mr. j. r..
Howard was made chairman. Those
present at the Racquet club meet
ing were Mr. W. W Atter1ury OF
the Peunsyivan railroad. Howard
Elliott of the Northern Pacific. ~
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Railway Executives ,cev- York
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resented t.- y O. ,fs--rsv 7r..
sew building WASHINGTON I'd r. and
r r Trirg Of pnflsdalrbis Tho ,--.
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p Howard Gre- sfIge- 81 ~ No
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Of Kansas and o. p rl.-.z+.... ~.
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e~irar Farm pu-aar rs5c-.-t,.- 49,.
1asr three named betrg -..--l...-s ~
It's executive committee Tho o.v-ic,,I-
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ed Inv ~ Dr,,--r-r-G r-asiFer-
~ ,be r7te~rstfr-sr F-.-r. .o,,g-..s
and law r D. AtLa-o, ~ +ra ,-sr5--sr
Grange.
Atterbury,- plan
a,r- A--erh,rry e+s-a4 rra- the
railroads desired the p ~ the i--