Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-10-20
MAIL MUST GO,
IS-HAYS' WORD
Postmaster General Maps Pro-
gram for Service During
Rail Strike.
TO USE PLANES AND TRUCKS
Government Has More Than 10000
Army Trucks MISUNDERSTANDING
ton Officials Work to Fore
stall Great Waikout.

Washington, Oct. 1S.-The govern
ment, through its various departments,
worked feverishIy TO forestall the gen.
eral strike that railroad workers have
authorized their leaders to call for
October 30. Chief among the days
Developments were:
/. The public group of the railroad
labor board conferred with Attorney
General Daugherty for more than an
hour. The conferees declined to com
ment on the meeting, further than to
say the situation was discussed gen
erally.p
2. Possible changes to existing laws
to meet the possible strike emer-
gency were discussed by the public
group with Senator Cummins, chair
man of the interstate commerce com
mittee.
3. Postmaster General Hays, in a
statement, declared that if the strike
comes, there will be action. The
mails will be moved"
4. The public group conferred prac-
tically all afternoon with the inter-
state commerce commission in an eff
fort TO decide upon some plan that
may precent the strike.
5. Chairman Barton of the public
group and Chairman McChord of the
commission later met with the Presi-
dent at the White House, to acquaint
him with the nature of their deliber-
atoms.
Trusts Public Sentiment.
6. Cabinet officers in close touch
with the situation, declare the admin
istration will count on public senti-
ment, rather than any positive meas
.ures, to bring about peaceful settle
ment"
Z. Shipping board announces that
it can turn over % oil-burning YES
sells a day for ten days, in event their
use is needed.
Postmaster General Hays assurance
that "the mails will move" was made
with characteristic energy, as he set
in motion the machinery of prepared
ness that will enable his department
to function in case of emergency.
He began by calling into conference
his department chiefs, and for hours
they discussed the strike develop
ments, with particular reference to the
transportation arm of the post Office
service
Mr.. Hays expressed himself as con-
fident that 1.-The parties to the strike
controversy viii not permit develop
ments which will interfere with gov
eminent service" and added:
But time may come for action"
he said. Il sincerely trust that it Will
not. If il does, there will be action.
The mails will be moved"
Has Fifty Airplanes.
And to the end that the mails, shall
assistants surveyed the entire situa-
ton, and by night had plan of OPP
Grafton laid down that anticipated the
most remote contingency that may
arise If the strike materializes.
The department has fifty airplanes
ready for immediate service, and is
in position to call on the govern
ment for additional equipment of this
kind. Establishment of air mail lines
of long and short distances is posi-
BILE at moments notice it was stat
ed. The department also has 1900
motortrucks scattered over the coun-
try, which is but a fraction of this
type of transportation which the gov
eminent can transfer to the post Of
fee department without delay. The
War and Agricultural departments be-
tween them have more than 10000
army trucks in service or storage.