Arizona republican., 1921-03-21
President Of Association To Present Holders Plan To Chairman Cummins Of Senate Committee
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 WASHINGTON, March 20.-Co-or- dination of the facilities and services Of the railroads under strict government supervision is proposed by the Ma tional Association of Owners of Rail- way Securities as a way out of the transportation crisis.
 The plan will be submitted tomorrow to Chairman Cummins of the senate in terstate commerce committee and $. ciation, announced today representa- tives of his organization would appear later before thef efcomittee.
 MT .Warfield says that the plan will save millions ofIdollars annually, in- crease facilities ~ service and lower fares and rates. He adds that Ameri- can transportation has outgrown it's present system and warns that the railways must recognize that only drastic measures will save them from being swallowed up in the demoraliza- tion that government operation and after-war adjustment has brought
 Unless intensive economical methods in administration are adopted" he con tinues. there is no alternative but gov ernment operation, followed by govern ment ownership although the country has given evidence of being opposed to it.''
 The proposed plan is supplemental to provisions of the transportation act permitting regional consolidation of physical properties by the interstate commerce commission.
 The proposed ordination would be brought about through a national rail- way service. to be organized by an act of congress. and which also would be be furnished the railways without profit
 The interstate commerce commission would select five of it's members. who would constitute the service division. This division would have supervision and fnftiatory and regulatory powers to be exercised through the board of the national railway service.
 The board would be composed of 40 members, subdivision into two divisions. finance and administrative, and rail- way officials. of 20 members each. Subordinate to the board would be i four group railway boards. one in each of the four rate territories-eastern, southern, western, and Mountain Pa ciffc. Each board would have seven members, five to be selected by the 1 railways, and two from the shippers
 The 20 railway officials serving on l these four boards would serve as the ! railway officials division of the ma : 1 tional board
 Cooperating with the group boards would be ten committees. each selected l from the railways of each group. These l committees would cover large range of investigation and report concerning the equipment requirements of each l railway: additional equipment to be leased from the national railway ser ! vice; standardization of equipment: useless expenditures incident to com petition: study of joint use of ter minals. yards and shop facilities: sur plus property not required in legiti- mate transportation; cost of carrying purchase of fuel and supplies; appli- cation of a standard of efficiency in railway operations; working conditions wages and the like
 Discussing the proposed regional con solicitations of the carriers. Mir. War. field says a troublesome question arises l in, connection with the possible con f1ict of this section of the transpor. | tation act with state laws
 The organization proposed, he said 1 will aid the interstate commerce com mission in effecting construction oi roads as may appear desirable in pub
 lic interest. The proposed plan also will give relief to the short lines, he
 says.
 Mir warfield says there is a weak
 ness inherent in the prevailing vol
 untary system of eo-operation whici
 congress must consider fin deciding the
 necessity for the establishment of a
 comprehensive means to insure econ.
 omy in railroad operation"
 The employees are concerned" ht says, flor economical methods of ra H. road operation are essential to steadN employment at fair wages" Mir. War,
 field points to what he describes a.
 the ''insurmountable difficulties II
 bringing about readjustment by the