The Washington times., 1922-07-31
ANDREWS
IS NAMED
. CHAIRMAN
Group Will Get Busy Immedi-
ateIy to Work Out Trans
portation Problems.

Organization of Washington
business associations, to take over
the immediate transportation Of
supplies to this city by truck
train in case of a railroad tie-up.
will begin at once, following the
appointment today of an emerg-
ency committee by the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association.
Andrews Heads Committee.
This committee will take imme.
date steps to prevent distress in
Washington from the coal and rail-
road strikes and will be headed by
r. p. Andrews, president of the r. r.
Andrews Paper Company and former
president of the Merchants and Manu-
facturers' Association.
Mr.. Andrews. the last member of
the committee to be appointed, re-
turned to Washington today from an
extensive trip through the territory
chiefly affected by the coal and rail
road strikes and to Washington's
chief centers of supply. He has had
experience in similar emergency
duty in connection with the former
strike.
Other members of the committee,
appointed by Gen. Anton Stephan,
president of the association, after
the most careful consideration of
their qualifications, are John F. Will
kins, president of John +. wilkins
& Co, John s. Dunn, man.
ager of Hugh Reilly Company; NJ.
e. Horton, president Of the NJ. j.
Horton Company, and Charles J. Co
lumbus, secretary Of the asso :it''on.
Immediately after his arrival in
this city at noon today, Mr.. Andrews
accepted the craftsmanship Of the
committee and called the first meet
Ing at 2 o'clock Wednesday after
noon in the assembly room of the
Merchants and Manufacturers AS
ISOLATION. At this meeting the i'm
mediate organization of relief meas
ures will be discussed and the fu-
ture course Of action Of the commit
tee adopted.
The duty of the committee, as
outlined by General Stephan, will
be to see that the needs Of the
Merchants and Manufacturers AS
sociation and of other Washington
interests who care to take adVan-
tage of the protection of the COM
mittee are met with respect to the
securing of coal and of freight and
express transportation to this city.
Board Gets Hoover Letter.
The District heads this morning
received from Secretary of Com
merce Hoover a copy of the tele-
gram dispatched last week to State
governors. and in addition a letter
In relation to the local fuel situa-
tion. The Commissioners are re.
minded that the ultimate consumer
Is to be protected. not by the Fed
eral. but by the local government.
1t is not thought likely that plans
Of the Commissioners for possible
enforcement of a coal administrators
here will be finally formulated be-
tore tomorrow. Such an appoint
ment, or arrangement for Govern
mental distributing machinery, how
ever, seems to find favor in many
quarters, even thouph it should be
nothing more than a precautionary
measure.
Striking shopmen, firemen and
oilers and stationary engineers were
rheered at their daily meeting in
Washington Hall by press reports
presaging settlement conferences.
THE whole thing is up to national
officers, however" said Charles A.
II. Frazier, business agent for the
shopmen. I'VE can say nothing
except that we hope for the best"
Frazier Is inclined to believe that
there will not be n favorable re-
Bponse from the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association to the
strikers offer to operate and repair
the forecast emergency truck train.
The situation was reported un.
changed at Washington Terminal.
Officials claim operations are NOV.
ing along smoothly. Many trains
continue to arrive far behind sched.
ule, but the executives declare they
are holding up their end by main.
tanning outgoing service on time.