Evening star., 1922-07-13
$4,000 Auto Trucks
Ready in "a Hours,
Work Declares.
STRONGER ACTION
BELIEVED PLANNED
Department of Justice
Authorizes Naming of
$500 Deputies.

Orders may be issued by the
day, for the movement of troops
to certain localities whore dis
orders have occurred in connection
with the railroad strike. Secre-
tary Weeks indicated at O'Clock.
as he left the White House after
a conference with the President ON
the situation.
Definite announcement, the Sec
retary said, would be made later
in the day as to whether troop
movement orders would be issued.
By the Associated Press.
Postmaster General Work today
prepared a letter to President Hard
ing notifying the executive that a
survey prepared by all departments
Of the government showed that a
thoroughly organized fleet Of $4,000
motor vehicles could be mobilized
within twenty-four hours should the
railway shopmen's strike further in
terfere with the movement of United
States mail.
The results of the survey were for
warded to the President as a matter
of information. but there was no off,
cial indication that use of motor
trucks to carry mail was being seH-
ously considered. The prevailing be-
lief in Washington was that should
the Presidents warning against in
reference with the malls be disre-
garded stronger measures were con-
templated.
The Post Office Department con-
trolls about 10000 motor trucks and
Postmaster General Work was ad-
vised today that there were more than
10000 motor vehicles owned and con-
trolled by the various states. while
thousands of others owned by the
War Department and used by the
National Guard in different states
were available.
The Postmaster General planned to
notify the President that this vast
fleet of motor trucks could be set to
work transporting the mails at short
notice, and that the governors of the
different states would be asked to ar
range matters so that every state
owned machine and government We
hicle would be placed at the command
of the postal authorities in the re-
spective states.
Co-Ordinators May BE Called On.
There are eight co-ordinators ident-
flied with the bureau Of the budget in
different parts of the country and
these federal officials may be asked
to cooperate with the postal author
tiles. So completely have arrange
ments been perfected that Post Office
officials feel. they said.
that the strike no longer can cause
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are concerned.
No curtailment of railway mail
transportation has occurred on the
Pacific coast since the strike started,
postal officials announced today upon
receipt of telegrams from inspectors
in the coast states. In the south few
trains have been discontinued. The
ported that trains 101 and 102, operat-
ing between Brooksville and Tampa.
Fla, were withdraw July 8; trains
% and %, running between Clio and
Latta, s. c.. were discontinued the
same date. Trains Nos. and 8, run
ming between Atlanta, Rockmart and
will be discontinued to-
day, the department was informed.>-
In the Cincinnati section. accord
ing to tlegrams received today from
postal inspectors, the following trains
have been discontinued: No. 12. run
ming between Grafton and Cincinnati; !;
NOS. 20 and "a. between Cincinnati
and ST. Louis; Nos, 81 and So, between
Detroit and Cincinnati: No. 80, be-
tween Chicago, Nonon and Cincinnati; !;
No. 80. between Cincinnati and In
dianapolis; No. II. between Grafton
and Cincinnati. The department an
nounced that additional postal cars
are being added to other trains to
handle the mails for trains discon-
tinued in this section.
The postal inspector, in charge at
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