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Railway are using the B. & o. to
some extent by going by way of
Cincinnati from Washington and
New York, he explained.
There also has been some in
crease in B. & o. freight ship
ments, he said.
Bus transportation companies
expect to put , on additional
coaches late tomorrow and Sat-
urday to meet a probable heavy
demand for trips west Of Harris
burg, Pa, and Buffalo, N. Y, and
to many communities in the
South. The bus terminal, how
ever, was not unusually crowded
today. officials reported things
are running smoothly so far"
LayOffs to Begin Soon.
The Pennsylvania Railroad and
Southern Railway. two of the four
lines hit by the strike, will start
laying off considerable" num-
ber of employees in this area
within another two or three days
if the tieup continues, spokesman
said.
Such strike furlough, they said,
would include not only operating
personnel but also ticket-sellers
and others who would not be
needed because of service stop
pages to places in the West and
South. They added that they
could not estimate the number
of possible lay-offs in the Wash
ington area.
The only long distance train
that the Southern Railway ex-
pected to continue running out
of Washington was the New York
New Orleans express that leaves
here at 3 pm. EST. That train
left on schedule yesterday and
was due to leave again today, a
company official reported.
Southern Filling Places.
"We are running an increasing
number of freight and passenger
trains in general, the situation in
our yards is improving. and we
are accepting an increasing
volume of traffic" Ernest E.
Norris, Southern president, stated.
Many of the f1remen did not go
out and we are filling the places
of those who did strike with
officers from the operating, traffic
and other departments of the
railway"
The Chesapeake & Ohio Rail-
road, which Cancelled some Of its
runs yesterday, announced that
all it's trains to and from Wash.
ington are operating again on reg
ular schedule. The c. & 0. was
not one of the lines involved ir
the strike, but a question arose
whether it could operate train!
over a part of the Southern's sys'
tenn.
The New York Central and thu
Santa Fe Railroads, the other twt
companies affected directly by th'
strike, do not serve Washington
But the tieup on the Santa Fe
especially, had an affect on air
line reservations to the Yves
Coast and Southwest, airline com
panies said.
White House Watching.
The White House kept in touch
with the strike situation, but Pres.
idential Assistant John r. Steel
man said he had no present in
tention of calling a Washington
meeting of representatives of both
sides in the dispute.
Eben Ayers, assistant press
secretary at the White House, saic
Mr.. Steelman talked by telephone
today with Francis A. O'Neill
heading the Federal mediation
group in Chicago. but was tolc
there was nothing new to report
What is doing in the strike /.
out there in Chicago" Mr.. Aver.
commented.
Postal Service Goes On.
Postal service in this area ha'
not been delayed by the STRIKE
and only slightly in some othel
sections, the Post Office Depart
ment reported. Mail and parce
post. as well as railway express
are being rerouted in some in
stances to other railroads. There
is no present plan to transfer
surface mail to airlines, the de-
partment announced.
Comparatively little inconven.
ience in freight shipments ha'
resulted here during the last q
hours because of the strike. Tht
Southern Railway said it plans tt
continue freight hauling in Vir'
ginia as far as its manpower viii
permit.
approximately 100 Southern
employees in Virginia were laid of
yesterday because of the strik'
but the line still moved freight
Although the company's passen