Evening star., 1955-07-04
Porley Futile;
Hunt Pushed
ForWoIfson
By HERMAN F. sCHApEN.

By HERMAN +. SCHADEN.
Federal mediators went through
the motions of setting up transit
strike meetings today, but it ap-
Ipeared that both the strikers and
the management were sticking
to their guns.
Clyde NJ. Mills, assistant media
Ition director. hoped to arrange
meetings with Capital Transit
Co. directors and union repre-
sentatives. Getting them together
on the Fourth of July holiday.
with some gone into hiding"
was almost as tough as settling
1.-THE strike itself.
But tomorrow at about 7 am.
! the full force of the strike is due
| to hit the city. It will be the
first day since the 5000 bus and
street car operators went out
that full complement of work.
day traffic will converge on the
downtown area.
Traffic Crush Expected
Unless all motorists heed
warnings of District officials
and cooperate to the utmost,
the traffic crush will be the
greatest in history and viii make
last Fridays tangle seem light
Il by comparison.
Also coming up tomorrow Is
the full-scale meeting between
Ithe commissioners and the
Capital Transit directors. set
flor II am. in the main COM
lpany Office, Thirty-sixth and
IM streets NV.
| On the West Coast, the hunt
continued for Louis E. Wolfson.
transit company board chair
man, for whom subpoenas have
been issued.
Due to Testify Thursday
The orders to appear were
issued by the Senate District
subcommittee. It wants to ques-
Ition Mr.. Wolfson Thursday
morning on legislation propos-
ling to dissolve Capital Transit's
franchise.
i Deputy marshals had no luck
catching up with Mr.. Wolfson
lin Los Angeles. At the Beverly
Wiltshire Hotel there, it was re-
ported the financier had checked
lout, leaving no forwarding adj
ldress.
Deputy Marshal Earl Baugher
told The Star he was informed
Mr.. Wolfson expected to be away
l"for three or four days." He
had no idea whether Mr.. Wolf
son had left town, but said his
wife and children still were at
the hotel.
! Unless Mr.. Wolfson is served
soon. or changes his travelling
habits, a Senate subcommittee
will not see him by Thursday. A
fast-worker at figuring invest-
ment profits, Mr.. Wolfson
prefers a slower method than
airplanes for travel. It is re-
ported he will not fly.
Federal Mediators James A.
Holden and Gilbert S. McCutch-
con are hopeful of following up
meetings with the company be-
Igun by the Commissioners yes
terday.
| Some Progress Made
The Commissioners met for 2
hours and As minutes with a
tfour-man quorum of the COM
pany's board. At the end, Com
missioner Samuel Spencer said
he believed some progress was
made in the long exploratory
session.
Il don't know that we can say
ANY specific progress has been
made" he said. But I think it
lis helpful to have discussions of
1.-THE problem.
/ Company officials agreed the
meeting had been somewhat
helpful. Some new avenues of
Thought had been opened up.
The Commissioners hoped that
further meetings with the media
'|tors and company today could
advance these prospects.
I Commissioner Robert E. Nc
ILaughlin said it would be better
iInot to discuss specifically what
'Iadyances have been made be-
cause it is delicate situation"
| However, E. Cleveland Cid
dings, company vice president,
said only a miracle could
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