Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-01-20 | Page 31 | M'adoo Appeals to Railway Men

fir MADOO ADOO APPEALS TO RAILWAY MEN Director Gen General Genral ral Asks Ask's All for Best Services A notice e from froin W W. G G. McAdoo director director director tor general of railroads setting getting forth the aim o of the government in taking over oer the railroads was received yesterday yesterday yester yester- da day b by the thc Oregon Short Line and will willbe willbe willbe be immediately distributed The notice says in part The government of ot the United States having assumed pos possession of tho the railroads for the period of the war ar it becomes more than ever er obligatory obligator for eyer every officer and of ot tho the railroads railroads rail raU- roads to apply himself with unreserved cd energy and loyalty to his work The sacrifices of these noble American Amerlean Amer Amer- ican lean boys call us who stay at home with an appeal eal to support them with our most unselfish labor and effort in the work we must do at home Upon the railroad rests a grave responsibility for tor the success of ot the tho war ar warI I earnestly appeal to you to apply yourselves with new devotion de and en energY energy energy en- en ergy to your work to keep trains moIn moving moving mo In ing upon schedule time that our sailors and nd soldiers soldier may want for nothing Every F railroad d man Is now noy In ef effect ef- ef feet fec in the service s of tho the tho United States t and every ana anu man is lS as Important a factor in winning the tho war wal as ns the men in uniform who are fightIng fighting fightIng fight- fight Ing in the trenches