Show oJ l I MEASURE PLEDGES PLEDGES' PA PAYMENT I ROADS Guarantees to Private Private vate Owners O on Basis of Qt Average Net Income Forthe For Forthe forI I the the Past Three Ye Years rs CONTROL T LASTS t- t tr r TILL TELL DECREE BY CONGRESS Statute Probably Will Be Enacted Without Serious Jar Though Radicals Find Compensation Is Excessive Time TIle complete t text of President I Wilsons Wilson's address to Congre ap appear appear ap ap- I IJ pear on Page PaJe 2 4 Bj ny International News Service e W WASHiNGTON WASHINGTON Jan T an 4 The American railroads are not tobe to tobe be turned back to their private n own owners ners ers until Congress decrees under the terms of the administrations administration's railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road bill introduced today Tho The measure introduced in th the House after the President made his special address to Congress carries behind it it the full weight b and influence once ence of the chief executive tie Section 13 of the measure reads The federal control of ot transportation tion systems herein and heretofore provided provided pro pro- v vided ed for shall continue for Cor and during the period of ot the war and until Congress Congress Con Con- gress shall shaH thereafter ord order r otherwise Tho bill was I Introduced by Chairman Sims of ot he the House Interstate commerce committee who will handle the legislation legislation legisla legisla- tion In the lower branch The measure Is understood to have havo been prepared after consultation with ith Director General General General Gen Gen- eral McAdoo doo Guarantee Comp Compensation It Tt carries with it guarantees that th the th government so will compensate the private private vate nto owners on tho the basis of ot tho the net railway operating operating- Income IJ for the three I years cars ending June 30 1917 stipulates s that the government o shall maintain the tho thoro ro roads ds in as good condition as ns tho they have hav been under private control nn and authorizes authorizes authorizes au au- the use of ot government funds up to Prompt action will be taken b by Congress Congress Con Con- gress In the pa passage sage of ot the measure though h there are objections to the bill bUl from Crom tho the more radical elements Among these the contention Is that the rate rat of ot compensation Is too liberal ral There Then ThenIs Is also a 1 demand for tor outright government government govern govern- ment ownership For this Senator Hiram John Johnson on or ot California flatly loti declared toda today lie JIe held hold that the state stat tat of or affairs which made necessary ry go government operation of ot theof the tho of or the roads proved the inability emer emer- private managers to meet an genc gency Galleries Cr Crowded House HouseS A full attendance of both the and ancI Senate and well filled galleries Presidents President's speech heard the there was sacking lacking that fervor 1 th tended the reading of or- his A fj t a against Germany aria arta arias aria's i s 's S- S messages followed was closely trio his a address I and liberally applauded Con Con- While tho time President was before I at th the theother e McAdoo Director General Genera tj Kress gress wrestling other end of tho the city was with tho the task ot of running funning this the roads and was Issuing Issuing- ora orders order ra rato traffic congestion tho the to overcome o he to too took of or the pen With a sweep Continued on Pare Pai 2 3 w 1 A BILL SPELLS U. 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S RAIL OWNERSHIP I Continued cd From Page rage 1 t 1 good part of ofeY O over Or r the docks along a cn Y e Yorka w waterfront and Washington Washing Washing- ton lon wag teas full of reports tonight that Atlantic the tho terminal facilities at other othor seaports are arc to be 11 l t Crenic n e non hoard rd Following a second conference flee with the representatives of or tho the railroad brotherhoods Mr h tc d o announced of a t for tile tic creation an tn a reon to handle all questions ro- ro re relating tva wage wag e board latin lating to the wages o of thc during the period o of government o nt op- op Section 13 of ot the bill bin Is Interpreted tl ItaN It who has hns seen man congressman res con by e cr every evey railroads ls will not noto as aN meaning m that the l go o back to their private at owners unless un unless un- un less Jess Congress s shall shaH specifically and affirmatively so provide Comm Commenting on this Democratic Leader Lender Kitchin I said There can cnn be no misunderstanding I Io failure of ot o of that section The simple Con Congress res re's to act would continue government gov 10 gov- gov operation One senator could perpetuate government go control for years ears Both representatives and amI senators Wilsons Wilson's were so Intent on President urging of or guarantees and the language I of or the bill providing pro those thoRe guarantees that not until late ato In the afternoon was the Inconspicuous little section dis dis- covered Meaning i. i I When It was It monopolized inter inter- est st st. Chairman Sims said That provision means Just what It It- says We Ye cannot tell Just what conditions conditions conditions con con- will exist when the war ends I Ind and nd we wc must reserve C the right to lego legislate leg le- as then stems seems best nest Wo Rye are arc entering en entering entering en- en the tho greatest r test test of or go government ownership over presented If It nent operation succeeds succeed the sentiment f fox government ownership o will be so MO o sl that nothing can withstand It falls the theory theor will be so dead end that nothing can resurrect IL The Tho paragraph Is pronounced doubly doubt significant r because the whole bill was drawn under tho the direction of President Wilson 1 Is on and Secretary McAdoo and Introduced in introduced introduced In- In frankly as an administration me measure b by Chairman Sims Democratic J Leader ader Kitchin predicted battle before historic R. R congressional its Its' adoption On Advocate Ad Joyous Jo Government c o ownership advocates s a re Jubilant at Its Inclusion Rep Rep Representative se re Bacr Baer of ot North Dakota nonpartisan nonpartisan non- non 1 partisan n l said said- Unless government operation Is so son Hat flat n t A R failure that t no one hereafter z refer reter to It with respect the last section of the bill means go government ownership Can anyone Ima Imagine lne a n Congress which would affirmatively h vote ote to give r.-ivo the roads back to owner owner own own- er who had proved pro their own oun inability inability ity to operate them Until I saw this paragraph I had understood as a a. matter o of course course that the roads would revert to their owners own own- ers at the close clos of or the war That paragraph paragraph para para- Jr graph ph Is the meat of ot the whole logis- logis lallon ution I predict the national flag will willner y ne-y ner never r bo be hauled down from the system of oC American railroads This Is the thee e very paragraph which It such Birch h. h radicals r as Senator La 14 Follette planned to offer as an amendment I have ha hesitated to have complicated c te such J legislation with titS thU epochal proposal And no PI here hereIt It H is is In th the v j ry bill which the ad administration administration ad- ad ministration has f. f Its representative put before r Congress s Predicts I Prompt Action The Identical bill bUl that went Into the House hopper was introduced in n the thes s Senate tc b by Senator Smith of South Carolina Carolina Caro Caro- lina acting chairman of or the Senate commerce committee ill JI I dont don't think there thero will bp be v long delay cl In the thc passage of or the measure said Senator Smith The temper of oC the public Is Js reg- reg now b by the suffering It has his sustained sustained sus- sus through h a lack of transportation 1 and I do n not t believe the theco co country will put up with a dela delay In Inthe Inthe inthe the passage of or a bill to relieve the Situation Of OC course the chief subject tobe to-be discussed Is compensation Hearings Bearings on the thc bill Jl will begin Monday Monday Mon Mon- day a Chairman Sims announced First to tobe be called will be Secretary McAdoo cAdoo John Skelton Williams members of or the inter Interstate tate commerce commission Daniel S. S Willard and other railroad presidents and Secretary of or the Navy y and Secretary of War Var Baker to tell how ho unified operation will help military and naval construction Chairman Sims said that after atter full hearings J there would be opportunity for debate on the tho floor He said paid he did dill not believe the tho measure would become a law within three v weeks ls Meanwhile the roads roads' are to tobe tobe be as as- as f If the law wore were In ef- ef ef teet After the House hearings It is possible an attempt will be made for simultaneous consideration In both bOlh branches of Congress Tired Note In 10 Voice Yole The President lost no time In getting getting getting get get- ting to his subject In n hl his address to Con Congress The entire reading did lUd not consume more mora than ten len minutes His voice olce had a note of fatigue In It that w was vas new but ho stood erect with shoulders squared lj fj the rows row Immediately I In front of ot him 1111 sat members of oC the Senate Sen and behind th them m the House members To Toone one side of the thc center aisle In t thc row TOW sat Senators Smoot of L Utah tt tah b Gallinger Gal- Gal GallIn Gallinger lIn linger er of or New ew Hampshire and Lodge of Df Massachusetts etts To the left leCt of ot the aisle sat Senators Recd need of or Missouri McKellar of ot Tenn- Tenn and King of oC Utah Democrats an anc Cummins progressive Republican of v a a friend of government own- own T cabinet t members Secretary members Secretary of or state Lansing Secretary tan of War B Baker ker Secretary of the thc Nav Navy Daniels and I I Secretary of or the Interior Lane were Lane were I present Mrs Irs Wilson sat fat In the tho Presidents President's I gallery to the loft left with Mrs r McAdoo daughter of ot the tho President and wife of or tho the director general of railroads be behind behind be- be hind her Both joined In the applause that greeted tho the Presidents President's a announcement announcement announce announce- ment of ot his choice o of McAdoo as the theman theman theman man to run the roads |