Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-05-21 | Page 6 | Wilson to Help Electric Lines

WILSON TO HELP ELECTRIC LINES Plan to Relieve Burdened Street Car Companies Approved Washington May a 20 President President Wilson has hats cabled his apr approval al of oC a aplan aplan I plan submitted b by Secretaries J Jand and Wilson for tor the relief of the electric alec elec trio railway R systems of oC the tho country now in the tho hands of or receivers or threatened with fn Insolvency ol The lines affected include those in New York Denver Den St. St Louis LouiE Des l Moines s and kane rho The pl n as outlined at th the White While Whitehouse House involves an Inv Investigation lI alion of or I general franchise and operating conditions conditions condi condl in their relation to rates ratel by federal fed fed- I eral cral commission composed of or representatives of tile the treasury commerce and labor departments the tho National Association of or State Commissioners American Cities' Cities League of Mayors Amal Amalgamated arn ted Association of or Street Railway Employee American Electrical Electric Electric- I al Railway asIo association lallon and the Investment Investment Invest Invest- ment meat Bankers Bankers' Association of or America Amer Amer- ica In announcing his approval the President asked Secretaries Redfield and Wilson Vilson to forward their suggestion suggestion Bug tion lion as ns t tp to the personnel of the commission com corn ml mission lon tit at the earliest earlie t time possible President Wilson lIson will appoint members members mem mom bers of or the commission soon Roon One of the tho principal reasons prompting the action was that tho governments government's war labor bo board In a n. number of cases or ordered ordered or- or dered street railway companies to pa pay higher r wa wages e but left leCt the companies without power to obtain higher compensatOry compensatory com corn rates