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Show PRESIDENT 'MAY TAKE CONTROL OF ROADS AT ONCE By International News Service. WASHINGTON", Dec. 15. increase il seriousness se-riousness In the coal situation may force President Wilson to take summary anion with respect to control of the railroads. In some, official quarters action is expected ex-pected within forty-eight hours;. Important conferences today between 1 epreentaTivcs of the fuel administration and the operating committee of the rail-roads rail-roads left the impression among officials--that action hy the president wotdd have to come Defore any appreciable relief tould h xree: ed. At the offices of the fuel administration it. was suggested that the president might i take over control of the roads unde existing ex-isting stat and not seek further legislation legis-lation at (his time, j Reports from various parts of the coun-J coun-J try are iha t mu1" needed coal is piled j up at sidings waiting to be moved. The j railroads still insist t.iey not to blame j and charge much of their troubles up to a confusion in priority onrs from the government. The coal opr raton still in-I in-I KiFt th-.-y cannot get cars sufficient to move ;h'"-ir produc t. Dr. 1 hirry A. Gar f if 11, fuel administrator, adminis-trator, had a Mug confer'ice this, afternoon after-noon with A. W. Thompson, ci'udrn an of i he opr-i t i:;ir com mi ' :n of the roads. A r'tor', :mi I r. ' hi rf;-id isMir-d a brief s;aici ii cu dec,;; rij s: : he u: r raiors t ere i-di.:-vh"..-" s. ' i ,a t ' on Tar -r.j; povsihly be do:- . iJri tro;io . j in t:-e hi rht: I'.-is v, erv being ironed ; out -at i.-'a c; nrih- by Ft--jf.r-f. ; Admirhst r - i.r iviri. H a--'.--r:-d trot if |