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Show SCOUTS NECESSITY OF INCREASING FARES Rates Will Not Advance Without Acute Congestion, Conges-tion, Says McAdoo. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 General Di- rector McAdoo, before the bouse inter-slate inter-slate commerce committee today, repeated repeat-ed his statement on government operation opera-tion of railroads made last week to the senate committee. Glenn E. Plumb, representing the railroad rail-road brotherhoods, appeared before the senate interstate commerce committee and repeated his statement before the house committee. He urged that the bill be amended to clearly provide that it is a war measure and should not be taken as a precedent for future legislation after government control over the railroads has been relinquished. . Mr McAdoo thought federal contiol would not affect the state's rights to tax the roads. He did not believe an increase in passenger fares to discourage travel was necessary, but it freight congestion became so acute as to demand passengei equipment, lie said, he. would not hesitate hesi-tate to materially increase passengei 1!,Mc'doo reiterated his belief that the president has power to fix interstate rates but he believed the state commissions' commis-sions' should continue their supervision over intrastate rates. He again expressed the belief that the right of the president to tlx rates would not be exercised except in emergency cases. , The railroad administration, he said, will decide iust what lines are needed by the government, and those not needed will be advised to continue their operation opera-tion in the same manner as before the federal control began. C Prouty, head of the valuation department of the interstate commerce commission, told the committee he did not aree with the opinion expressed 05 Director General McAdoo that the power to fix rates should be paramount with the president. He 'did not go into the question further. Chairman Sims announced tonight that the house committee hearings will end with tomorrow's session," after which there will be arguments, ending fcatur-dav fcatur-dav S H Cowan of Fort Worth. Texas, presenting several organizations of livestock shippers, who began a statement state-ment today advocating reservation to the Interstate commerce commission of the right to fix rates, will finish it tomorrow. Before the senate committee. Frank J. Warne representing the railroad brotherhoods brother-hoods repeated much of his statement previously made to the house committee. Other witnesses were former Senator Eristow, member of the Kansas state railroad commission, and Graddy Carey of Louisville, representing livestock shippers ship-pers Both urged the retention of the present powers of the interstate commerce com-merce commission and the state commissions. |