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Show ARE TO CONSIDER j PUBLIC UTILITIES' I FINANCIAL NEEDS j WASHINGTON". Feb. C".. Further coiisideramin of the financial needs of! public utilities will be (jivon by the yov- i'i imim'Ii I Ml a -i iii I lie nee tier nrxt 1 Tim mi I; n y ln-l wren 1 In- 1 fdi'ra I rcti'tvi' ) ma I d 'h i'ii pit al inMH" e u n i m it 1 ee a ml re prieii t at i 'fs id' yt n t ii aiiil lui'nl rum NiisMuin luuin jnrisdn't iun over juildif. , euiHii at lull;. A It Iihdi: li tin fiipi t n I in-I in-I sin1? cinniniltci' 's priiifipul interi"-t will lie to arirtiiiu in what wuv pulilit ! ulilities may curtail cxpi'iMi'M during the wi4r, it in I't'Iirvod ei-rtnin that tln'iv j will In i"uUiiii'rulilo dint ii-'sioii uf ulili-! ulili-! t ii-h prediraniunt, pitn-lit'ii lii-tween rip-i rip-i in' oieiatin i-uds an.i it I ieu It y in 1 marUi'tiii securities, iinl reliu'taiu-M nt uiblii' jnitliurit i i'm to net ji (mint ly on , rrciuerds fur hihiT rati's. j Tho confi'itMu'c will liavc njircial hi' iiil'n'anco in view of tho reeent enrrc- spun ilein' t lirt wren I'rpj-idfiit V ilnon and Her rrt a ry Mr A duo in his eupiieity n f head of the t rrusury and di rretor I of tlie nation's I'i iui iires. The secretary has not yet found it necessary to act oa the president's stiejesium that lie communicate com-municate with local ant huri t ies in npo-eifie npo-eifie cases where it appi-nred that mldie utilities cases were nut Iteiiitf considered ;m pMiinjdly as appeared iirrr.arv, al t liouh a nuinlier of requests tor tho exercise of t liis function have been to-eeiwd to-eeiwd by Mr. MeAdno. The seereetarv is representeil as Imp- intf tlmt the declaratiuu of the president and himself that public utilities' financial finan-cial health and efficient maintenance ; are essential to the nation's welfare in ; the war, will be sufficient to stimulate ; public ser ice commissions into eNjie-jditintf eNjie-jditintf cunsiderrit ion of pending utilities eases without tiro necessity ft his seiul-; seiul-; iiif special requests. I Mure tlet'inite financial assistance for j public utilities would be po.sibh under j the system pruposrd in tlu pending war jfinaiue bill, !ut even that wuuld nt j civo utilities additional revenue with j which tt meet their maturing obha-' obha-' tioiis and to maintain proper service. |