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Show HOPPERS OF NATION CALL CONFERENCE; I RAIL DECISION AFFECTS WAGE PROBLEM ! CONGRESS TP opt Tnfifitprrn oil li!lo!i!l Financial Assistance for Europe Aggregating $l,SeOP0GQ,000 Will Be Asked of Congress. Administration Officials Expect That Order for Return of Roads Will Tranquilize 'Big Four.' CHICAGO, Doc. ;. RcpresT.tat!res o' shippers' organizations from all parts o:' tho country will inoet in Chicasro December De-cember SO to consider national lfKi? ialion w;:k-ii will precede lite return of the nr.-roads nr.-roads to private ownership March 1, i -.-lesd cor.j,rr'"':;:; fixes an earlier daf. The provi;.i(.:j3 or? the Ounua'un a::d Eseh railroad billy, now 1 eforc ciT.-a1' . ' will be disr-iits'-d from the shippers' point oi view, and desired changes ia the incisures Viay be recommended. Ihe eail for the confereneo is signed by the National Livestock Shippers' league. Western Petroleum Refiners' association, as-sociation, American Independent Petroleum Petro-leum association, Xational Petroleum association, as-sociation, National Lumber Manufacturers Manufac-turers association, American Assoc::t:ion of Furniture Manufacturer--. American Llvesluck association. National Pavi;,' Brick Manufacturers' association, Anncr-lean Anncr-lean Face Prick association. iov.v;: I Building Tile association. Independent er.l Men's association. American Fruit ar.u j egetabie Shippers' association. lave Poultry and Dairy Shippers' Traffic Sociation, Corn Belt Meat producers' association. as-sociation. National Federation of Cooperative Co-operative Livestock Shippers. National Association of Corrugated Fiber Box-Manufacturers, Box-Manufacturers, National Council of Cooperative Co-operative Grain Elevator association, National Na-tional Kraut Dealers' association, Independent Inde-pendent Salt Manufacturers, interstate Cottonseed Crushers' association, Wisconsin Wis-consin Traffic league. Wisconsin 'Tinti'ic association. Illinois Coal Traffic Pur,';:u. Iron Deaiers' Traffic associa' ion. ,' ill. National Federation. Fort Worth t;:,ac:-ber t;:,ac:-ber of Commerce, Te.as P i n.leum .'. -sociati .n. Texas Cr unher of Coiumer -t' Kansas Fpi: Snippers' a sso- ia ' ion, Sout - western Millers' league. Topeka Tra:7:-i Tra:7:-i league. Mobile Chamber of t'onrm r New Orleans Joint Traffic association and the Peoria Poatd of Tratle, ALL IMPORTANT j , .; BODIES INVITED. Every Important organization of shippers ship-pers in the United States has been Invited In-vited to send representatives to the conference. con-ference. The cali for the nfetins declares de-clares that the pending railroad 'legislation 'legis-lation is of grave importance and when enacted may control relations between the shippers and the railroads for a generation. gen-eration. Fixing of March 1 as the da to which tiie railroads are to be returned to private operation was approved too' , v by Hale Holdeu, regional director for ;. central west, and R. IS. Aisiiton. direct..-tor direct..-tor the northwest region. ik-foro tho government look over the railroads M Holden was president of the Chicn'g..' Burlington & guiuey. and Mr. Aisinou was at the head of the Chicago &"orth-western &"orth-western railroad. "The toads should spend a billion d,.'-Iars d,.'-Iars a year," said Mr. Holden, "for at least a five-year period in order to provide pro-vide the country with an adequate transportation trans-portation machine. Kxtensions. improvements improve-ments and additional equipment arc rely re-ly needed. PLEASED WITH RETURN OF RAILS. 'On the lesrlxlatiu'.i passed and the ne- tion ol thp iuterstaT.ti commerce commission commis-sion in allowing- rate lui.-rea.-f s depend the roads' ehaut-es of getting thes i present it is difficult for the roads to hoc-row-. Financiers hare not had confidence m railroad securities because of governmental govern-mental attitude toward ihem. "If ihero is a disposition to pern-it them to earn revenue sufficient to warrant war-rant expenditures they will have no trouble in borrowing the necessary money. The fixing nf a date for the" return re-turn of t hf roads is a good thing. i will dispel the uncertainty which" has handicapped the railroads in the last feu-mouths." feu-mouths." Henjamin "L. "U'inohoP, Si'., southern regional ra ilroad director, who ia spending spend-ing Christmas with his son here, said: "I am sure the lare majority of t he people will be lad to have t he" d: te of the ret urn of tho rai triads definitely settled." Mr. Winohell was: formerly director of traffic of tiie Union Pacific. DECISION ON ROADS EXPECTED TO EASE .LABOR SITUA TION WASHiN'GTOX. Pec. L'.". President Wilson's proclamation returning the raii-Minl-s to pr! va te emit i ol, M arch 1 , lends a new aspect t wnpc problems now In -ioiv J nivefiM- (Jeneial llim-s. In the opinion of rahroad nd mhes; t-,i -tie-u officials, tho president "p order, icadr public last night, tbould t ra i e u il In;.- (i;, labor situation, inasmuch as The time ol government control is r-xteiided by w full months. Inioit officers wlm" ha e been pressing for a 5-.? i tie men I. m' t hob-.demands hob-.demands before the roads went bark (:r the supposition that tiie transfer uiilo i (Continued on Pa.e 0. Column 2.) 4 KRESS TO EICT 1 LIS 01 TRANSFER ! f (Continued From Pago One.) i be made on January 1. the date originally I set, have not indk-aterl how the p roe la- ! i inatiou will affect tlieir plans. j " The only wai; demands now before Mr. Hines nre Umye of i!ie thop- ill men. wlio were refused a general in - ! r crease of 20 oer uent l;;t summer, President Wilson and tSie director j'n- 1 eral taking the position that the war;, cycle of advancing wages i.nd incrensin j '. living t-ots must come to an end and the j I government must be given a K'ir change. 3 ; to com jie I a return to norr.ir.l profits. 1 President Jewell and the executive couu- 1 oil of the six shop crafts recently newed their demands. They were ;.;ed to await an official report by .unrm-y t I General Palmer, sli.ee made public, i f the- j trend of prices. j . Wage Question Unsettled. j Mr. Palmer's report showerl thai the j j custoniai-y upward march of prices dur- ; j ing tho fall months had bum muc!i lir-s i this year than in the past, and eprr.s.-ed l the conviction that the next two months t would show substantial results in )- j ducing the inflation of living -osis. The ? cost of living question, therefore, sti'l is ! unsettled in the- minds ot hii,'h Erovru- , ment officials and will not be sttied up- j til after government control uf th rail i systems has expired. Jt rmviins to bo seen w'nat view the president and the ' director general will take of the shop- ; men's renewed demands f'.r more money in the light of the attorney general's j statement. i It is understood the shop workers were t represented to be growing resth.ss over the lack of action on their demantis. - Demands of railroad clerks fur mre . , money are now before the board of Tail- ; j way wages and working conditions, v.'h.i h ! ; has not indicated when a repoi t to the j f director general may be expected. j Extension of the time of tederal cor.trol will necessitate the placing of additional j contracts by the railroad auininistrat ion. ,i inasmuch is purchases up to this time . generally have been for delivery up to ! the end of the year. Som rails arid j ; ties will have to be bought, also niher I j materials for maintenance work. Orrh-r:- ; bv Mr. Hines for an inventory of ma- j ; terials on hand as of January 1 will he j changed to have the inventories as oi March 1. The information will be used iu settling accounts with the roads. |