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Show HARRINAN NUN ON THE READING MSSSMSSSBBBBBBSSMPSM Says He Doesn't Want to TalK About the Reported I Purchase of the Reading Railroad. NEW TORK, March 7. Mr. Harriman arrived at his office shortly before noon. "Don't ask me anything about Reading," Read-ing," he said; "don't place me In a position po-sition where I have to talk about that. I don't want to say anything about it." Mr. Harriman said that he was well satisfied with his visit to Washington. He thought the administration had arrived ar-rived at the conclusion that more attention atten-tion and consideration should be shown to railway matters. Regarding his views upon the general situation, he said: "We all make mistakes; we sometimes have to back track. I've had to do it." Mr. Harriman went on to talk about the enormous sums of money put into railroad Improvements, saying that his own roads had spent something USe $270,000,000 and that the country as a whole had been immensely benefited. It was intimated by Mr. Harriman that he expected to visit Washington again shortly by appointment with President Roosevelt. Mr. rick was asked about the alleged deal in Reading. "1 know nothing about Reading except that it is a pretty good road," he said. |