Show FEDERAL CONTROL OF EVERYTHING IS BEING ARGUED Fever of Public Ownership p Sweeps Country Flood of Bills in Congress By Robert J. J Bender United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON Jan Ian 5 A A government government govern govern- government ment control fever lever la is sweeping the war capital Initial popularity throughout the I country of President i's is action in taking over operation of the railway railway railway rail rail- way lines is reflected In demands upon legislators to place other industries under the government when they fall fail to function properly as private enter enter- As a result bills authorizing government government govern govern- ment mont operation of everything from oil wells to tel telephones phones have been Introduced introduced introduced Intro intro- In congress or are being drafted In the new spirit government ownership ownership owner owner- ship advocates see the dawn of ot their Probably the next great move along the control line will be taken by the government in the coal fields Pooling of mines mines' coal and equipment Is deemed Inevitable even by Fuel luel Ao Act Act- Garfield If a repetition of ot this winters winter's coal famine In man many sections sections sec sec- sections is to be avoided This action is expected in the spring Garfield and j I coal experts believe that midwinter is isa isa a poor time to make such a move Too I many constituents have been numbed I by a winter Too much red tape pe and conflicting orders of priority I have resulted in long and continued complaints against t the tte e Garfield regime Should Director Mc McAdoo doo run his railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road system successfully the doom of privately directed coal mines Is deemed certain With their first real chance established by the taking over railroads advocates of government ownership o se see the goal of their policy In sight Their confidence was heightened ened today to today to to- day by the Inrush of additional bills blUs placed before the house and senate authorizing further government con con- r Among these Introduced or being drafted are Senator Fletchers Fletcher's bill authorizing shipping chipping board control of street carand carand car carand and interurban systems near ship ship- yards Representative Aswell's measure to empower the president to take over for operation nfl all telephone telegraph radio and cable systems Measures for coal and oil control In addition to these there already Is available power In the presidents president's hands through laws already passed and through the domination of railroads railroads railroads rail rail- roads over all industries to practically place Industrial America under federal control |