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Show 3j Government Operation of All Jl Railroads, Gaining in Favor lB 7- WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. Govern - ?W i ment operation of tho railroads, as tne way ollt o tno Prcscn Iransporta- kUtiitH I t,on dlff'ci,ItIcs' seemed to bo gaining PljH ground today among most of the off i- .vf M t'g cials upon whom President Wilson is depending for advice on the subject. jj : Those In touch with the situation snld ' la ' lie-' exPecto(I to Beo tne Question dc- iWJ i . cided this weeki rS' Thero'"vaB a series of conferences !uAb among tho railroad heads who want to )&J!&'i7, trv government aid before govern -mcnt operation 'Is resorted to. The men also conferred with Senator New-lands, New-lands, chairman of tho joint congressional congres-sional committee, working on the transportation problems. Later Senator Sen-ator Newlands had an engagement with the president at the White House. Interest Centers In Conference. Interest In the raJlroad situation Involving In-volving suggestions of gowrnment operation, op-eration, or repeal of anti-pooling laws and a federal loan as a war measure, centered today in a conference between be-tween President Wilson and Senator Newlands, chairman of the Joint con- grcssional committee investigating the roads. It was understood Senator Newlands hopes to submit in behalf of tho roads a statement of their position posi-tion agreed upon at a conference of executives In Now York yesterday. Rate Increases Demanded. Interurban railroads today asked tho interstate commerce commission for permission to file rate Increases ranging rang-ing from two to ten cents per hundred hun-dred pounds on bananas by carloads from gulf ports to Central Freight as-, as-, sociation territory, |