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Show WILSON SUMMONS RAILWAY CHIEFS' V Brotherhoods to Confer at White "House Thursday Next With President. i TO OUTLINE ACTION Workers to Learn Decision on Means to Obtain More Efficient Ef-ficient Transportation. WASHINGTON. Dec. .24 President Wilson has summoned tb chiefs and legislative agents of the four railway brotherhoods to a conference at the White House Thursday. It is expected that the president will outline to the representatives of the railroad workers whatever action he has decided is' necessary to obtain more efficient transportation during the war crisisr Both the chiefs and the legislative agents have conferred with the presidents, presi-dents, the chiefs soon after their demands de-mands were made on the railroads for increased wages and the legislative agents several days ago when they asked for assurances that war demands de-mands should not relax the safety restrictions re-strictions imposed on railroad operation. opera-tion. They were told that nothing of that kind was contemplated. The new conference came as a surprise sur-prise in tho railroad situation. President Presi-dent Wilson has been studying all phases of the situation. and it has. been understood that he intended to address congress on the subject after the holidays. holi-days. While sentiment in favor of governmental gov-ernmental operation, of the railroads apparently has been growing, no intimation inti-mation of what the president would recommond has been given and pending pend-ing his address it was thought no further fur-ther action was contemplated. rtn |