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Show Congress Should : Act Promptly Against Strikes WASHINGTON' Aug. 25- In view of; 1 the wage demands made by railroad employes, the government should tak''1 steps to prepare for a nation-wide strike of those employes without wait-'jing wait-'jing until the transportation systems i actually are tied up. tne senate was1 told today by Senator Thomas, Demo- 1 crat, Colorado. "I hope." he said, "the government of the United States representing uli the people whose mission Is to enfor 1 the laws, will not wait until this calamity Is announced and becomes general, but will take steps to antlct pate it by providing for the operation, of trains over the railways of the country upon which everybody must rely not only for the comforts and or- i dlnary requirements of life, but for its! necessities as well " oo |