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Show I ENGINEERS ARE P BLAMED FOR MANY WRECKS gji 'WASHINGTON Dec K The anil an-il trual report of the- interstate- com-Btl com-Btl mission, submitted to congress today, is comparativly brief and makes few recommendai inns Federal conirol of railways during Hi! the last year, having taken over many ii functions of the commissi ;.. iln port renews mainiv rc(".mmenu,tuuus made in previous years. ! It is recommended that the power to award reparation for unreasonable or unlaw charges be placed wholl in l the courts; that the powers of the Hill commission be extended t holding corporations as well as those which actually operate interstate transportation transporta-tion line, and lhat railroad operating rales be standardized The commission reports again that in many cases its work has been obstructed ob-structed because necessary records Hjl and data could onlj be obtained from holding companies. From iis investigations of train accidents ac-cidents the commission's investigators concluded thai the failure of engineers to obe1' signals and iai'.ure to provide adequate flag protection for trains ctrntinur-d to be ihe principal cause of collisions. The use of automatic irain control was acain recommended The Investigators also found, the report says, thai there was room for much improvement in the air brake I equipment of trains |