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Show : I Svmi BL RE . president d the Pennsylvania railroad, who n better outlook ahead tor rafl-roada rafl-roada bnd other public gtllltles. ' ER BETTHl ERA, REA SAYS Rail President Looks for Direct Bargaining as Commj Change OUTLOOK BRIGHTER U. S. Ownership Not Likely, He Avers; Doesn't Fear Trucks r Service PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 6. Samuel Rea, pi sldcnt of the Pennsylvania railroad, believes American railroads and other public utilities are about to enter an era of better fortunes and greater usefulness. These changes arc coming, he says: Direct bargainlnc between railroads and workers. Xew Vy-teni of railroad rate" making. mak-ing. Klectrlflcntion where traffic density warrants. These changes arc not coming, he says: Government ownership of railroads-M railroads-M lor truckj superceding railroads. Al rtransportation supplanting land transportation. Pr;sideht ttea, who has Just return! re-turn! .i trom liurope sums up bis views In i signed interview with NBA Ber- Bj sMl I L REA lrceldeut leunkyiana Kallroad In BO fundamental an industry as transportation, no question transcends in Importance tint cl relations be-tween be-tween the companies and their employes. em-ployes. And if my judgment is cor-recL cor-recL the coming years will witness a decided trend toward the decentralU cation of machinery for Mining disputed dis-puted QUOStlOnS, and the adoption of the sounder methods of direct bar-galning bar-galning between companies and their working lorres. Our own road und its rneh bavo already al-ready taken the leadership in this question, and there has been succea- iully nut up a workable and working plan of employes representation ror the adjustment of controversial matters. STILL HAVE UNIONS Unions will continue to exist, and thoy can do much good under wise leadership, which appreciates financial finan-cial and economic necessities IMrect barulnln; between the separate man-rnehtS man-rnehtS and their own. men. LB, Keller. Kell-er. ill;, pe iking, the correct method. Our employe repi ientation plan on the Pennsylvania system is pure collective col-lective bargaining and it is reasonable t , believe that this method of wage adjustment, with more personal relations rela-tions between management and working work-ing forces, vmII In time aln broader acci ptance anil use. no t S DW NERSHIP I do not anticipate government ownership own-ership of railroads In the United Btatt . because that would Inevitably I bring government operation, which means mlsmanajtement and use for polltleal purposes. There Is a growlnn recognition of 'the truth !hat railroad rate making la largely a commercial matter and. iu order to be conducted, on a sound basis, must admit or some degree of initiative and negotiation Consequently. Conse-quently. I rather anticipate some changes In this direction during the next few years. If conditions are such that the noc-essary noc-essary funds can be obtained from Investors, In-vestors, there should be decided progress prog-ress in the electrification or railways. c :outlnn A on Pace i wo ) ; ROADS SOON TO ENTER BETTER ERA, REA SAYS (Continued From Page One) at such points, where the density of traffic will warrant the capital outlay. out-lay. , ABOUT MOTOR TRUCK The much-discussed motor truck will. I believe, become an important auxiliary of the railroad supplementing supplement-ing rather than superseding it. For railroads are designed to be the wholesale whole-sale carriers--to perform the hea-y bulk serice, especially over long distances. dis-tances. Motor transport, It would seem, Is destined chiefly for the "re-tall" "re-tall" or local field Marvelous scientific progress has been made in air transport, but neither neith-er in the matter of carrying passengers passen-gers or freight does it seem probable that this method of t mnsportatlon will for many years seriously invade the field of land or water large-scale transport. Broadlv speaking, the great problem prob-lem of the future, will be to provide road and terminal facilities for tho proper handling of the Immense volume vol-ume of traffic which we have every reason to anticipate |