| Show no railroad strike news of the week was the announcement the outstanding and most important no that the railroad lail road strike has been averted while everybody is happy it must not je be overlooked that a final solution has not been found yet the country has been very much u upset during recent weeks because continued operations 0 of the railroads because of the uncertainty regarding community is dependent upon apoll the continued of the fact that every operation op elation of these carriers the government has been taking an increasingly their affairs for many years when the of larger p pait ait in ill the directing esch cummins laws was as pas passed sed there was inas a well grounded hope that the way had been found tor for a solution of the railroad raili oad problem pio plo blem evidently the law is full of holes and senator cummins wants many changes in tile the he helped to cut representative esch was defeated for reelection election re bec because aue c of his joint authorship of the measure but president haiding hadding promptly appointed him as a member of the interstate commerce commission this last named organization is one that is of peculiar interest in every stage of railroad troubles still it is significant that it does not dot operate toward settling the biggest problems connected with the railroads it makes rates and does a lot 0 of things but when it comes to the point of furnishing the answer as to what is the matter with the railroads and their management it misses the mark just as tar far as any soapbox soap box orator or any oracle at crossroads corners the commission has taken most of the powers away flom the state commissions and those thos s e who have previously approved this policy felt that such a centralization of authority would eventually result in solving most of the railroad problems but when it comes to a scratch we always find the big difficulties being handled outside of the 1 I C C the president has recently taken a hand band in the affairs of the commission and he practically directed lower rates in certain instances the labor board is handling a part of the railroad work that the I 1 C C shunted when the transportation act was being drafted then there was the railroad administration which fought hard battles while the I 1 C C held ll 11 harmless armless meetings one wonders why a branch of the government filled with trained experts and working on a single problem tor for many years has never produced any thing intended to solve railroad troubles or must the railroads always be common troubles as well as common carriers until pandora finally comes along and repacks her trouble chest |
