Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1918 — Votes Against Govt. Ownership [ARTICLE]

Votes Against Govt. Ownership

Government ownership of railroads as a result of the present government operations of the roads received a severe setback Tuesday when the interstate commerce committee of the senate voted 7 to 6, to limit government control of the roads to one year after the war. As originally provided in the administration bill, government control of the roads would have been terminated only at the express will of the congress. This clause generally was construed as pledging the government to a tryout of government ownership and to*a general proposition to take over the roads entirely after the war if government operation proved satisfactory.