Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 331, 5 December 1918 — Page 1

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WILSON NAMES CARTER GLASS AS SECRETARY OF TREASURY Chairman of Banking and Currency Committee of House Nominated to Succeed McAdoo Is Newspaper Man.

COMES FROM VIRGINIA (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. Representative Carter Glass of Virginia was nominated today by President Wilson to be secretary of the treasury. Mr. Glass will go into office on December 16 under an agreement with Secretary McAdoo whose resignation was accepted by the president to take effect upon the appointment and qualification of his successor. Glass had been chairman of the banking and currency committee of the bouse. When the resignation of McAdoo was announced, G'ass was fien rally favored as his successor for the treasury post. The new secretary of the treasury t omes from Lynchburg, Va., and is a newspaper man. He owns the Daily Nws, the morning paper and The Dailj Advance, an afternoon paper at Lynchburg. He was a member cf the Virginia tate senate from 1899 to 1903, and cf the Virginia constitutional assemblj in 1901 and 1902. He was elected to the Fifty-seventh and all succeeding congresses, including the Sixtyffth. JESSE STEVENS DIES AT CENTERVILLE C ENTER VILLE, Ind., Dec. 5. Jesse C. Stevens, 71 years old, former Republican representative from Wayne coui:ty, died here yesterday after a far's illness with heart trouble. Mr. Stevens cam here 70 years ago from Michigan and has spent his entire life here. He was. a .farmer until a few years ago, when he retired and moved here. Last year he and his wife celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniverinry. . . Mr. Stevens was president of the horticulture society here . for twenty years and served as Republican representative from this county to the state legislature. Besides his widow and oif. sister. Mrs. OUie King, he is survived by the following children, Mrs. Mflo Harlrs, Mrs. Will Harris. Mrs. Harvey Townsend, Mrs. John Eliason, Mrs. Oscar Tike, Mrs. Petry Bennett. . :ames Stevens and Earl Stevens, all of tbis community and Walter Stevens of Indianapolis. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the family home here. He came from old pioneer Wayne county stock, his father being one of I he prominent men of Center township. Air. Stevens received his erueatlon in the district schools of Center township and attended Earlham college for two terms. He began farming In Perry township when he was 19 years old. Later he moved to a farm In Center township. He took charge of construction work for the Bell telephone in 1884, serving for twelve rears. Subsequently he built logging loads in Alabama. Lpon bii return to Wayne county he engaged in farming. He oast his HrFt vote for Abraham Lincoln and attended his funeral and that of President Garfield. He was a member of ;he Knights of Pythias order. At the election in 1898, ho was elected to :e) resent Wayne county in the state legislature. He was a leader in the novement that elected Albert J. Bevildge to the United States senate. He aJro introduced the bill providing cr the completion of the Soldiers' and Sa.'iors' Monument in Indianapolis. Ie was a member of both the Wayne OMiity anJ State Horticultural socleits., and also served as member of the iatp Board of Agriculture. He was iofly known for his interest In hor'cltural affairs. Mr. Stevens had an xtenfivc acquaintance all over Wayne county. 5 The Weather Fcr Indiana by the United States csth-r Eureau Fair in south and Vw'v in central and north portions :ij,ht and Friday. Probably rain and armer tonight. Colder Friday in 3i th and central portions. Today's Temperature. ooa 40 Yesterday. laximum Zb Jlnimum 27 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore -Partly cloudy and unsettled tonight ,nd Friday. Probably showers and varmer tonight. Colder by Friday or -'riday night. General ConJitlons A series of torms continue along the northern art cf the United States and southern Cannda and as a result weather is fair to partly cloudy over the central states. Weather has settled over the southwest but is raining west of the Rockies over Oregon and Washington arid snow on the Canadian border. Cold weather over Alaska, 64 below rero at Eagle.

Arrange for Wilson's

Visit to Pope Benedict (By Associated Press) PARIS, Dec. 5. It is stated In Vatican circles that Monsignor CerrettI, the papal under-secretary of state, will b&il the arival of President Wilson In London to arrange with him for his visit to the pope, according to the Rome correspondent of the Echo de Paris. As far as can be sen, no obstacle is offered to the interview between 1 resident Wilson and Pope Benedict, to which great political importance is attached. , PARIS IS FILLED TO OVERFLOWING FOR PEACE MEET Quarters Fitted up for Secretary Lansing and Other Americans at Crillon Hotel. (By Associated Press) PARIS, Dec. 5. Paris is filled to overflowing. Prices of all hotel rooms, following the requisitioning of twentyfive hotels for peace conference purposes, have doubled and tripled and arc still going up. Food in restaurants aad prices generally are similarly mounting. A breakfast of coffee, bread and butter continues to cost between $1 and $1.50 at hotels. It is virtually impossible to lunch or dine for less than three or four dollars for a simple l.ieal. People arriving in the city freunpntly go to fifteen or twenty hotels before they secure rooms, for which U e owners demand large sums and refuse to lower their rates, saying they can get the price. The city i becoming more crowded daily, with the bulk of the conference officials and others interested in getting rooms, such as several hundred of the world's newspaper correspondents no; yet here. Where persons of the latter class are-oing to find accommodations nobody in Paris knows. In addition to all the other arivals, officers and men of all the armies are itiing to Paris on leave in considerable numbers. Sometimes as many as 2 officers stand for an hour in front of botel offices waiting for somebody to leave, when they all demand accommodations. , Ready for Deiagtes. Quarters for Secretary of State Iansing and the other American delegates to the peace .Conference have been assigned at the Crillon hotel on ibe Place de la Concorde. This large hotel has been divided up Into suites of rooms for the delegates. '. Each feiute will comprise living quarters and a business office for each deleMMe and his immediate secretaries. The apartments overlook the Esplanade of Plrce de la Concorde, which is now filled with war trophies, and where stand the great statues of Strasbourg, Lille and Metz, each covered will, floral offerings and flags. Each suite is handsomely furnished and has paintings and tapestries. There are commodious baths and sleeping chambers. The delegates will probably dine together in what was lormerly the hotel restaurant. All accessories, including the bar, have been removed. Most of the conferences between the American delegates will be held in the large saloon at the Hotel Crillon. The business offices, of the delegation, where several hundred experts in international law, geopraphical boundaries, intelligence, etc., will work, will be in a large building immediately adjoining. Joseph C. Grew, secretary of the peace delegation, has established quarters there. Sea Power of England Crushed Life of Enemy Says Sir Eric Geddes (By Associated Press) LONDON, Wednesday, Dec. 4. The work of the British navy during the wj,r. was lauded by Sir Eric Geddes, first lord of the admiralty, in his address opening the "sea power" exhibition of pictures and relics in London today. The sea power of the British navy, from the very outbreak of the war, lie declared, held all the fleets of the world in a silent zrio. crushed the life out cf the enemy country and as sured the freedom of the world by Its florts. Montenegrins Have Universal Suffrage EERNE. Switzerland, Dec. 5. A dispatch from Agrara says that the national assembly of the people of Montenegro which deposed King Nicholas and voted in favor of uniting witn Serbia, was elected by universal suffrage. Each constituency which formerly sent one deputy to the skupehtina is now sending three representatives to the assembly. Belgian Rulers to Receive Enthusiastic Welcome (By Associated Press) PARIS. Dec. 5. King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium, who will arrive in Paris today for an official visit, are welcomed enthusiastically by the newspapers. Four New Nations in Reorganization Meeting (P.y Associated Tress) PARIS. Dec. 5. Representatives of the Polish, Jugo-Slav, Rumanian and Czecho-Slovak national councils are in session here to' study the reorganization of central Europe. Statements issued declare that only through a permanent understanding between these four nations can future peace he rnlnnlr0d. '

BRITISH WILL NOT DEMAND RETURN OF HELGOLAND English to Permit no Fettering of Naval Power at Peace Conference Churchill Says in Address. NAVY TO BE SUPREME

(By Associated Press! LONDON, Dec. 5. The British naval authorities have decided it will be unnecessary to demand the return of Helgoland to Great Britain form Germany, Winston Spencer Churchill, the minister of munitions announced in a speech at Dundee last night. Mr. Churchill also said the government had decided upon the nationalization of the railways. "We enter the peace conference," said Mr. Churchill, during the course of his address, "with the absolute determination that no limitation shall be i imposed on our right to maintain our naval defense. We do not intend, no matter what arguments and appeals are addressed to us, to lend ourselves in any way to any fettering restrictions which will prevent the British navy maintaining its well tried and well deserved supremacy. Now German Stronghold. The island of Helgoland, formerly Danish, was ceded to Great Britain In 1814. In 1890 Great Britain ceded it to Germany, who began developing it into an extremely important naval base. It lies in the North sea off the mouth of the Kiel canal, which it dominates. The island was a German stronghold throughout the great war. Its occupation by the allies was under consideration shortly after the signing of the armistice, when the German naval revolution made it appear doubtful if Germany would comply with the naval terms of the armistice. These however, seem since to have been fulfilled in their entirety. MACHINE GUNS USED. COPENHAGEN, Dec. 5. Machine guns were used in supressing food rois in Cplogne on Tuesday, according to reports received here. Several stves In different parts of the city were plundered. . - ' There were a number of casulties in the ranks of the denionstrants. "A delegation from the Berlin soldiers and workers council has arrived at The Hague, a Berlin dispatch relorts. The message Indicates that its, presence at The Netherlands capital ha? to do with negotiations concerning former-Emperor. William in progress at the German legation at The Httgue, the nature of which is not stated. I ;' , Kurt Eisner, the Bavarian premier, is reported to have privately declared himself ready to resign when the natlcnal assembly had regulated the country's affairs according to a Munich dispatch. Addressing the soldiers and workmen's council, Premier declared the Bavarian government was opposed to any idea of separation from Germanv j as a whole, the security of which he regarded as obtainable only by the creation of a federal state. WAR BOARD DENIES JURISDICTION IN FIREMEN'S CASE (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. Holding that the question of right to organize among municipal employes is a separate matter from the right to organize in industrial plants, the national war labor board today refused to assume jurisdiction in a case brought by the city firemen of Omaha, Nebraska, seeking the right to organize and higher wages. Senate Disapproves Move to Send Committee to Paris iv Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. By unani mous vote the senate foreign relations committee today disapproved the resolution of Senator Cummins of Iowa, republican, proposing to send a senate committee to Paris for the peace conference. Chile Consul Leaves Peru With Government Archives (By Associated Preys' LIMA, Peru, Wednesday, Dec. 4. The Chilean consul general left today for Santiago, stating that his government had advised him to take the archives with him. The boycott gainst Chilean vessels continues, forcing those which have brought carcoer. to Peruvian ports to return home in ballast. Four ten English Women Nominated for Parliament (By Associated Press LONDON, - Dec. 5. -Among the candidates for parliament nominated yesterday 'were fourteen women. " They include Miss ' Christabel Pankhurst, daughter of Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, the suffrage leader; Mrs. Frederick Pethick Lawrence, joint editor of VoteB for Women; Miss Mary McArthur, secretary of the British women's trades union, and Countess Georgiana Markievicz, of . Dublin, the Sinn Fein leader. "

Germans Fail in Effort to Escape from Paris ' ' (By Associated. Press) PARIS, Dec. 5. Seven Germans, one of them a woman, who formerly lived in : Peris, have found , means of returning here, but have been discovered and arrested. They had taken advantage of the homeward movement of prisoners and interned civilians from Germany to smuggle themselves into France and make their way to this city. Their plea was that they thought the terms of the armistice permitted their return.

TRADE BOYCOTT IS OPPOSED BY BUSINESS MAN Says Germany Must Have Access to Raw Material in Order to Pay Debts and Make Reparation. , (By Associated Press) ATLANTIC CITY, Dec. 6. Possibility of perpetuating in the domain of commerce the hatred and bitterness engendered by the war will be greatly lessened if the United States refused to be drawn into any agreement or understanding that would make her a party to a boycott of the commerce of any of the nations that have been arrayed against each other, was a declaration contained in an address prepared by James A. Farrell of New York, and read in his absence to the reconstruction congress here today. Mr. Farrell's paper was devoted to a review of the foreign trade situation. "In this matter of economic warfare after the war," Mr. Farrell said, "there should be no ground for misunderstanding xur position. An unrepentent Germany, still w edded to her idols of militarism and the relentless application of superior force, can establish no right to demand the raising of the economic blockade which has been a most potent instrument in ending the war. "In pursuance of the policy of combining national and commercial interest, the German nation thought itself entitled to plunder its neighbors for her own economic or commercial needs. But when we have exposed Germany's ambition and denounced German methods, it would be a curious way of preventing their revival by committing ourselves to the acceptance of German- principles. Great Trade Revival, "Only on the theory that the menace of Prussian militarism must survive can there be . any reason found for looking' to the future security of the world in the waging of a perpetual bloodless "war, : inspired by" the same entity, suspicion, and fears but lately divided the world. ? "Nor can the fact be ignored that in a trade war as in this clash of military, .the- balance of a slaughter must be reckoned with since the casualty cannot all be on the other side.'. "It is certain that if Germany is to be compelled, as she ought to be, to repay the wanton destruction she has wrought in Belgium, northern France, Poland and Serbia, she must have access to the raw materials of manufacture by conversion of which into finished products she may earn the money necessary to pay her debts. "As a matter of fact given the frank acceptance by Germany of the terms of peace which will be dictated by the allies, there will be no reason for separating her economic wants from those of the rest of Europe. These will be sufficiently imperative to use up all the surplus foodstuffs and raw materials that can be spared for many months to come." Referring to foreign trade generally Mr. Farrell said: "There can be no great revival of trade in the countries where we hope for it most, unless we are ready to provide capital for their development. We must enter into the industrial life of those countries, engage in enternrises with them and create out of their resources the new wealth from which will come our pay." Lovett Resigns From Railroad Administration (By "Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Dec. 5. Robert S. Lovett has resigned as director of the railroad administration division of capital expenditures and will return January 1 to his former duty as chairman of the executive committee of the Union Pacific. DELEGATES GO TO SPEND WAR FUND (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Dec. 5. George W. Perkins and Mortimer L. Schiff, representing the Y. M. C. A. and the Jewish Welfare Board, engaged passage cn the stecmer Mauretania today for Europe, where they will supervise the expenditure of the $203,000,000, United War Work fund. They will co-ordinate the work of the various organizations engaged in war activities abroad and eliminate duplication as far as pofsible. Mr. Perkins and Mr. Schiff were delegated for this work at the request of the committee of eleven of thr seven accredited organizations. Tl ey probably will remain abroad for two. months, . Since the vast fund was collected the signing of the armistice and the coming of peace , have partially changed the purpose, for which the money is to be ... spent and these changes will be studied closely by the relegates. ; Other Special problems arising from the demobilization and Industrial readjustment will be studied and recommendations made to the committee of eleven, v

FOURTH LINER BRINGS 1,922 YANKS HOME FROM FRANCE

British Transport Orca Arrives at New York From Liverpool Harbor With American Troops on Board. NAVY DEMOBILIZATION (By Associated Press! NEW YORK, Dec. 5. The British transport Orca with 1,922 American troops aboard arrived here today from Liverpool. She is the fourth transport to bring returning soldiers. WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 Discharge tf 20 per cent, of the navy's war time personnel, about 100,000 men, has been iuthorizcd. Secretary Daniels said today the men would be released as quickly as pcssible with due regard to the convenience of the service. Boats to be Returned. Private yachts, motor boats and other crafts taken over by the navy lor the war, already are being turned back' to their owners. Mr. Daniels said by February, 700 crafts will have b-en stricken from the navy list. The release of enlisted men is authorized not because the navy is over manned, but to permit the return to civil pursuits of youths who Joined for the war and who do not intend to follow the sea. Members of naval units in schools and colleges will complete their training and then stand discharged. In the cases of special student bodies, such as the paymaster's school at I'rinceton and the ensign's school at Ail na polls, students in the present classes upon graduation will be commissioned in the reserve. THREE AMERICANS TO RECEIVE HIGHEST WAR DECORATION By Associated Press) WASHINGTON Dec. 5. Three American soldiers a colonel,- a captain and m private--have been designated by President Wilson to receive tie highest military decoration given by the United States for valor in action, the congressional medal of honor. They have won the first of the medals awarded during the war with Germany and their names are: Colonel Charles W. Whittlesey, 38th infantry, Captain George G. McMurtry and Private Thomas E. Neibaur. Colonel Whittlesey, then major, and Captain McMurtry were at the famous "lo6t battalion" of the 308th which lost half its men holding out against the men w hen surrounded in the Argonne forest until relieved five days later. Private Neibaur distinguished himself when fighting with the Rainbow division. BILLION OUT FROM. NAVY EXPENSES (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec 5 More than a billion dollars has been cut from the navy's estimate of expenditures for the coming fiscal year. Secretary Daniels disclosed today that the estimates sent to congress Monday were based on the war program and that the reduction process that already has eliminated over a fifth of the $2,650,000,000 is continuing. Edward Porter Dies at Home in Hagerstown HAGERSTOWN, Dec. 5. Edward Porter, about 60 years old died suddenly at his home here this morning from hemorrhage. He had been in ill health for several months, but was better this morning and walked down town. About 11 o'clock his wife found him in the basement where hehad gone to fire the furnace. He was suffering from a hemorrhage when his wife reached him, and died a few minutes later. He was a well known resident of Hagerstown having been a merchant in this town for over 35 years. He had recently retired from the grocery firm of Porter and Son. The deceased is survived by a widow, one son, Charles Porter, his mother, Mrs. Kate Porter, and one brother. Will Porter, all of Hagerstown. He was a brother of the late K, B. Porter who was the Hagerstown postmaster for a number of years. Serious Earthquake Reported in Chile BUENOS AIRES. Dec. 5. Earth tremors supposed to be caused by a serious earthquake in northern Chile this morning, were still being felt at the La Plata seismograph station at eight o'clock tonight. . ...... COMMUNICATION RESTORED. HAVANA. Wednesday, Dec. 4. Communication with the American caval station at Guantanamo, .which has been interrupted by the railroad strike at Caimanero, is restored, according to a dispatch received here tonight. -

Chinese Delegate Leaves for Peace Conference (By Associated Press) PEKING, Monday, Dec. 2. Lu Chang Hsiang, foreign minister, who will head China's delegation at the peace conference at Versailles, left lEFt night. He was accompanied by a party of fifteen, which included M. l coot, a Belgian, who will act in an p.dvisory capacity. The delegation vac given a. rousing send-off by officials and the diplomatic corps. After a short stay in Japan the 'mrty will proceed to Paris by way of America.

USE OF TANKS SUGGESTED BY FARM TRACTOR British Official Who Saw American Tractor Working in Germany Got Idea of Tanks in Warfare. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 The use of tanks warfare resulted from ideas gained by a British official while watching the demonstration of an American farm tractor in a German city in 1913. This official account of the origin of the tanks is given by Col. I. C. Welborn, director of the tank corps of the United States army in his annual report made public today. The report contains no information as to the American tank program as it was prepared before the cessation of hostilities. "The fighting machine, originally called by the British the 'tank' had its inception in the caterpillar farm tractor," Col. Welborn says. "For several years prior to the world war the authorities of the British army had been endeavoring to create some machine highly destructive in its fighting capacity and at the same time affording maximum protection to human life. The Holt Manufacturing company, makers of the Holt farm tractor, were giving a tractor demonstration in one of the large German cities about 1913. A representative of the British government who happened 'to see the exhibit conceived the idea that the caterpillar tractor principle might be employed in propelling a huge steel fighting machine which would enable a moving fort to negotiate the steepest hills and to move over difficult grounds impossible of passage by any other vehicle. This officer immediately brought the tractor to the attention of General E. D. Swinton of the British army who also realized the effective use to -which the caterpillar tractor could be put. "Extensive- experiments were begun under General Swinton, and in September, 1916 the first tanks ever employed in warfare were launched on the British front In France. Current history gives accurate and interesting accounts of their service and the establishment in the army of the United States of an independent corps for the organization, equipment, and training and employment of tank units is sufficient evidence of the effective use of this weapon in modern warfare. ALLIES NOW HOLD . TURKISH FLEET (By Associated Press) LONDON, Dec. 5. The entire Turkish fleet is now in the hands of the allies, the admiralty announced today. The war ships after surrendering were interned in the Golden Horn at Constantinople. The former German cruiser Goeben, was among the surrendered vessels. JEWS ARE LEAVING FOR PALESTINE (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Dec. 5. Forty trades j and professions are represented in the J first 350 applications received by the j ZIonest organization of America from ; persons who are prepared to leave for Palestine at once for service in the establishment there of the Jewish homeland. A special department has been established by the organization to collect the information contained in these applications. Several sub-committees have been attached to this department including one on investment and another in charge of the Zionist society of engineers to .study that physical aspect of the Jewish resettlement, ot Palestine. . The most pressing demand, according to the organization, is for Hebrew teachers since the school system of Palestine is to be reorganized. The Zionist organization of America is especially desirous that those who contemplate going to Palestine within the next year should enroll with the organization for cooperation work. All-Russian Government to Execute Liabilities (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. According to a statement issued by the Russian ministry of foreign affairs and received here, all liabilities contracted by the Russian government except those made by the Bolshevik regime, are recognized by the all-Russian government at Omsk, and will be executed by it. , . . . SPANISH MINISTRY FORMED MADRID, Dec. 5 Count Romanones who has been engaged in the task of forming . a new Spanish cabinet, on leaving the palace at midnight, announced that the new ministry would take the oath of office at noon today. The. cabinet has been chosen solely from among the supporters of Count Romanones, who is a Liberal leader.

COMMISSION REPORT URGES PART MERGER OF RAILROADS Radical Changes Needed in Control Says Report of Interstate Commerce Body U. S. Must Regulate Transportation.

OPPOSE OLD CONDITION (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Dec 5 Regardless of whether railroads finally go back to private management or remain in the bands of the government, radical changes should be made in their methods and theories of operation to provide a partial merger under some sort of government regulation, the Interstate Commerce Commission says in its annual report made public today. The Commission believes the time is not ripe to recommend concrete proposals for legislation relating to the future policy toward railroads, but says whatever be the nation's decision, there should be provision for complete unification of the railways in war time, partial merger in ordinary times, limitation of railway construction to public necessity, and systematic encouragement of the development of inland waterways, and their coordination with rail carriers. In other words, the Commission is opposed to restoration of the old conditions of Individual competition, in which pooling of traffic was forbdden by law, and to the building of newlines without proof to the government that they are economically necessary. If it is finally decided to restore railroads to private management, say the Commission, there should be legislation to permit their cooperation, emancipation of railway operation from financial dictation, government regulation of security issues; clearing away of the existing twilight zone between the authority of state and federal authorities in railroad supervision and efficient use of equipment and common use of terminals. On the other hand, if the policy of government ownership shonld be adopted, the principal questions to be considered are: The price to be paid for the roads; means of preventing the railroads from being made sources of revenue to the government, and also to maintain them as self-supporting; measures to define carefully the responsibility of the railway administration toCongress and other, federal and state authorities; guarantees against intrusion of partisan politics into railway management, and creation of a tribunal to settlement of controversies over railroad matters. Government Regulation. Some sort of government regulation is suggested by ' the Commission in connection with each of the five alternatives of future policy which miv -- set forth by different interests In the near future. These alternatives are Continuation of the present system of government control with private ownership, public ownership with private operation, private operation with government regulations and guarantees, complete private control and ownership and complete public ownership and operation. The report deals at length with th upheaval of railroad relations caused by the war and the government's assumption of operation, and the relations of the Interstate Commerce Commission to Director General McAdoo and the railroad administration. Tne Commission has cooperated fully with the government management, says the report, but the Commission still retains its authority to review rates initiated by the Director General. Railroad valuation work of the Commission, which will become of great importance in case of government purchase, is proceding with little interference on account of the war Safety wrork has been assumed partly by the railroad administrat'on. but educational work is being continued throughout the country. The Commission ii the last year has made great strides in seeking to promote uniform rate classifications, and has undertaken a number of other investigations of rates and practices. Adequate Transportation. The report, including the 6tateme-t concerning future policies toward railreads, is sigred by all the commissioners, except George W. Anderson, who recently resigned to accent another federal appointment- Others are: Winthrop M. Daniels, chairman; Fdgar E. Clark. James S. Harlan, Charles C. McChord. Balthaser H. Meyer. Henry C. Hull. Clyde B. Aitchison and Robert W. Woolev. "The conditions, without precedent or parallel, which the war has produced, now press upon the congress matters cf the gravest national and international concern. While we do not deem the present conditions and moment opportune In v hJch to recommend concrete proposals for legislation, we may Indicate certain lines of Inquiry which must be rrrsued in order to reach sound conclusions, . Whatever line "of policy Is determined upon, the fundamental aim or purpose should be to secure transportation systems that will be adequate for the nation's needs even in time of rational stress or peril and that will furnish to the public safe, adequate and efficient transportation at the lowest cost consistent with that service. To his end there should be pto vision for (1). the prompt merger without friction of . all the carriers," lines, facilities, and organizations Into a continental and unified system in time of stress or emergency; (2) merger within proper limits of the carcontinued on page seven.)