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a finding in some case involving loss and damage, in which he held that 

 order was invalid, as determining the jurisdiction of the state courts of 

 New York. But here is another judge in St. Louis issues an opinion in 

 which he says that order is va'id. 



I do not claim that Mr. McAdoo is dishonest, or has not the ability, 

 or is not a man of good character. He is a delightful man personally. 

 I am told that he is a man of unquestioned integrity and great ability. 

 I think he has made the same mistake Brother Taft made. You will re- 

 member, Dolliver said on the floor of the senate that Taft was a good 

 man, but he was surrounded by good and able men who knew what they 

 wanted. 



Mr. McAdoo, when he came to treating with the railroad labor, didn't 

 invoke the supreme war power of the government to determine what wage 

 labor should work for. He created a disinterested tribunal, composed of a 

 member of the cabinet, a member of the Interstate Commerce Commis- 

 sion, and one or two other gentlemen. When he came to dealing with 

 the railroad bond-holder and stock-holder, he didn't invoke the war power 

 ■of his government. He left the determination of contested matter in re- 

 gard to the compensation going to the railroads to a board of referees 

 appointed by the Interstate Commerce Commission. If their findings were 

 not satisfactory to any railroad, that company would still have the right 

 to go to the court of claims. But when it came to the determination of 

 questions affecting the pocketbook of the shipper, Mr. McAdoo provided 

 committees to hear the evidence, and without one exception the majority 

 of every one of these committees were railroad men. Mr. McAdoo would 

 not have dared to leave the question of compensation of labor to a com- 

 mittee the majority of whom were railroad men. I think the great mis- 

 take Mr. McAdoo made was in not surrounding himself equally with ship- 

 pers and railroad representatives. If he had done that, the situation 

 might have been far different than that which exists today, with reference 

 to the attitude of the American people toward government operation. 



Today, Mr. Walker K. Hines is Director General, and all of his staff 

 except one are railroad men. These railroads have been operated by a 

 group of railroad men, and thev have had such supreme power that they 

 have ignored the courts, commissions and statutes. That is what we 

 have had to compete with. 



Sweeping changes are now being proposed.' At the present time they 

 propose a set of class schedules throughout the west and southwest, dis- 

 regarding existing groupings of towns and cities. This is merely tentative; 

 the Director General has asked for the advice of the Interstate Commerce 

 Commission. Hs is also propo>bing an advance in switching at terminals. 

 He is also proposing to put into effect on the 15th of February an advance 

 in storage charges, from 5 cents per ton per day to 40 and 50 cents per ton 

 per day, and it has never been submitted to any disinterested tribunal 

 for a hearing. Consolidated Classification No. 1 has had some hearings 

 before the Interstate Commerce Commission, but the commission hasn't 

 had power or authority to hold that up, if the Railroad Administration 

 desires to put it into effect. After it goes into effect, you can file com- 

 plaint and get relief. That involves 10,000 changes. 



