The committee of railroad presidents and railroad union officials forming the Railway Labor Management Conference held a session in Washington, December 18, 1942 with Office of Defense Transportation officials to discuss manpower problems. The group agreed to submit recommendations to the ailroad executives' associations and the railway labor organizations. Reading from left to right are J.J. Pelley, President, Association of American Railroads; E.E. Norris, President, Southern Railway System; L.W., Baldwin, Chief Executive Officer, Missouri Pacific Lines; S.J. Hogan, President, National Marine Engineers Association; E.W. Scheer, President, Reading Railway System; Joseph B. Eastman, Director, Office of Defense Transportation; J.G. Luhrsen, Executive Secretary, Railway Labor Executives' Association; O.S. Beyer, Director, Division of Transport Personnel; D.B. Robertson, President, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen; M.W. Clement, President, Pennsylvania Railroad; B.M. Jewell, President, Railway Employees' Department; G.M. Harrison, President, Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks; A.F. Whitney, President, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
![Pennsy VP before Senate Rail Inquiry. Washington, D.C., Dec. 21. After hearing Chairman Wheeler of the Senate Inquiry charge the Pennsylvania Railroad with violating ICC decisions and concealing facts from stockholders in purchasing railroad stocks from 1925 to 1928, [...]County Financial Vice President of the Road, testified the purchases were made to protect the interests of the stockholders. He added this was in line with a program then being considered to divide the Railroads of the East into four great systems. 12/21/37](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvcGVubnN5LXZwLWJlZm9yZS1zZW5hdGUtcmFpbC1pbnF1aXJ5LXdhc2hpbmd0b24tZGMtZGVjLTIxLWFmdGVyLWhlYXJpbmctY2hhaXJtYW4tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "Pennsy VP before Senate Rail Inquiry. Washington, D.C., Dec. 21. After hearing Chairman Wheeler of the Senate Inquiry charge the Pennsylvania Railroad with violating ICC decisions and concealing facts from stockholders in purchasing railroad stocks from 1925 to 1928, [...]County Financial Vice President of the Road, testified the purchases were made to protect the interests of the stockholders. He added this was in line with a program then being considered to divide the Railroads of the East into four great systems. 12/21/37")
![[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: man standing on railroad tracks holding twisted rail]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjIvMDEvMDEvbWlsaXRhcnktcmFpbHJvYWQtb3BlcmF0aW9ucy1pbi1ub3J0aGVybi12aXJnaW5pYS1tYW4tc3RhbmRpbmctb24tcmFpbHJvYWQtMS02NDAuanBn/40/28/webp "[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: man standing on railroad tracks holding twisted rail]")
![Edsal [i.e. Edsel] Ford questioned at senate rail inquiry. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. Edsel Ford, President of the Ford Motor Co., today told the Senate Rail Inquiry that the Fords sold the Detroit Toledo and Ironton Railroad in 1929 because of "restrictions" imposed by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The principal restriction was the ICC order that all railroads use heavy equipment. Ford urged that use of the light-weight equipment would be a good thing generally for railroads, 1/7/38](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvZWRzYWwtaWUtZWRzZWwtZm9yZC1xdWVzdGlvbmVkLWF0LXNlbmF0ZS1yYWlsLWlucXVpcnktd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1kYy1qYW4tNy1lZHNlbC02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "Edsal [i.e. Edsel] Ford questioned at senate rail inquiry. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. Edsel Ford, President of the Ford Motor Co., today told the Senate Rail Inquiry that the Fords sold the Detroit Toledo and Ironton Railroad in 1929 because of \"restrictions\" imposed by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The principal restriction was the ICC order that all railroads use heavy equipment. Ford urged that use of the light-weight equipment would be a good thing generally for railroads, 1/7/38")
