Among railroadmen, Alleghany Corp.'s Bob Young has been as popular as a bee in a bridal bouquet. Particularly annoying has been his constant buzzing in the public's ear about the horse & buggy way of running transcontinental trains so that passengers must change at Chicago. Last week he was at it again in full-page newspaper ads(see cut): "A hog can cross the country without changing trainsbut YOU can't."
U.S. railroads were stung into action. The Pennsylvania and New York Central, worried about Young and air competition, grudgingly admitted that they are working out plans with a dozen western lines for...
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