...Interstate Commerce Commission and to all statutes, * « * but any orders, general or special, Jiereafter made by said director shall have paramount authority and be obeyed as such"; and "Whereas, the Act of Congress, called the Federal Control Act, approved March 21, 1918, nrovided...

...to all existing statutes and orders of the Interstate Commerce Commission and to all statutes . . . but any orders, general or special, hereafter made...shall have paramount authority and be obeyed as such " ; and WHEREAS the Act of Congress, called the Federal Control Act, approved March 21, 1918, provided...

...special orders determine, such systems of transportation shall remain subject to all existing statutes, but any orders, general or special, hereafter made...shall have paramount authority and be obeyed as such. ' ' On October 28, 1918, the Director General issued a general order, No. 50, which, among other things,...

...general or special orders otherwise provide, the boards of directors, receivers, officers, and employes of the various transportation systems shall continue...shall be construed as now affecting the possession, 9peration, and control of street electric passenger railways, including railways commonly called interurbans,...

...remain subject to all existing statutes and orders of the Interstate Commerce Commission and to att statutes and orders of regulating commissions of the...shall have paramount authority and be obeyed as such." It is manifest, therefore, that all orders of State Commissions are valid unless in conflict with orders...

...utilization of such transportation systems hereby by me undertaken shall be exercised by and through William G. McAdoo, who is hereby appointed and designated...made by said director, shall have paramount authority ar*.d be obeyed as such. Nothing herein shall be construed as now affecting the possession, operation,...

...imposed upon him, so long and to such extent as he shall determine, through the boards of directory receivers, officers, and employees of said systems...paramount authority and be obeyed as such. Nothing herein shaD be construed as now affecting the possession, operation, and control of street electric passenger...

...directors, receivers, officers, and employees of said systems of transportation. Until and except as far as said Director shall from time to time by general...shall have paramount authority and be obeyed as such. Kothing herein shall be construed as now affecting the possession, operation, and control of street...

...far as said Director shall from time to time otherwise by general or special orders determine, euch systems of transportation shall remain subject to...passenger railways, including railways commonly called interurbane, whether such railways be or be not owned or controlled by such railroad companies or systems....

...uncertain. The proclamation, however, contained the following paragraph dealing with this matter: — Until and except so far as said director shall from...shall have paramount authority and be obeyed as such. From this it appears that the Commission still retains the authority which it has heretofore exercised,...