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HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON

INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE

**HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEVENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H. R. 2531

A BILL TO REDISTRIBUTE THE FUNCTIONS OF THE INTER-

STATE COMMERCE COMMISSION WITH A VIEW TO MORE

EFFICIENT EXERCISE OF RATE-MAKING AUTHORITY: TO

EXTEND THE JURISDICTION OF THE COMMISSION IN

RELATION TO THE FIXING OF MINIMUM RATES, AND

RATES FOR INLAND WATER TRANSPORTATION: TO CREATE

A RAILROAD REORGANIZATION COURT; AND

FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AND

H. R. 4862

A BILL TO AMEND THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT, AS

AMENDED, BY EXTENDING ITS APPLICATION TO ADDI-

TIONAL TYPES OF CARRIERS AND TRANSPORTATION,

MODIFYING CERTAIN PROVISIONS THEREOF, AND CREAT-

ING AND ESTABLISHING A TRANSPORTATION BOARD TO

ADMINISTER CERTAIN PROVISIONS THEREOF; TO CREATE

A REORGANIZATION COURT, AND FOR

OTHER PURPOSES

PART 4

March 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 29 and 30, 1939

Printed for the use of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON

INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEVENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H. R. 2531

A BILL TO REDISTRIBUTE THE FUNCTIONS OF THE INTER-

STATE COMMERCE COMMISSION WITH A VIEW TO MORE

EFFICIENT EXERCISE OF RATE-MAKING AUTHORITY: TO

EXTEND THE JURISDICTION OF THE COMMISSION IN

RELATION TO THE FIXING OF MINIMUM RATES, AND

RATES FOR INLAND WATER TRANSPORTATION: TO CREATE

A RAILROAD REORGANIZATION COURT; AND

FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AND

H. R. 4862

A BILL TO AMEND THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT, AS

AMENDED, BY EXTENDING ITS APPLICATION TO ADDI-

TIONAL TYPES OF CARRIERS AND TRANSPORTATION,

MODIFYING CERTAIN PROVISIONS THEREOF, AND CREAT-

ING AND ESTABLISHING A TRANSPORTATION BOARD TO

ADMINISTER CERTAIN PROVISIONS THEREOF; TO CREATE

A REORGANIZATION COURT, AND FOR

OTHER PURPOSES

PART 4

March 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 29 and 30, 1939

Printed for the use of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce

COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE

CLARENCE F. LEA, California, Chairman

ALFRED L. BULWINKLE, North Carolina CHARLES A. WOLVERTON, New Jersey

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CONTENTS

Statements of—

Ames, Harry C., Mississippi Valley Barge Line Co....

Ashburn, Gen. T. Q., The Inland Waterways Corporation..

Barrett, O. S., The Barrett Line, Inc.....

Bartley, Guy, The Inland Waterways Corporation..

Bayless, Herman A., Mississippi River System Carriers' Association..

Benton, John E., National Association of Railroad Presidents and

Utilities Commissioners_

Bell, Marcus L., Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway...

Bowen, Ivan, Motor Bus Operators-

Brenckman, Fred, National Grange..

Brent, Theodore, The Coast Transportation Co.....

Cady, Samuel H., Chicago & North Western Railway..

Childe, C. E., transportation counsel.....

Clay, Cassius M., Reconstruction Finance Corporation..

Clemens, Edward, Mississippi Valley Barge Line Co..

Craven, Frederick B., Colliery Owners' Association..

Craven, Leslie, Railroad Security Owners' Association...

Day, W. H., National Industrial Traffic League.....

Pagé

1178

1219

1063

1075

1092

1384

1636

1405

997

1333/6

1395

961, 1003

1761

1175

1189

1619

1443

Eastman, Hon. Joseph B., Interstate Commerce Commission...

Ewers, Ira L., American Merchant Marine Institute...

Feltus, H. A., Upper Mississippi Waterway Association...

Fletcher, R. V., Association of American Railroads...

Gorrell, Edgar S., Air Transport Association....

Hood, J. M., American Short Line Railroad Association..

Jenny, L. Alfred, Northern Railroad of New Jersey.

Johnson, Gilbert R., Lake Carriers Association..

1350

1319

1669

Jones, Hon. Jesse H., Reconstruction Finance Corporation..

Joyce, Patrick H., Chicago Great Western Railroad..

Kerr, Joseph G., Association of American Railroads..

Marsh, Benjamin C., The People's Lobby..

1761

1145

1499

1360

McGrath, Tom J., Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen..

Petersen, W. J., Pacific Coast Ship Owners' Association..

1205

Root, Elihu, Jr., Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Bonds Protective

Committee..

1614

Ross, John H., Inland Water Petroleum Carriers' Association...

1105

Walter, Luthur M., Chicago Great Western Railroad.....