PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE At the afternoon sessions of the annual meeting at Minneapolis on Thursday/Friday, May 20-21, 1968, our Association will conduct seminars to discuss various features of transport regulatory law. On Friday afternoon, for example, editors of the Journal will speak at four seminars and then lead discussions on recent developments in the regulation of transportation by the Commission. Each seminar will run concurrently from 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and will have two sessions during that period, the first session from 2:00 to 3:15 and the second from 3:15 to 4:30. The formal presentation at each session will be the same. In this way, every registrant at the annual meeting will have the opportunity to attend two seminars each day. The Friday afternoon seminars are arranged by mode as are the editorial columns in the Journal. They are as follows: SEMINAR 1. Railroad and DOT 2. Motor Carrier 3. Water Carrier Freight Forwarder Oil Pipeline 4. Practice and Procedure EDITOR John F. Donelan-William L. Slover Richard Riddick John D. Durand James M. Henderson-James F. Bromley The presentations at the several seminars will be coordinated by John Guandolo. Beginning with this issue, the Journal will have a new column covering the Department of Transportation. It will be edited by William L. Slover, of Washington, who will also participate in one of the Friday afternoon seminars at the annual meeting. Present plans also include seminars on practice and procedure such as cost testimony in ICC cases. This seminar will be conducted by Robert L. Banks and Edward R. Jelsma. These are historic days in transportation. Certainly the current period will be known as the age of railroad mergers. Rail unification cases cover all parts of the Nation. The past decade has seen the creation of several transcontinental motor common carrier systems. The Department of Transportation is just over a year old and will no doubt have an important influence on the future of transportation. These subjects will receive attention at our annual meeting. Indeed, transportation is receiving increasing attention in many quarters. Both President Johnson and President Kennedy sent Transportation Messages to Congress. The Doyle Report was widely read and acclaimed. Even on a journalistic level, transportation is drawing attention. Recently the New York Times carried a full page review of a book by Peter Lyon recounting vintage and recent railroad history. Its point of view is indicated by its title, "To Hell in a Day Coach," and its subtitle, "An exasperated Look at American Railroads." It is interesting that in the same Sunday issue of the Times, in a letter to the editor, a United States Senator commends a Times editorial commenting favorably on a recent railroad merger. These are historic days in transportation. President Elect Sigmon will soon be considering appointments to the Association's standing committees. We hope that our Chapters and Districts will make recommendations for appointments. In a recent talk to the Portland, Oregon, Chapter, I urged increased activity by our regional groups. Committee work is one of the most effective and valuable ways to improve the Association. Participate! SAMUEL P. DELISI, President. The Executive Committee, meeting on February 9, 1968, in the Association's offices in Washington, D. C., unanimously voted that the following resolution be entered upon the minutes of the Association: RESOLVED, that the Association of Interstate Commerce Commission Practitioners hereby records this tribute to the memory of Grant E. Syphers, late member of the Interstate Commerce Commission and a distinguished public servant. For many years a member of this Association, Commissioner Syphers not only served as District Vice President but also gave generously of his time and energy in the education of youth in transportation law and regulation. In his brief tenure as Commissioner, he demonstrated consummate skill, knowledge and dedication in the work of the Commission. For the Executive Committee, PROGRAM 39th ANNUAL MEETING The Radisson Hotel-Minneapolis June 19-21, 1968 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19 11:00 a.m.-Early Registration-Mezzanine 11:30 a.m.-President's Reception for Early Registrants-Marquette A 12:15 p.m.-Officers' Luncheon-Marquette B 1:30 p.m.-Seminar for National and Local Officers-Duluth A 6:30 p.m.-Open House-Gold Room THURSDAY, JUNE 20 8:30 a.m.-Registration-Mezzanine 9:30 a.m.-Business Meeting-Star of the North, Section I Speaker: Honorable Paul J. Tierney, Chairman, Interstate 12:00 noon-Cash Bar-Mezzanine 12:30 p.m.-Group Luncheon-Star of the North, Section I Speaker: Honorable Everett Hutchinson, Fulbright, Crooker, Freeman, Bates and Jaworski, Washington, D. C.-The Department of Transportation: The First Year 2:00 p.m.-Seminars: Practice and Procedure 1. Rate suspension matters such as the preparation of petitions Edward H. Cox, Director, Bureau of Traffic, Interstate John J. C. Martin, Attorney at Law and Assistant to 2. Aspects of motor carrier regulation-Marquette A and B Sheldon Silverman, Deputy Director, Office of Proceedings, Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, D. C. Bertram S. Silver, Silver, Rosen and Carr, San Francisco, California 3. Cost testimony in ICC cases-La Salle A Robert L. Banks, R. L. Banks and Associates, Inc., Edward R. Jelsma, E. R. Jelsma and Associates, Wash- 6:30 p.m.-Reception-Star of the North, Section III 7:30 p.m.-Dinner-Dance-Star of the North, Section I (Dress Op tional) FRIDAY, JUNE 21 9:30 a.m.-Business Meeting-Election of Officers and other new business-Star of the North, Section II Panel Discussion: The Washington Scene-What goes on and Honorable H. Neil Garson, Secretary, Nuel D. Belnap, Swidler and Belnap, Sam H. Flint, Vice President-Distribu- Harry J. Breithaupt, Jr., General Attorney, Association of American Railroads, Washington, D. C. 12:00 noon-Cash Bar-Star of the North, Section I 12:30 p.m.-Group Luncheon-Star of the North, Section I Speaker: Honorable Laurence K. Walrath, Member, Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, D. C. -Pandora's Boxes of Treasure Chests 2:00 p.m.-Seminars: Recent Developments in the Regulation of Transportation by the ICC 1. Railroads-Flame Room John F. Donelan, Donelan, Cleary and Caldwell, Wash- Donald C. McDevitt, Commerce Counsel, Rock Island 2. Motor Carriers and DOT-Vikings' Clubs Richard A. Mehley, American Trucking Associations, William L. Slover, Attorney at Law, Washington, D. C. |