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![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")
![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")
Young Ford blames ICC. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. ICC order that all railroads use heavy equipment caused the Fords to sell the Detroit, Toledo, and Ironton Road in 1929, Edsel Ford, (right) President of the Ford Motor Co., told Chairman Burton K. Wheeler of the Senate rail inquiry today
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Two men sitting at a table with papers, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection
Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection.
Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955.
General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec
Temp. note: Batch six.
The Harris & Ewing, Inc. Collection of photographic negatives includes glass and film negatives taken by Harris & Ewing, Inc., which provide excellent coverage of Washington people, events, and architecture, during the period 1905-1945. Harris & Ewing, Inc., gave its collection of negatives to the Library in 1955. The Library retained about 50,000 news photographs and 20,000 studio portraits of notable people. Approximately 28,000 negatives have been processed and are available online. (About 42,000 negatives still need to be indexed.)
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