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10 per cent railroad rate increase benefits motor carriers--ICC Commissioner Eastman. Washington, D.C., April 13. ICC Commissioner Joseph B. Eastman today told a Senate Interstate Commerce Subcommittee that he believed the 10 per cent rate increase granted the railroads last summer has been "Of more benefit to the motor carriers than to the railroads." Advocating a balanced system of transportation charges between rail, motor and water carriers, Eastman said that contrary to popular belief, rate wars between the three do not benefit the public, 4-13-39

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Rail Co.-trustee protests Amlie nomination. Washington, D.C., Feb. 7. Luther M. Walter, Co-Trustee of the Chicago Great Western Railroad, appearing as a private lawyer against the nomination of Thomas R. Amlie to membership in the ICC by the President. He read excerpts from Amlie's book, 'the Forgotten Man' to the committee and claimed that the proposals set forth in the book 'strike at the very heart of the Constitution,' 2-7-39

Rail Co.-trustee protests Amlie nomination. Washington, D.C., Feb. 7. ...

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Former Van Swerigen counsel appears before senate railroad financing committee. Washington, D.C., Oct. 20. John P. Murphy, General Counsel for the Van Swerigan Brothers during the years in which they expanded modest real estate holdings into a vast railroad empire, was the first witness today as the senate railroad financing committee resumed hearings. Murphy denied the committee's accusation that acquisition of the Missouri Pacific railroad by the Van Swerigans in 1929 was counter to ICC policy.

Former Van Swerigen counsel appears before senate railroad financing c...

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Government ownership of railroads predicted by former ICC commissioner. Washington, D.C., Dec. 9. Unless the railroads show greater cooperation in the future, Government ownership is inevitable, Mark W. Potter, former ICC Commissioner, told the Senate Rail Inquiry Committee today. Potter is the former Receiver and Director of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad. 12/9/37

Government ownership of railroads predicted by former ICC commissioner...

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Senate Interstate Commerce Committee opens hearings today on transportation. Washington, D.C., April 3. The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee got off today for a series of hearings on public transportation problems, but the news value was considerably overshadowed by the appearance of Robert Montgomery in another committee at the same time. Carl R. Gray, Chairman of the president's committee of six on railroads, told the Committee that his group felt that an independent transportation board is needed to regulate all transportation, the board to be outside of the ICC jurisdiction. Gray urged that the federal board which he proposed handle water carriers as part of its duties. 4-3- 39

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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

Young Ford blames ICC. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. ICC order that all ra...

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ICC Commissioner opposes repeal of long and short haul rail freight rates. Washington D.C. Appearing before the House Interstate Committee today, Joseph B. Eastman, Railroad Coordinator and Member of the Interstate Commerce Commission, testified that the ICC opposed repeal of long and short haul rail freight rates, as proposed in a bill under consideration. Commissioner Eastman is shown with Rep. Clarence F. Lea, (right) Chairman of the Committee

ICC Commissioner opposes repeal of long and short haul rail freight ra...

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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

Pennsy VP before Senate Rail Inquiry. Washington, D.C., Dec. 21. After...

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Frank E. Taplin, President of Pittsburgh and West Virginia RR at ICC hearing

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Senate Committee questions Pennsy head. Washington, D.C., Dec. 15. Martin W. Clement, President of the Pennsylvania Railroad, today told the Senate Rail Inquiry that there had never been any objection from the Interstate Commerce Commission to salaries paid Directors of the road. At the same time, Clement admitted that his own salary had been increased from $60,000 to $100,000 on January 1, 1937. After hearing+F14 Clement, Chairman Wheeler criticized the ICC for their lack of supervision of the railroads and placed the blame for the current rail troubles at their door, 12/15/37

Senate Committee questions Pennsy head. Washington, D.C., Dec. 15. Mar...

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Senate Committee hears Van Swerigan official. Washington, D.C., May 11. known for many years as the closest business associate of the late Van Swerigan brothers, Herbert Fitzpatrick, Vice President and General council for two major units in vast Van Swerigan rail empire, was quizzed today by the Senate Committee investigating railroad financing. Chairman Wheeler charged that the late O.P. Van Swerigan acted "directly in defiance" of ICC orders by having the Van Swerigan-controlled Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad purchase in 1930 an option for stock of the Chicago and Illinois Railroad. Fitzpatrick answered by declaring the C&O voted to buy the option because "it was their judgement the O.&E. I[?] should properly be grouped with the C&O" roger brennan, counsel for Fitzpatrick, is shown on left, 5/11/1937

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ICC nominee Amlie denies extremist leanings. Washington, D.C., Feb. 6. Former Rep. Thomas R. Amlie, appearing before a Senate Committee investigation his fitness for the office of membership in the ICC upon the Presidents nomination, denied his belief in any dictatorship, 'whether it leans to the right or left'. Regarding communism, 'I have strongly opposed communist aims and program,' 2-6-39

ICC nominee Amlie denies extremist leanings. Washington, D.C., Feb. 6....

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Railroad parley at White House. Washington, D.C., March 15. Representatives of Railroad Management, Labor and Government officials and Congress met with President Roosevelt today in efforts to find a remedy to aid the Nation's financially distressed railroads. In the front row, left to right: ICC Commissioner Joseph D. Eastman; ICC Commissioner Charles D. Maraffie; Carl Gray, President of Union Pacific R.R.; Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau; George Harrison; William O. Douglas, Chairman of the SEC. In the rear, left to right: Ernest G. Draper, Asst. Sec. of Commerce; Dr. W.W. Alexander, FSA; Rep. Clarence F. Lea; Sen. Burton K. Wheeler; and Sen. Harry Truman, 3/15/38

Railroad parley at White House. Washington, D.C., March 15. Representa...

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ICC nominee Amlie denies extremist leanings. Washington, D.C., Feb. 6. Former Rep. Thomas R. Amlie, appearing before a Senate Committee investigation his fitness for the office of membership in the ICC upon the Presidents nomination, denied his belief in any dictatorship, 'whether it leans to the right or left'. Regarding communism, 'I have strongly opposed communist aims and program,' 2-6-39

ICC nominee Amlie denies extremist leanings. Washington, D.C., Feb. 6....

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"Comrade Amlie" question refuted by ICC nominee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 8. Thomas R. Amlie, Presidential appointee to the ICC, told the Senate Committee investigating his qualifications that his introduction as 'Comrade Amlie' at a mass meeting in Chicago in 1934 was unimportant. He pointed out that fraternal and veterans organizations frequently introduce speakers favorable to their programs as 'comrade'. Left to right: Thomas Amlie and Senator Warren R. Austin of Vermont who raised the question, 2-8- 39

"Comrade Amlie" question refuted by ICC nominee. Washington, D.C., Feb...

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Amlie with committeemen investigating him. Washington, D.C., Feb. 6. With apparently no resentment toward committee members who are questioning his fitness for membership in the ICC, former Rep. Thomas R. Amlie posed with them. Left to right: Senator Edwin C. Johnson, Chairman, Amlie, Senator Clyde M. Reed in back, and Senator H.H. Schwartz, 2-6-39

Amlie with committeemen investigating him. Washington, D.C., Feb. 6. W...

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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

Edsal [i.e. Edsel] Ford questioned at senate rail inquiry. Washington,...

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Park M. Smith, John L. Rogers, Chief, W.Y. Blanning of Motor Carriers Bureau of ICC

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Extension of ICC power is urged by rail labor. Washington, D.C., Jan. 12. Railroad labor recommended today that regulatory power of the Interstate Commerce Commission be extended to domestic water and air transportation and that railroad freight and passenger rates be increased, contingent on earmarking of added revenue for equipment and labor expenditures. The recommendations were part of a five point program submitted to the unemployment committee of the Senate by A.F. Whitney, President of Railroad Trainmen, right, and [...]J. Pelley, President of the American Association of Railroads, left. In the center is Senator James F. Byrnes, Chairman of the Committee, 1/12/38

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ICC Commissioner optimistic on rail outlook. Washington, D.C., Jan. 24. First witness before the House Interstate Commerce Committee as it began hearings today on proposed legislation to aid the ailing railroad industry, Walter M.W. Splawn, member of the Interstate Commerce Commission, expressed the belief that business recovery since last may 'offers hope' for considerable lightening of rail difficulties, 1/24/39

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