Retirement System for Employees of Carriers: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Interstate Commerce, United States Senate, Seventy-fourth Congress, First Session, on S. 3151, a Bill to Establish a Retirement System for Employees of Carriers Subject to the Interstate Commerce Act, July 11, 15, and 22, 1935 |
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... estimates , of arguments as to cost , and of statements as to the financial condition of the carriers affected by ... estimated statistics , which in the very nature of things may or may not be accurate . Some railroad executives are ...
... estimates , of arguments as to cost , and of statements as to the financial condition of the carriers affected by ... estimated statistics , which in the very nature of things may or may not be accurate . Some railroad executives are ...
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... estimate . As I understand , it is impossible to tell how much it is actually going to cost . Senator BROWN . Is that an amount that is progressive ? That is to say , in the succeeding years will it become more ? I Mr. KRAUTHOFF . I ...
... estimate . As I understand , it is impossible to tell how much it is actually going to cost . Senator BROWN . Is that an amount that is progressive ? That is to say , in the succeeding years will it become more ? I Mr. KRAUTHOFF . I ...
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... estimate , and I think if you will bear with me a moment you will agree with me that we are proceed- ing by faith and not by sight . Senator BROWN . Are you going to have somebody testify with relation to that phase of it ? When we get ...
... estimate , and I think if you will bear with me a moment you will agree with me that we are proceed- ing by faith and not by sight . Senator BROWN . Are you going to have somebody testify with relation to that phase of it ? When we get ...
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... estimate at this time of how many employees that would add to the list of those who would be entitled to annuities . So we start with the same carriers we had before , except with the addition of private car lines and freight forwarders ...
... estimate at this time of how many employees that would add to the list of those who would be entitled to annuities . So we start with the same carriers we had before , except with the addition of private car lines and freight forwarders ...
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... estimate been made as to how much the annuities that may be paid out under this bill would amount to ? Mr. EDDY . I think there has been an estimate made , but I have not got it with me this morning . Mr. KRAUTHOFF . You do not have it ...
... estimate been made as to how much the annuities that may be paid out under this bill would amount to ? Mr. EDDY . I think there has been an estimate made , but I have not got it with me this morning . Mr. KRAUTHOFF . You do not have it ...
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Page 20 - The party who invokes the power must be able to show not only that the statute is invalid but that he has sustained or is immediately in danger of sustaining some direct injury as the result of its enforcement, and not merely that he suffers in some indefinite way in common with people generally.
Page 142 - We are in danger of forgetting that a strong public desire to improve the public condition is not enough to warrant achieving the desire by a shorter cut than the constitutional way of paying for the change.
Page 117 - ... prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term; and (2) the terms of office of the members first taking office after the date of enactment of this Act...
Page 33 - employee" as used herein includes every person in the service of a carrier (subject to its continuing authority to supervise and direct the manner of rendition of his service...
Page 47 - employer" shall not include any street, interurban, or suburban electric railway, unless such railway is operating as a part of a general steam-railroad system of transportation, but shall not exclude any part of the general steam-railroad system of transportation now or hereafter operated by any other motive power. The...
Page 135 - In our view the necessary effect of this act is, by means of a prohibition against the movement in interstate commerce of ordinary commercial commodities, to regulate the hours of labor of children in factories and mines within the states, a purely state authority. Thus the act in a twofold sense is repugnant to the Constitution. It not only transcends the authority delegated to Congress over commerce, but also exerts a power as to a purely local matter to which the federal authority does not extend.
Page 3 - Government and composed of three members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Each member shall hold office for a term of five years, except that any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of the term and...
Page 16 - Notwithstanding any other law of the United States, or of any State, Territory, or of the District of Columbia, no annuity or pension payment shall be assignable or be subject to any tax or to garnishment, attachment, or other legal process under any circumstances whatsoever, nor shall the payment thereof be anticipated.
Page 28 - So long as the motive of Congress and the effect of its legislative action are to secure revenue for the benefit of the general government, the existence of other motives in the selection of the subjects of taxes cannot invalidate Congressional action.
Page 1 - carrier" includes any express company, sleeping-car company, carrier by railroad, subject to the Interstate Commerce Act, and any company which is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by or under common control with any carrier by railroad and which operates any equipment or facilities or performs any service (other than trucking service) in connection with the transportation, receipt, delivery, elevation, transfer in transit, refrigeration or icing, storage, and handling of property transported...