National Transportation Policy. Preliminary Draft1961 - 732 pages |
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... authority of Senate Resolutions 29 , 151 , and 244 , of the 86th Congress . It is in draft form so that the Advisory Council , which represents all forms of transportation , may comment on it before it is considered by the Committee on ...
... authority of Senate Resolutions 29 , 151 , and 244 , of the 86th Congress . It is in draft form so that the Advisory Council , which represents all forms of transportation , may comment on it before it is considered by the Committee on ...
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... authority under section 404 ( a ) and due process_ ( b ) Variable circumstances controlling rather than pre- determined policy ( c ) Adequate service through regulation or competition__ Chapter 13. The national rail freight car problem ...
... authority under section 404 ( a ) and due process_ ( b ) Variable circumstances controlling rather than pre- determined policy ( c ) Adequate service through regulation or competition__ Chapter 13. The national rail freight car problem ...
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... authority to review decisions on transporta- tion matters . Initial appointees would be assigned from other circuit Also , the Federal Transportation Commission should be named titular defendant , or have the right to intervene , in ...
... authority to review decisions on transporta- tion matters . Initial appointees would be assigned from other circuit Also , the Federal Transportation Commission should be named titular defendant , or have the right to intervene , in ...
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... authority should be given the regulatory agency to carry out these objectives with minimum adverse impact on all concerned . CHAPTER 3. PRIVATE CARRIAGE OF FREIGHT This chapter analyzes the reasons for private carriage which are : ( 1 ) ...
... authority should be given the regulatory agency to carry out these objectives with minimum adverse impact on all concerned . CHAPTER 3. PRIVATE CARRIAGE OF FREIGHT This chapter analyzes the reasons for private carriage which are : ( 1 ) ...
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... authority in a regulatory agency is fraught with the danger of constant and imprudent interference by the Gov- ernment in essentially managerial functions which have been tradi- tionally lodged in the management of companies dealing in ...
... authority in a regulatory agency is fraught with the danger of constant and imprudent interference by the Gov- ernment in essentially managerial functions which have been tradi- tionally lodged in the management of companies dealing in ...
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Page 142 - Act to charge or receive any greater compensation in the aggregate for the transportation of passengers, or of like kind of property, under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line or route in the same direction, the shorter being included within the longer distance...
Page 101 - Administrator has certified in writing (and filed copies thereof with the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs...
Page 27 - I know also, that laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths disclosed, and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times.
Page 118 - When used in this section the term "rates" means rates, fares, and charges, and all classifications, regulations, and practices relating thereto. (2) In the exercise of its power to prescribe just and reasonable rates the Commission shall give due consideration, among other factors, to the effect of rates on the movement of traffic by the carrier or carriers for which the rates are prescribed...
Page 193 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory, as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other states that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Page 497 - As some indication of the volume of unregulated traffic, according to a study made by the Bureau of Transport Economics and Statistics of the Interstate Commerce Commission...
Page 387 - ... the need, in the public interest, of adequate and efficient transportation service by such carriers at the lowest cost consistent with the furnishing of such service; and to the need of revenues sufficient to enable such carriers, under honest, economical, and efficient management, to provide such service.
Page 147 - ... to encourage the establishment and maintenance of reasonable charges for transportation services, without unjust discriminations, undue preferences or advantages, or unfair or destructive competitive practices...
Page 118 - In a proceeding involving competition between carriers of different modes of transportation subject to this act, the Commission, in determining whether a rate is lower than a reasonable minimum rate, shall consider the facts and circumstances attending the movement of the traffic by the carrier or carriers to which the rate is applicable.
Page 233 - An Act to supplement existing laws against unlawful restraints and monopolies, and for other purposes," approved October 15, 1914, and of all other restraints or prohibitions by law, State or Federal, in so far as may be necessary to enable them to do anything authorized or required by any order made under and pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this section.