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... joint and special committees of the Congress which have inquired into re- lated areas of transportation policy . Points out that limited scope of committee jurisdiction has led to fragmentation of policy problems 10 NATIONAL ...
... joint and special committees of the Congress which have inquired into re- lated areas of transportation policy . Points out that limited scope of committee jurisdiction has led to fragmentation of policy problems 10 NATIONAL ...
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... Joint Committee on Transportation should be created to under- take continuous studies of transportation policy , problems , and issues , and to submit recommendations thereon to appropriate standing com- mittees . Professional staff of ...
... Joint Committee on Transportation should be created to under- take continuous studies of transportation policy , problems , and issues , and to submit recommendations thereon to appropriate standing com- mittees . Professional staff of ...
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... joint rates should be reasonably related to the fully distributed or long - run marginal costs of all carriers providing the service , and rate policy should encourage service over routes which will minimize the total cost of providing ...
... joint rates should be reasonably related to the fully distributed or long - run marginal costs of all carriers providing the service , and rate policy should encourage service over routes which will minimize the total cost of providing ...
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... joint rates , fares and charges between air carriers under CAB regulation and other common carriers under ICC regulation . The recent proposals for a joint board between the CAB , FMB and ICC to consider through routes and joint rates ...
... joint rates , fares and charges between air carriers under CAB regulation and other common carriers under ICC regulation . The recent proposals for a joint board between the CAB , FMB and ICC to consider through routes and joint rates ...
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... joint ) have become concerned with transportation incidental to related areas of responsibility . The study was not intended to cover all possibilities of interest in transportation on the part of each committee . Nor was it intended to ...
... joint ) have become concerned with transportation incidental to related areas of responsibility . The study was not intended to cover all possibilities of interest in transportation on the part of each committee . Nor was it intended to ...
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Page 150 - 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 107 - Administrator has certified in writing (and filed copies thereof with the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs...
Page 31 - 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 126 - 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 201 - 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 397 - 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; to the need, in the public interest, of adequate and efficient railway transportation service at the lowest cost consistent with the furnishing of such service, and to the need of revenues sufficient to enable the carriers, under honest, economical, and efficient management to provide such service.
Page 125 - ... developing, coordinating, and preserving a national transportation system by water, highway, and rail, as well as other means, adequate to meet the needs of the commerce of the United States, of the Postal Service, and of the national defense. All of the provisions of this Act shall be administered and enforced with a view to carrying out the above declaration of policy.
Page 397 - ... 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 154 - ... 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 126 - 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.