Ratemaking Rule--ICC Act: Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, United States Senate, Eighty-fifth Congress, Second Session, on S. 3778, to Amend the Interstate Commerce Act, as Amended, So as to Strengthen and Improve the National Transportation System, and for Other Purposes, May 20 and 21, 1958 |
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61 McDonald , Angus , coordinator , division of legislative services , National
Farmers Union , 1404 New York Avenue NW . , Washington , D. C .--59 O'Reilly ,
Harry E. , executive secretary - treasurer , maritime trades department , AFL - CIO
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61 McDonald , Angus , coordinator , division of legislative services , National
Farmers Union , 1404 New York Avenue NW . , Washington , D. C .--59 O'Reilly ,
Harry E. , executive secretary - treasurer , maritime trades department , AFL - CIO
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Legislation to accomplish this had failed in the House and passed in the Senate ,
and vice versa , but nothing finally had been accomplished . By 1935 some of the
motor carriers had changed their minds and wanted regulation . But they still ...
Legislation to accomplish this had failed in the House and passed in the Senate ,
and vice versa , but nothing finally had been accomplished . By 1935 some of the
motor carriers had changed their minds and wanted regulation . But they still ...
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Let me say this : When this legislation was pending in Congress there were some
things which the railroads didn't agree with . There were some things that the
railroad brotherhoods didn't agree with . And sometimes the railroads threatened
...
Let me say this : When this legislation was pending in Congress there were some
things which the railroads didn't agree with . There were some things that the
railroad brotherhoods didn't agree with . And sometimes the railroads threatened
...
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When on another occasion , Admiral Land came out against the legislation , the
Secretary of Agriculture came out against it , and the Secretary of War did
likewise . I called up the President and said to him , " Have you lost interest in this
bill ?
When on another occasion , Admiral Land came out against the legislation , the
Secretary of Agriculture came out against it , and the Secretary of War did
likewise . I called up the President and said to him , " Have you lost interest in this
bill ?
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Now , in the light of the efforts of the committee and those of us who were
managers of the legislation to make abundantly clear that in fixing the rates , the
inherent advantages of each mode of transportation was to be recognized and ...
Now , in the light of the efforts of the committee and those of us who were
managers of the legislation to make abundantly clear that in fixing the rates , the
inherent advantages of each mode of transportation was to be recognized and ...
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Page 199 - The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to purchase any notes and other obligations issued hereunder and for that purpose he is authorized to use as a public debt transaction the proceeds from the sale of any securities issued under the Second Liberty Bond Act...
Page 47 - 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. Rates of a carrier shall not be held up to a particular level to protect the traffic of any other mode of transportation, giving due consideration to the objectives...
Page 199 - ... as a public debt transaction the proceeds from the sale of any securities issued under the Second Liberty Bond Act, as amended, and the purposes for which securities may be issued under such Act, as amended, are extended to include any purchases of such notes and obligations.
Page 7 - Act, so administered as to recognize and preserve the inherent advantages of each; to promote safe, adequate, economical, and efficient service and foster sound economic conditions in transportation and among the several carriers...
Page 165 - ... 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 1 - ... (4) Whenever in any such investigation the commission, after full hearing, finds that any such rate, fare, charge, classification, regulation, or practice causes any undue or unreasonable advantage, preference, or prejudice as between persons or localities In Intrastate commerce on the one hand and interstate or foreign commerce...
Page 197 - For purposes of subsection (b) , the term "regulated public utility" also includes a common parent corporation which is a common carrier by railroad subject to part I of the Interstate Commerce Act...
Page 2 - ... the Commission pursuant to this paragraph, the laws or constitution of any state, or the decision or order of, or the pendency of any proceeding before, any court or state authority to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 44 - As Congress enacted separately stated rate-making rules for each transport agency, it obviously intended that the rates of each such agency should be determined by us in each case according to the facts and circumstances attending the movement of the traffic by that ngoney.
Page 94 - Differences in the classifications, rates, fares, charges, rules, regulations, and practices of a water carrier in respect of water transportation from those in effect by a rail carrier with respect to rail transportation shall not be deemed to constitute unjust discrimination, prejudice, or disadvantage, or an unfair or destructive competitive practice, within the meaning of any provision of this Act.
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| Title | Ratemaking Rule--ICC Act: Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, United States Senate, Eighty-fifth Congress, Second Session, on S. 3778, to Amend the Interstate Commerce Act, as Amended, So as to Strengthen and Improve the National Transportation System, and for Other ... |
| Authors | United States. U.S.Congress. Senate. Interstate & Foreign Commerce Committee, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1958 |
| Length | 204 pages |
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