CONTENTS Statement of Aitchison, Clyde B., on behalf of American Trucking Associations, Page Inc --- 602, 715 Arnold, Grant, member, transportation and communication committee, Brown, Renee, appearing for Lewis C. Brown Co., Houston, Tex___ 951 1108 Condon, Arthur D., on behalf of Independent Advisory Committee to Culpepper, C. B., secretary and general manager, Atlanta Freight Derenthal, E. J., corporate traffic manager, R. H. Macy & Co., New Dorr, L. J., executive secretary, National Industrial Traffic League__. Estes, F. F., director, transportation department, National Coal Fender, Joe G., representing Houston Merchant Shippers Association Flannery, R. J., representing St. Louis Shippers Association, Inc__. Gubser, Hon. Charles S., a Representative in Congress from the State Herberger, Joe, traffic manager, Foley's Dry Goods Co., Houston, Tex. Leighty, G. E., president, Order of Railway Telegraphers, and chair- 1200 1264 1229 1035 768 1008 865 1097 1269 595 716 803 1081 883 1134 825 759 Locke, Bryan D., representing Monnig Dry Goods Co. and Dal-Worth 1111 Pinkney, James F., general counsel, American Trucking Associations, 1061 Maddox, William M., executive secretary, Property Owners Committee_ Milligan, Archer G., president, Chicago Shippers Association, Inc 1056 Morrow, Giles, president and general counsel, Freight Forwarders Institute Norton, Ralf S., member of local 557, Baltimore, Md.... 1149, 1186 Ott, William H., chairman, legislative committee, National Industrial 1268 928 600, 764, 828 Preston, Thomas L., general solicitor, Association of American Railroads. 765 Putnam, Norcross W., executive secretary, Chicago Shippers Association, Inc____. 1056 Rowan, James F., general manager, Movers Conference of America__897, 912 1053 990 Statement of-Continued Page Seals, Durward, traffic manager, United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable 1117 Smith, Robert H., representing National Retail Dry Goods Association_ 1003 1038 Thompson, Chester C., president, American Waterways Operators.. 966 1225 Turney, John R., on behalf of American Trucking Associations, Inc-- 602, 709 Utley, W. C. T., traffic manager, Sid Richardson Gasoline Co. and Sid Richardson Carbon Co., Fort Worth, Tex---- Webber, Richard, chairman, transportation committee, American Re- Wildman, W. Y., commerce attorney and transportation consultant, Additional information submitted for the record by 819 1085 966, 975 American Association of Small Business, Inc., statement of J. D. Henderson, national managing director_-_ American Gas & Electric Service Corp., letter from H. A. Kammer, executive vice president__. American Retail Federation: 799 1130 Comparison of cars of merchandise less-than-carload lot loaded 1094 1095 Power units operated in intercity service by groups of carriers as 837 Statement of Freund, F. G., director, traffic department---- 814 810 Association of American Railroads: Supplementary statement of 742 Atlanta Freight Bureau, continuing champion of southeastern progress_ 1241 Boggs, Hon. Hale, letter from__. 799 Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, statement of W. P. Kennedy, president 762 Burlington Shippers' Association, statement of F. L. Partridge, executive secretary-director of traffic__. 770 California Farm Research and Legislative Committee, statement of___ Dairyland Power Cooperative, statement of John P. Madgett, general manager_. 826 Fargo (N. Dak.) Chamber of Commerce, statement of J. I. Finsness, commerce counsel___ 998 Proposed changes in section 409_. 1157 Questions considered by Interstate Commerce Commission in 1161 1195 Summary of additional operating rights by States, table__. Ingram Barge Co., statement of R. E. Bridges, vice president___ Kansas City (Mo.) Board of Trade, statement of Walter R. Scott, Locke, Bryan D.: Statement of carload rates, 30,000 minimum, Letter from C. A. Mitchell, commissioner. Metcalf, Hon. Lee, letter from, transmitting membership bulletin of Montana Citizens Freight Rate Association, May 1956---. Mississippi Valley Association, statement of Marvin B. Marsh, presi- 857 1129 1038 1116 1262 1243 769 National Association of Mutual Savings Banks, letter from Harry E. Proctor, transmitting statement of R. Stuart Rauch, Jr., president, 1126 National Committee of Shippers and Receivers: Summary of hear- 1029 National Industrial Traffic League: Letter from William H. Ott, chairman, legislative committee_-_- Proposed amendments to H. R. 6141_ Statement of William H. Ott, Jr., chairman, legislative committee, before Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce__ New York Life Insurance Co., statement of H. Everett Woodruff, vice North Atlantic Ports Conference, letter from A. C. Welsh, chairman pro tempore, law and legislative committee__. North Dakota Public Service Commission, letter from John M. Agrey, 1125 788 Ohio Valley Electric Corp., letter from Hal Kammer, vice president__ 1132 761 Pennsylvania Railroad: Comparative tonnages of merchandise freight, 1202 Phoenix (Ariz.) Chamber of Commerce, letter from Lewis E. Haas, 742 Union Electric Co., statement of Dudley Sanford, executive vice presi- 786 United States Wholesale Grocers' Association, Inc., letter from R. H. Additional information submitted for the record by-Continued Recapitulation of protests filed by Middle West common carrier Page 990 979 984 TRANSPORTATION POLICY WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1956 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, The subcommittee met, pursuant to adjournment, at 2 p. m., in room 1334, New House Office Building, Hon. Oren Harris (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Mr. HARRIS. The committee will be in order. Before we start with the truckers associations in the hearings this afternoon, we have Mr. John F. Floberg, who would like to take just a moment to introduce a statement by Mr. Walter R. Scott. STATEMENT OF JOHN F. FLOBERG, ESQ., WASHINGTON, D. C., APPEARING IN BEHALF OF WALTER R. SCOTT, VICE PRESIDENT, THE BOARD OF TRADE OF KANSAS CITY, MO. Mr. FLOBERG. Mr. Chairman, and members of the committee, my name is John F. Floberg, a partner in the firm of Kirkland, Fleming, Green, Martin & Ellis. We are counsel for the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago. On behalf of the grain exchanges of the United States, including the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Chicago, Ill., the Corn Exchange of Buffalo, N. Y., the Duluth Board of Trade, Duluth, Minn., the Fort Worth Grain and Cotton Exchange, Fort Worth, Tex., the Milwaukee Grain Exchange, Milwaukee, Wis., the Minneapolis Grain Exchange, Minneapolis, Minn., the Minneapolis Traffic Association, Minneapolis, Minn., the Omaha Grain Exchange, Omaha, Nebr., the Peoria Board of Trade, Peoria, Ill., the St. Joseph Grain Exchange, St. Joseph, Mo., and the Salina Board of Trade, Salina, Kans., I would like to submit for the record, with your permission, Mr. Chairman, the statement of Walter R. Scott in support of H. R. 525, a bill now before your committee in connection with this general subject. Mr. HARRIS. We will be very glad to have Mr. Scott's statement. I believe that refers to section 22. Mr. FLOBERG. Yes, sir. It is the bill to repeal section 22 of the Interstate Commerce Act. Mr. HARRIS. Is that the Hinshaw bill? Mr. FLOBERG. Yes, sir. He is the sponsor of that bill. Mr. HARRIS. The associations that you represent, I believe, are in support of this bill which repeals section 22? |