Nominations, June - October, Hearings Before..., 93-2, June 7, 25, 26, July 11, 18, Aug. 1, Sept. 25, and Oct. 10, 19741974 - 211 pages |
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Page 99 - That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act to charge or receive any greater compensation in the aggregate for the transportation of passengers, or of like kind of property, for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line or route in the same direction...
Page 123 - In our prior report we referred to the interim decision of the Interstate Commerce Commission in Ex Parte No. 241 : Investigation of Adequacy of Railroad Freight Car Ownership, Car Utilization, Distribution, Rules, and Practices.
Page 111 - Congress to provide for fair and impartial regulation of all modes of transportation subject to the provisions of this 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 152 - ... to provide general leadership in the identification and solution of transportation problems ; and to develop and recommend to the President and the Congress for approval national transportation policies and programs to accomplish these objectives with full and appropriate consideration of the needs of the public, users, carriers, industry, labor, and the national defense.
Page 135 - That section six of said Act to regulate commerce, as heretofore amended, is hereby amended by adding a new paragraph at the end thereof, as follows...
Page 111 - Provided: That if a carrier by railroad subject to this part, or any person which is controlled by such a carrier, or affiliated therewith within the meaning of paragraph (6) , is an applicant in the case of any such proposed transaction involving a motor carrier, the Commission shall not enter such an order unless it finds that the transaction proposed will be consistent with the public interest and will enable such...
Page 111 - Commission shall not enter such an order unless it finds that the transaction proposed will be consistent with the public interest and will enable such carrier to use service by motor vehicle to public advantage in its operations and will not unduly restrain competition.
Page 158 - I would be less than frank if I did not tell you that we still have important deficiencies in our defense program.
Page 136 - Commission shall prescribe governing the filing and approval of surety bonds, policies of Insurance, qualifications as a selfinsurer or other securities or agreements, in such...
Page 98 - 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 th'e need, in the public interest, of adequate and efficient railway transportation service at the lowest cost consistent with the furnishing of suci service ; and to the need of revenues sufficient to enable the carriers, under honest, economical, and efficient management to provide such service.