Services of Freight Forwarders: Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate Commerce, United States Senate, Seventy-ninth Congress, Second Session, on H. R. 2764, a Bill to Amend Section 409 of the Interstate Commerce Act, with Respect to the Utilization by Freight Forwarders of the Services of Common Carriers by Motor Vehicle. February 8, 9, 11, and 12, 1946Considers legislation to revise ICC regulations on freight forwarders use of truck services. |
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Page 145 - 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 210 - ... 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 146 - ... 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 203 - Without objection, they will be made a part of the record. (The letters referred to are as follows :) DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE, HEADQUARTERS OF THE US AIR FORCE, Washington, September 22, 1948. Mr. RAYNORDEN, President, Seaboard <t Western Airlines, /no., .Yeic York, AM".
Page 248 - ... applicable to freight forwarders and others who employ or utilize the instrumentalities or services of such common carriers under like conditions, which differ from other rates or charges, classifications, rules, or regulations which contemporaneously apply with respect to the employment or utilization of the same instrumentalities or services, if such difference is justified by a difference in the respective conditions under which such instrumentalities or services are employed or utilized....
Page 203 - UNITED STATES SENATE, COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE COMMERCE, . Washington, DC The committee met, pursuant to adjournment on yesterday, at 10 am, in room 414, Senate Office Building, Senator Burton K.
Page 246 - ... assumes responsibility for the transportation of such property from point of receipt to point of destination, and (C) utilizes, for the whole or any part of the transportation of such shipments, the services of a carrier or carriers subject to part I, II, or iii of this Act.
Page 222 - The provisions of this part shall not be construed to apply (1) to the operations of a shipper, or a group or association of shippers, in consolidating or distributing freight for themselves or for the members thereof, on a nonprofit basis, for the purpose of securing the benefits of carload, truckload, or other volume rates, or (2) to the operations of a warehouseman or other shippers...
Page 30 - It is hereby declared to be the national transportation policy of the Congress to provide for fair and impartial regulation of all modes of transportation ... to promote safe, adequate, economical, and efficient service and foster sound economic conditions in transportation and among the several carriers; to encourage the establishment and maintenance of reasonable charges . . . without unjust discriminations, undue preferences or ad7.
Page 222 - ... agent, in consolidating or distributing pool cars, whose services and responsibilities to shippers in connection with such operations are confined to the terminal area in which such operations are performed.