Transportation Policy: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Eighty-fourth Congress, Second Session, on H. R. 6141 [and Others], Part 1 |
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Studies by the Interstate Commerce Commission indicate that at the present time the general level of cost of Government shipping is higher than that of normal shippers . This , we understand , is due to the frequent necessity of the ...
Studies by the Interstate Commerce Commission indicate that at the present time the general level of cost of Government shipping is higher than that of normal shippers . This , we understand , is due to the frequent necessity of the ...
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The Committee examined present - day requirements in transportation and changes needed in the Interstate Commerce Act to permit the industry to function and develop more soundly in accord with today's dynamic economy .
The Committee examined present - day requirements in transportation and changes needed in the Interstate Commerce Act to permit the industry to function and develop more soundly in accord with today's dynamic economy .
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Rather the correlative revisions in Federal transportation policy constitute a modest and well - balanced program within the framework of the present organization and jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission .
Rather the correlative revisions in Federal transportation policy constitute a modest and well - balanced program within the framework of the present organization and jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission .
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In any event , the carriers have encountered great difficulty in increasing rates where the present rates are not compensatory on certain types of traffic , not because the Commission has prescribed rates which are not compensatory ...
In any event , the carriers have encountered great difficulty in increasing rates where the present rates are not compensatory on certain types of traffic , not because the Commission has prescribed rates which are not compensatory ...
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Otherwise , however , it would be required under the act to apply all of the present standards in testing the rates to determine their lawfulness as a reasonable minimum rates for the carrier or carriers naming the rates .
Otherwise , however , it would be required under the act to apply all of the present standards in testing the rates to determine their lawfulness as a reasonable minimum rates for the carrier or carriers naming the rates .
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| Title | Transportation Policy: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Eighty-fourth Congress, Second Session, on H. R. 6141 [and Others], Part 1 Transportation Policy: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Eighty-fourth Congress, Second Session, on H. R. 6141 [and Others], United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce |
| Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1956 |
| Original from | The Ohio State University (MORITZ LAW LIBRARY) |
| Digitized | 27 Jan 2017 |
| Length | 1860 pages |
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