Amendment to Interstate Commerce Act (trip Leasing): Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, United States Senate, Eighty-third Congress, First Session, on H. R. 3203, a Bill to Amend the Interstate Commerce Act with Respect to the Authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission to Regulate the Use by Motor Carriers (under Leases, Contracts, Or Other Arrangements) of Motor Vehicles Not Owned by Them, in the Furnishing of Transportation of Property. July 8 and 9, 1954 |
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... equipment under proper safeguards and rules promulgated and enforced by the Commission in the public interest . The ownership of a vehicle by a carrier does not in and of itself establish his responsibility . It is his method of ...
... equipment under proper safeguards and rules promulgated and enforced by the Commission in the public interest . The ownership of a vehicle by a carrier does not in and of itself establish his responsibility . It is his method of ...
Page 197
... equipment protested in vain . The rail carriers were able to point to tariffs in which the rates based on these trip - leased gypsies and payment to them upon a percentage of revenue could be found , and the reductions were not ...
... equipment protested in vain . The rail carriers were able to point to tariffs in which the rates based on these trip - leased gypsies and payment to them upon a percentage of revenue could be found , and the reductions were not ...
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... equipment is completely divorced from any relationship to the revenues received by the carrier , these practices will continue and grow worse . The authorities charged with enforcing all of the provisions of the act will find it ...
... equipment is completely divorced from any relationship to the revenues received by the carrier , these practices will continue and grow worse . The authorities charged with enforcing all of the provisions of the act will find it ...
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... equipment to meet peak demands . In most cases , the movement of agricultural commodities in one direction coincides with a peak movement of general com- modities in the reverse direction , thus adding to the economic advantages of such ...
... equipment to meet peak demands . In most cases , the movement of agricultural commodities in one direction coincides with a peak movement of general com- modities in the reverse direction , thus adding to the economic advantages of such ...
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... equipment will be fully responsible for the operation of such equipment , including requirements respect- ing safety of operations . The bill , as passed by the House , however , restricts the Interstate Commerce Commission from ...
... equipment will be fully responsible for the operation of such equipment , including requirements respect- ing safety of operations . The bill , as passed by the House , however , restricts the Interstate Commerce Commission from ...
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Page 285 - Utah, viz : Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the following...
Page 210 - At a General Session of the Interstate Commerce Commission, held at its office in Washington, DC, on the 19th day of May AD 1914.
Page 217 - ... 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 217 - 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 289 - ... cooperative association as defined in the Agricultural Marketing Act, approved June 15, 1929, as amended, or by a federation of such cooperative associations, if such federation possesses no greater powers or purposes than cooperative associations so defined...
Page 294 - To equipment utilized wholly or in part in the transportation of railway express traffic, or in substituted motor-for-rail transportation of railroad freight moving between points that are railroad stations on railroad billing...
Page 259 - Commissioners dissenting) in Ex Parte No. MC-43, Lease and Interchange of Vehicles by Motor Carriers. 4. The Commission's first order in Ex Parte No. MC-43, May 8, 1951, 52 MCC 675, forbade the practice known in the transportation industry as "tripleasing.
Page 266 - Commission does not consider dreased poultry to be an agricultural commodity within the meaning of section 203 (b) (6) of the Interstate Commerce Act; and neither could a private carrier (a farmer or noncooperative organization) which hauled shelled pecans, filberts, or walnuts to consignees in another State, lease its trucks to authorized carriers for the next movement, for return to the production area or elsewhere. It will be observed that under S. 898 these trucks could be trip leased for a return...
Page 349 - ... limits of its power. I dread nothing so much as the exercise of ungranted and doubtful powers by this Government. It is in my opinion the danger of dangers to the future of this Country.
Page 210 - ... that notice of this order shall be given to the general public by depositing a copy in the Office of the Secretary of the Commission at Washington, DC, and by filing it with the Director, Office of the Federal Register.