HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE EIGHTY-FOURTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H. R. 6141 and H. R. 6142 BILLS TO AMEND THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT, AS AMENDED, H. R. 525 A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 22 OF THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES H. R. 6208 A BILL TO AMEND PARAGRAPH (1) OF SECTION 4 OF THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT, AS AMENDED H. R. 9177 A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 405 (a), PART IV, OF THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT H. R. 9548 A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 409 OF THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT. AS AMENDED, TO AUTHORIZE CONTRACTS BETWEEN FREIGHT FORWARDERS AND RAILROADS FOR THE MOVEMENT OF TRAILERS ON FLATCARS H. R. 9771 A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 411 OF THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE H. R. 9772 A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 410 OF THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT, AS AMENDED, TO CHANGE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR OBTAINING A FREIGHT FORWARDER PERMIT H. R. 6111 and S. 1777 BILLS TO AMEND THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT PART 2 MAY 9, 10, 11, 22, 23, 24, 29, JUNE 5 AND 6, 1956 WITH Printed for the use of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce 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_. 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- 951 1108 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 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.. Pinkney, James F., general counsel, American Trucking Associations, Ott, William H., chairman, legislative committee, National Industrial 1149, 1186 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 Seals, Durward, traffic manager, United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Smith, Robert H., representing National Retail Dry Goods Association Thompson, Chester C., president, American Waterways Operators. Page 1117 1003 1038 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_-_ 799 American Gas & Electric Service Corp., letter from H. A. Kammer, Comparison of cars of merchandise less-than-carload lot loaded National associations. State associations_ American Trucking Associations, Inc.: Analysis of protestants, table_ Common carrier freight tariffs, table.... 1130 1094 1095 1095 1096 715 714 Letter from James F. Pinkney, general counsel. 855 Number of regulated carriers.. 837 Number of trucks in United States (1955 estimates) ---. 836 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....... Transportation and communication committee, 1955–56_--Dairyland Power Cooperative, statement of John P. Madgett, general manager_. 959 826 Fargo (N. Dak.) Chamber of Commerce, statement of J. I. Finsness, commerce counsel. 998 |