Agreements Between Carriers: Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Eightieth Congress, First Session on H.R. 221 and S. 110, a Bill to Amend the Interstate Commerce Act with Respect to Certain Agreements Between Carriers and an Act to Amend the Interstate Commerce Act with Respect to Certain Agreements Between Carriers. June 25, 26, 27 and 30, 1947U.S. Government Printing Office, 1947 - 330 pages |
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... shippers or geographical regions or areas , that it will not unduly restrain competition , and that it is consistent with the public interest as declared by Congress in the national transportation policy set forth in this act . ( The ...
... shippers or geographical regions or areas , that it will not unduly restrain competition , and that it is consistent with the public interest as declared by Congress in the national transportation policy set forth in this act . ( The ...
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... shippers - all without exception so far as I know -- from every section of the country , and include Federal and ... shippers ' traffic and transportation organizations , including the National Industrial Traffic League and the ...
... shippers - all without exception so far as I know -- from every section of the country , and include Federal and ... shippers ' traffic and transportation organizations , including the National Industrial Traffic League and the ...
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... shipper arranges for the handling of his shipment for any distance , by any number of railroad lines , to any ... shippers . This has been repeatedly recognized and stated by the Interstate Commerce Commission . As far back as the ...
... shipper arranges for the handling of his shipment for any distance , by any number of railroad lines , to any ... shippers . This has been repeatedly recognized and stated by the Interstate Commerce Commission . As far back as the ...
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... shippers of the country are a unit in their agreement with the view of the Commission as above quoted . Commissioner ... shippers using the particular rate ? We all know that it does not . It considers the entire rate structure of ...
... shippers of the country are a unit in their agreement with the view of the Commission as above quoted . Commissioner ... shippers using the particular rate ? We all know that it does not . It considers the entire rate structure of ...
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... shippers . Shippers participate in the conferences and various departments and agencies of the Government , in the capacity of shippers , have utilized the conferences to advantage . Until 1941 , no serious question had been raised for ...
... shippers . Shippers participate in the conferences and various departments and agencies of the Government , in the capacity of shippers , have utilized the conferences to advantage . Until 1941 , no serious question had been raised for ...
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Page 20 - 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 127 - States and the duly authorized officials thereof; and to encourage fair wages and equitable working conditions ; — all to the end of 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...
Page 167 - ... 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...
Page 160 - ... transportation" shall include cars and other vehicles and all instrumentalities and facilities of shipment or carriage, irrespective of ownership or of any contract, express or implied, for the use thereof and all services in connection with the receipt, delivery, elevation, and transfer in transit, ventilation, refrigeration or icing, storage, and handling of property transported...
Page 1 - The Commission shall not approve under this section any agreement between or among carriers of different classes unless it finds that such agreement is of the character described in paragraph (2) of this section and is limited to matters relating to transportation under joint rates or over through routes...
Page 327 - ... hereby relieved from the operation of the antitrust laws with respect to the making of such agreement, and with respect to the carrying out of such agreement in conformity with its provisions and in conformity...
Page 62 - All charges made for any service rendered or to be rendered in the transportation of passengers or property and for the transmission of messages by telegraph, telephone, or cable, as aforesaid, or in connection therewith, shall be just and reasonable; and every unjust and unreasonable charge for such service or any part thereof is prohibited and declared to be unlawful: Provided.
Page 2 - ... with respect to the making of such agreement, and with respect to the carrying out of such agreement in conformity with its provisions and in conformity with the terms and conditions prescribed by the Commission.
Page 167 - ... to cooperate with the several States and the duly authorized officials thereof; and to encourage fair wages and equitable working conditions...
Page 140 - ... 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 the need, in the public interest, of adequate and efficient railway transportation service at the lowest cost consistent with the furnishing of such service, and to the need of revenues sufficient to enable the carriers, under honest, economical, and efficient management to provide such service.