Statement of Hon. W. G. McAdoo: Director General of Railroads, Before the Interstate Commerce Committee of the United States Senate, January 3, 19191919 - Railroads and state - 96 pages |
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... GOVERNMENT TOOK CONTROL . To review the results of the past year of Federal control , it is help- ful first to survey the railroad conditions that immediately preceded that control . ( 1 ) For several years railroads in seasons of heavy ...
... GOVERNMENT TOOK CONTROL . To review the results of the past year of Federal control , it is help- ful first to survey the railroad conditions that immediately preceded that control . ( 1 ) For several years railroads in seasons of heavy ...
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... GOVERNMENT CONTROL . The principal railways and transportation systems of the country have now been under the control of the Government for one year , a year marked by the participation of the United States in the greatest war in ...
... GOVERNMENT CONTROL . The principal railways and transportation systems of the country have now been under the control of the Government for one year , a year marked by the participation of the United States in the greatest war in ...
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... Government control would succeed in peace times as well as in war times and is one of the most important means of preventing transportation stringency or congestion . It means controlling the traffic at the source , in the public ...
... Government control would succeed in peace times as well as in war times and is one of the most important means of preventing transportation stringency or congestion . It means controlling the traffic at the source , in the public ...
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... Government . The labor troubles which were facing the railroads when they went under Government control were practically all eliminated , and , with a few exceptions , there has been quiet in the railroad labor world during the last ...
... Government . The labor troubles which were facing the railroads when they went under Government control were practically all eliminated , and , with a few exceptions , there has been quiet in the railroad labor world during the last ...
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... Government therefore has now to meet what would have come about in the natural course . " Indeed , the patience of the men was only allayed , after Govern- ment intervention , by the assurance that the matter of wages would be promptly ...
... Government therefore has now to meet what would have come about in the natural course . " Indeed , the patience of the men was only allayed , after Govern- ment intervention , by the assurance that the matter of wages would be promptly ...
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Page 21 - The pay for female employees, for the same class of work, shall be the same as that of men, and their working conditions must be healthful and fitted to their needs. The laws enacted for the government of their employment must be observed.
Page 19 - Commission shall make a general investigation of the compensation of persons in the railroad service, the relation of railroad wages to wages in other industries, the conditions respecting wages in different parts of the country, the special emergency respecting wages which exists at this time owing to war conditions and the high cost of living, as well as the relation between different classes of railroad labor.
Page 21 - no discrimination will be made in the employment, retention or conditions of employment of employees because of membership or nonmembership in labor organizations.
Page 22 - From the financial standpoint it is highly important to avoid the necessity for raising any new capital which is not absolutely necessary for the protection and development of the required transportation facilities to meet the present and prospective needs of the country's business under war conditions.
Page 20 - Even among the locomotive engineers commonly spoken of as highly paid, a preponderating number received less than $170 per month, and this compensation they have attained by the most compact and complete organization, handled with a full appreciation of all strategic values.
Page 22 - Please also bear in mind that it may frequently happen that projects which might be regarded as highly meritorious and necessary when viewed from the separate standpoint of a particular company, may not be equally meritorious or necessary under existing conditions, when the government has possession and control of the railroads generally, and therefore when the facilities heretofore subject to the exclusive control of the separate companies are now available for common use, whenever such common use...
Page 20 - But these advances were not in any way uniform either as to employments or as to amounts or as to roads, so that one class of labor benefited much more than another on the same road, and as between roads there was the greatest divergence. The situation had been dealt with as pressure made necessary, and naturally those who by organization or through force of competition could exert most pressure fared best.
Page 20 - It has been a somewhat popular impression that railroad employees were among the most highly paid workers. But figures gathered from the railroads disposed of this belief.
Page 4 - ... The present conditions of car distribution throughout the United States have no parallel in our history. In some territories the railroads have furnished but a small part of the cars necessary for the transportation of staple articles of commerce, such as coal, grain, lumber, fruits, and vegetables. In consequence mills • have shut down, prices have advanced, perishable articles of great value have been destroyed, and hundreds of carloads of food products have been delayed in reaching their...
Page 17 - The establishment of through waybilling freight from points of origin to destination. 14. Rendering unnecessary the rebilling by connecting or intermediate routes. 15. The elimination of the old practice of paying in mileage or per diem rental for the use of freight or passenger cars of one carrier by another. 16. The simplification of the old practice...