Government Control and Operation of Railroads: Hearing Before the Committee on Interstate Commerce, United States Senate, Sixty-fifth Congress, Second Session, Pursuant to S. Res. 171 ..... 1917-1918U.S. Government Printing Office, 1918 - Railroads |
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... earnings of one particular line as compared with another particular line , would utilize all those lines to their maximum economic capacity . In brief , the entire plant would be utilized regardless of the earn- ings of one part as ...
... earnings of one particular line as compared with another particular line , would utilize all those lines to their maximum economic capacity . In brief , the entire plant would be utilized regardless of the earn- ings of one part as ...
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... earnings . However desirable it might be , the public would not get any advantage from it unless the railroads were willing to do it ; is that not true ? Commissioner HALL . No ; the public would not . Senator CUMMINS . And the question ...
... earnings . However desirable it might be , the public would not get any advantage from it unless the railroads were willing to do it ; is that not true ? Commissioner HALL . No ; the public would not . Senator CUMMINS . And the question ...
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... earnings of one railroad and give to another . They were opposed to it , first , upon the constitutional ground that we could not give any such authority , and second , because it would be unfair and unjust . Bearing that in mind , do ...
... earnings of one railroad and give to another . They were opposed to it , first , upon the constitutional ground that we could not give any such authority , and second , because it would be unfair and unjust . Bearing that in mind , do ...
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... earnings of each railroad . Manifestly , if you are to arrive at a just conclusion as to the value of the use of the thing you took over , you must know what the earning capacity of that thing is , not of something else . If you found ...
... earnings of each railroad . Manifestly , if you are to arrive at a just conclusion as to the value of the use of the thing you took over , you must know what the earning capacity of that thing is , not of something else . If you found ...
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... earning capacity and for the Government to take everything over that . If the Government manages them , well enough ; if the volume of traffic is great enough , if the earnings go beyond the level of the guarantees , why it becomes the ...
... earning capacity and for the Government to take everything over that . If the Government manages them , well enough ; if the volume of traffic is great enough , if the earnings go beyond the level of the guarantees , why it becomes the ...
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Page 480 - ... through the Secretary of War, to take possession and assume control of any system or systems of transportation, or any part thereof, and to utilize the same, to the exclusion as far as may be necessary of all other traffic thereon, for the transfer or transportation of troops, war material and equipment, or for such other purposes connected with the emergency as may be needful or desirable.
Page 715 - ... it shall be the duty of any district attorney 6f the United States to whom the commission may apply to institute in the proper court and to prosecute under the direction of the Attorney General of the United States all necessary proceedings for the enforcement of the provisions of this act...
Page 174 - President be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to employ the entire naval and military forces of the United States and the resources of the Government to carry on war against the Imperial German Government; and to bring the conflict to a successful termination all of the resources of the country are hereby pledged by the Congress of the United States.
Page 265 - He may give these directions at and for such times as he may determine, and may modify, change, suspend, or annul them, and for any such purpose he is hereby authorized to issue orders...
Page 59 - UNITED STATES SENATE, COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE COMMERCE, Washington, DC The committee met at 10 o'clock am, pursuant to adjournment on yesterday, in room 212, Senate Office Bu
Page 265 - ... of peace shipments consigned to agents of the United States for its use shall be delivered by the carriers as promptly as possible and without regard to any embargo I hat may have been declared, and no such embargo shall apply to shipments so consigned.
Page 468 - That the President may execute any of the powers herein and heretofore granted him with relation to Federal control through such agencies as he may determine, and may fix the reasonable compensation for the performance of services in connection therewith...
Page 173 - By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas the Congress of the United States in the exercise of the constitutional authority vested in them have resolved, by joint resolution of the Senate and House of Representatives bearing date this day "That the state of war between the United States and the Imperial German Government which has been thrust upon the United States is hereby formally declared...
Page 278 - Until and except so far as said director shall from time to time by .general or special orders otherwise provide, the boards of directors, receivers, officers, and employees of the various transportation systems shall continue the operation thereof in the usual and ordinary course of the business of common carriers, in the names of their respective companies.
Page 112 - President is authorized, if he finds it necessary for the national defense and security, to direct that such traffic or such shipments of commodities as, in his judgment, may be essential to the national defense and security shall have preference or priority in transportation by any common carrier by railroad, water, or otherwise.