Extention of Tenure of Government Control of Railroads: Hearings...Wash. 1919 |
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... Sims , will you proceed ? Mr. SIMS . Mr. Thom , I do not want you to assume or conclude that I am unduly inquisitive , or in an unfriendly attitude , because of the questions I am going to ask . When we get through with this hear- ing I ...
... Sims , will you proceed ? Mr. SIMS . Mr. Thom , I do not want you to assume or conclude that I am unduly inquisitive , or in an unfriendly attitude , because of the questions I am going to ask . When we get through with this hear- ing I ...
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... SIMS . Pressing nothing that the public interest does not de- mand or require or will not be benefited by receiving ... SIMS . Well , that is about accurate . And that 149 corporations that constitute the present Pennsylvania Railroad ...
... SIMS . Pressing nothing that the public interest does not de- mand or require or will not be benefited by receiving ... SIMS . Well , that is about accurate . And that 149 corporations that constitute the present Pennsylvania Railroad ...
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... SIMS . It is a fact , or has been , I have supposed , to some extent that the office of president of a railroad company was more in the nature of being a general manager than otherwise ? Mr. THOм . I do not so understand it . Mr. SIMS ...
... SIMS . It is a fact , or has been , I have supposed , to some extent that the office of president of a railroad company was more in the nature of being a general manager than otherwise ? Mr. THOм . I do not so understand it . Mr. SIMS ...
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... SIMS . Let it be 100 , then . Mr. THOм . I merely want to state what that means . That means a railroad , or railroads , in the class into which the railroads are divided by the Interstate Commerce Commission , having as much as a ...
... SIMS . Let it be 100 , then . Mr. THOм . I merely want to state what that means . That means a railroad , or railroads , in the class into which the railroads are divided by the Interstate Commerce Commission , having as much as a ...
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... SIMS . And would have to continue in its present unsatisfactory condition ? Mг . THOм . And therefore the time has come for you gentlemen , for you responsible statesmen , to consider whether something must not be done of the far ...
... SIMS . And would have to continue in its present unsatisfactory condition ? Mг . THOм . And therefore the time has come for you gentlemen , for you responsible statesmen , to consider whether something must not be done of the far ...
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