EXTENSION OF TENURE OF GOVERNMENT
CONTROL OF RAILROADS

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE COMMERCE
UNITED STATES SENATE

SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS

THIRD SESSION

ON

THE EXTENSION OF TIME FOR RELINQUISHMENT BY THE
GOVERNMENT OF RAILROADS TO CORPORATE
OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL

IN THREE VOLUMES

VOLUME 1

(WITH INDEX)

Containing Complete Report of Hearings Conducted
January 3 to February 21, 1919

(Volumes 2 and 3 contain Report of Hearings before the Joint Subcommittee of
Congress, November 20, 1917, to December 19, 1918.)

Printed for the use of the Committee on Interstate Commerce

WASHINGTON

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

1919