Regulation of Transportation of Passengers and Property by Aircraft: Hearings Before a Subcommitte of the Committee on Interstate Commerce, United States Senate, Seventy-fifth Congress, First Session, on S. 2, a Bill to Amend the Interstate Commerce Act, as Amended, by Providing for the Regulation of the Transportation of Passengers and Property by Aircraft in Interstate Commerce, and for Other Purposes, and S. 1760, a Bill to Promote the Safety of Scheduled Air Transportation ... March 8 and 11, April 3, and 12, 1937

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1937 - Aeronautics - 782 pages

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Page 23 - That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act to make or give any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to any particular person, company, firm, corporation, or locality, or any particular description of traffic, in any respect whatsoever...
Page 350 - ... no air carrier or foreign air carrier shall, in any manner or by any device, directly or indirectly, or through any agent or broker, or otherwise...
Page 28 - An Act to supplement existing laws against unlawful restraints and monopolies, and for other purposes...
Page 318 - All parties must be fully apprised of the evidence submitted or to be considered, and must be given opportunity to cross-examine witnesses, to inspect documents and to offer evidence in explanation or rebuttal. In no other way can a party maintain its rights or make its defense.
Page 27 - ... carriers, however such result is attained, whether directly or indirectly, by use of common directors, officers, or stockholders, a holding or investment company or companies, a voting trust or trusts, or in any other manner whatsoever.
Page 556 - ... (1) that employees shall have the right to organize and bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and shall be free from the interference, restraint, or coercion of employers of labor, or their agents, In the designation of such representatives or in self-organization or in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection...
Page 21 - No term, condition, or limitation of a certificate shall restrict the right of an air carrier to add to or change schedules, equipment, accommodations, and facilities for performing the authorized transportation and service as the development of the business and the demands of the public shall require.
Page 16 - Commission is hereby authorized and required to execute and enforce the provisions of this act; and upon the request of the Commission, it shall be the duty of any district attorney of 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 and for the punishment of all violations thereof...
Page 11 - Act, all orders of the Commission, other than orders for the payment of money, shall take effect within such reasonable time, not less than thirty days, and shall continue in force until its further order, or for a specified period of time, according as shall be prescribed in the order, unless the same shall be suspended or modified or set aside by the Commission, or be suspended or set aside by a court of competent jurisdiction.
Page 611 - ... pending such hearing and the decision thereon the Commission, upon filing with such schedule and delivering to the carrier or carriers affected thereby a statement in writing of its reasons for such suspension, may suspend the operation of such schedule and defer the use of such rate, fare, or charge, classification, regulation, or practice, but not for a longer period than one hundred and twenty days beyond the time when it would otherwise go into effect...

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