Repeal of Provisions of Section 5 of the Act of July 28, 1916, Relating to Certain Information on Express Matter: Hearing Before the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, United States Senate, Eighty-seventh Congress, First Session, on H.R. 1986, an Act to Repeal the Provisions of Section 5 of the Act of July 28, 1916, as Amended, Relating to the Furnishing of Information to the Postmaster General by the Interstate Commerce Commission with Respect to Revenue Received by Railroads from Express Companies for the Transportation of Express Matter, June 15, 22, and 23, 1961

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Considers H.R. 1986, to repeal legal requirement for Postmaster General to request ICC information on railroad revenues derived from express companies for transportation of express items.

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Page 92 - It shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject to the provisions of this chapter to make, give, or cause any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to any particular person, company, firm, corporation, association, locality, port, port district, gateway, transit point, region, district, territory, or any particular description of traffic, in any respect whatsoever...
Page 150 - ... and to encourage fair wages and equitable working conditions; all to the end of developing, coordinating, and preserving a national transportation system by water, highway, and rail, as well as other means, adequate to meet the needs of the commerce of the United States, of the postal service, and of the national defense. All of the provisions of this act shall be administered and enforced with a view to carrying out the above declaration of policy.
Page 150 - ... adequate, economical, and efficient service and foster sound economic conditions in transportation and among the several carriers; to encourage the establishment and maintenance of reasonable charges for transportation services, without unjust discriminations, undue preferences or advantages, or unfair or destructive competitive practices...
Page 150 - It is hereby declared to be the national transportation policy of the Congress to provide for fair and impartial regulation of all modes of transportation subject to the provisions of this Act, so administered as to recognize and preserve the inherent advantages of each; to promote safe, adequate, economical, and efficient service and foster sound economic conditions in transportation and among the several carriers...
Page 2 - ... time, request information from the Interstate Commerce Commission as to the revenue received by railroad companies from express companies for services rendered in the transportation of express matter, and may, in his discretion, arrange for the transportation of mail matter other than of the first class at rates not exceeding those so ascertained and reported to him, and it shall be the duty of the railroad companies to carry such mail matter at such rates fixed by the Postmaster General.
Page 15 - ... which the Commission furnished data showing merely the revenue of railroads from express service, the Postmaster General, on May 18, 1948, filed a formal request for such information in docket No. 9200. The petition requested the Commission to furnish information pursuant to section 557 which would enable the Postmaster General to arrange for the transportation of non-first-class mail at rates not exceeding those received by the railroad companies for service rendered in the transportation of...
Page 147 - South" includes the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.
Page 98 - The Postmaster General shall, from time to time, request information from the Interstate Commerce Commission as to the revenue received by railroad companies from express companies for services rendered in the transportation of express matter, and may...
Page 140 - USC, title 39, sees. 523 to 568, inclusive), relating to the administrative methods and procedure for the adjustment of rates for carriage of mail by railroads shall be applicable to the ascertainment of rates for the transportation of air mail by airplane under this Act so far as consistent with...
Page 33 - HR 7055 be favorably reported without amendment, and, rates to provide an excuse for reducing mail rates below the compensatory levels fixed by the ICC after full public hearings, and Whereas, The retention of section 557 will be of no benefit to anyone, but will seriously threaten the continued existence of the Railway Express Agency, and, Whereas, It is in the public interest to keep a nationwide express company handling 70 million transactions annually, and employing some 33,000 persons operating...

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