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Herbert Hoover: “As a result of meetings of General [William W.] Atterbury, Mr. [Patrick E.] Crowley, Mr. [Daniel] Willard, Messrs.…”

On the recordDecember 29, 1930
As a result of meetings of General [William W.] Atterbury, Mr. [Patrick E.] Crowley, Mr. [Daniel] Willard, Messrs. [Mantis J. and Oris P.] Van Sweringen and other representatives of the Pennsylvania, New York Central, Nickel Plate, and Baltimore and Ohio Railroads, a plan for consolidation of the different railways in official classification territory (except New England) into four independent systems was agreed upon for presentation to the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California
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Statement on Railroad Consolidation.

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