Address to the Gridiron Club
12/12/1930
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During the past 10 years a possible grouping of the roads so as to carry out the law has been under constant discussion.
During that time negotiations have been undertaken in respect to those railways on a great number of occasions with view to carrying out the...
The Transportation Act [41 Stat. 456] passed by Congress in 1920 provides for a consolidation of railways into a limited number of strong sy...
The plan, of course, must be submitted to the Interstate Commerce Commission, who have the independent duty to determine if it meets with ev...