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On the recordJune 6, 1935
It is my hope that the Interstate Commerce Commission may, with the addition of the new duties that I have indicated, ultimately become a Federal Transportation Commission with comprehensive powers.
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Democratic · New York

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Message to Congress on Transportation

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