SURFACE TRANSPORTATION LEGISLATION

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON SURFACE TRANSPORTATION

Wnited States. Comarı 4.

Senate.

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE.

UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 2362, Surface Transportation Act of 1971

and

S. 1092, S. 1914, S. 2635, S. 2841, S. 2842, and S. Con. Res. 56

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION LEGISLATION

NOVEMBER 4, 5, 16, DECEMBER 8, 1971, AND JANUARY 26, 1972

Comptroller General..

Agency comments on S. 1092, Comptroller General__

Agency comments on S. 1914, Comptroller General__.

Agency comments on S. 2362:

Comptroller General..

Civil Aeronautics Board_

Department of Agriculture_-

Executive Office of the President___.

Agency comments on S. 2841:

Department of Agriculture__

Department of Commerce-.

Department of the Army--.

Interstate Commerce Commission_.

Agency comments on S. 2842:

Department of Commerce-

Interstate Commerce Commission___

Department of Agriculture___.

Federal Maritime Commission_.

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Ailes, Stephen, president, Association of American Railroads...

Prepared statement..

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Letter of December 15, 1971-

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Creedy, John A., president, Water Transport Association_-_

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Pinkney, James F., senior vice president, American Trucking Association__

Smathers, George A., general counsel, ASTRO----

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NOVEMBER 5, 1971

Allen, Clifford, tax assessor, Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County,

Tenn

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Letter of November 11, 1971--

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Conlon, Charles F., National Association of Tax Administrators_

Morrow, Giles, general counsel of the Freight Forwarders Institute___

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Beall, Hon. J. Glenn, U.S. Senator from Maryland.

Volpe, Hon. John A., Secretary of Transportation, Department of Trans-

portation, accompanied by Charles D. Baker, Assistant Secretary for

Policy and International Affairs; John Ingram, Administrator of Fed-

eral Railroad Administration; John W. Barnum, General Counsel; and

Thomas H. Trimarco, Assistant General Counsel for Legislation_-_.