Show f WOULD j ULD CU CURTAIL TAIL I It I II t STATE I POWERS I Il p l tf 1 t federal Fode rat Control of 0 o Railroads Rail Rail- RailI I r roads rocs d U Urged by Counsel for or Their Executives Washington i Nov NoY s 4 A A new turn i i ia to the argument that states states' rights would mould be bo Invaded If IC the federal gov- gov ha had l sole ole po power er to to regulate s. s if and p and d control Interstate carriers wit was wa I l riven given today be before Core the Joint con res' res p lonal committee Investigating trans transI 1 I problems b by A. A P. P Thom Thorn executives executives' advisory advisory ad counsel for the railway l committee j i t JJr ir Thorn Thom arca d caret that the vesting g of such exclusive 5 s. s vo o power In the hand hands s J 5 f of or a federal rehuL re regulating nL Ling body would woul d r protect the rigl ts ts of states lIe Ile based base d dt his hili conclusion on man many In Ii f which the Ole effect of actions b by state scat dT railway commissions has been to In InI In In- T I with commerce In nel neighboring t states Emphasis was wa laid upon th the situation which has tollow followed the recen recent t f tr fj interstate to te commerce commission order orde r M for tor a l. l realignment of ot rates throughout tt t J 4 the southeast under tho the long and short shor t haul clause of the railroad rate lawa law a Tho The effectiveness of ot these orders ha has s been suspended ed Mr Thom Thorn said ni while c the Geor Georgia lL state railroad commission has for tor six months examined them and and 1 the benefits the commission expected d de to extend Co to to that entire section of ot th the e country has been held in abeyance 11 He e spoke also ilio of the Shreveport La rato rat o case edse as one of the most celebrated o of t those to be decided d b by the interstate e commerce commission slon involving a n clash between the federal commission sto ton n and the tho Texas state commission over Interstate and Intrastate railroads i Mr Ir Thorn Thom said th the trainers framers of or the th e investigation gave o the right to regulate regulate regu regu- late commerce among the states t to Congress because tho history I of th the e colonies showed that c e. e unfair and rand even en dangerous an measures T resulted from attempts to encourage the tho com corn come commerce e merce of Individual colonies at the e ek cx- cx k 1 pens of neighbors y Railroads will need O additional adf ad ad- capital annually for tor the tho nex next t f ten ton of t twelve elve years cars to In increase rea e their facilities to han handle le the country's growing grow grow- p 1 ing commerce Mr Jr Thom Thorn told the committee com corn toda today About a year Cu additional will bo be required he said Bald sal to refund maturing Indebtedness |