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Show ADVOCATES ANOTHER MElViBEROF CABINET Howard Elliott Proposes a Department of Transportation Trans-portation JORWICH Conn Apnl The es tabl shment of a department of trans portation with a secretary of transpor tation who would be a member of the president a cab net was advocated by Howard Elliott pres dent of the New York Hew Haven & Hartford railroad in an address here tonight before the chamber of commerce and the mem bers of the Eastern Connect cut Devel opment coram ttee The present cond t on of the Amer can railroads s due m part he sa d to an eftort on the part of the country to fi rates and service by regulat on and at the same t me have them fixed by compet t on thus creat ing an almost impossible cond tion ' somewhat destruct ve of results and values It is a question how far it 13 to the public interest to apply the so called anti trust law to the transporta tion bu ness Well organ zed prudent ly managed and wisely regulated com bmations of railroads may n the lone run produce greater eff c ency ana service to the public than excess v competition with the result ng dupl ca tion of fac lities and ncreased ex penses X bel eve it would be well to have a department of transportat on with a secretary of transportat on at the head of it who should be a member of the cabinet Such a man would of neces s ty have to champion somewhat the rights and privileges of the transpor tat on business such as the secretar es of the treasury commerce and labor speak for their part cular subjects ''ueh an off cer would have a wholesome bal anc ng effect between the demands of the publ c and of the regulatory organ izat ons on one s de and any errors of pol ev and n anagement on the part of the owners of the property on the other s de Referr ng to the New England ra 1 road system, Mr Ell ott a d that with conflict ng laws n the different states it calls attent on iery fore bly to the desirabil tv of a federad incorporation act for those railroads the major ty of whose bus ness s interstate |