Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-10-14 | Page 10 | Rail Unification is Essential, Says I. C. C. Chairman

RA ft 11 UNIFICATION IS ESSENTIAL SAYS I C. C C. C CHAIRMAN Legislation to Insure Adequate Adequate Adequate Ade Ade- quate Transportation Is Urged by Speaker INDIANAPOLIS Oct 14 Enact H.-Enact- Enact Enactment ment of ot legislation to Insure transportation transportation transportation trans trans- adequate to national needs in time of ot war as well wen as In peace was the policy outlined today by Clyde ClydeB B B. Aitchison chairman of the Interstate interstate interstate inter Inter- state commerce commission in his speech before the National Association of ot Railway and Utilities Commissioners Commission Commission- ers in session here Discussing the various plans pans for the future operation of ot the railroads Mr Aitchison said there must be a far greater degree of ot unification and utilIzation utilization utilization util util- of ot facilities terminals and equipment than ever before and that future railway construction should be limited to that which is necessary and convenient for governmental purposes and the public Provision for the most efficient utilization of equipment after private operation Is is Im Im- The speaker recommended a national regulating body which would have power to prescribe the minimum rate as well as the maximum This authority authority authority au au- au- au he said has never been vested In the Interstate commerce commis commis- sion Also a modification of the present present present pres pres- ent plan of district traffic committees under the direction of public authority may be necessary as a stabilizing In In- In fluence during the readjustment stage following federal control to prevent a arate arate arate rate war With the return of ot the properties and until the corporations have had hadan hadan hadan an opportunity to make malee their own ad adjustments adjustments adjustments ad- ad It seems reasonable Mr Aitchison said that the government should stand behind unavoidable losses from operation on the ground that to toa toa toa a large extent the Increased costs constitute a direct cost of ot the war and should be borne as such Regarding the labor situation the speaker declared that legislation must I be bo provided to Insure a speedy and adequate means of enforcing the th just demands of but at the same time the country is entitled to protection protection protection tion against the irretrievable unrest which must follow If it either party to the dispute insists upon being the final judge o of the justice of Its Its- own cause and stops the wheels of commerce I