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Show farmers end small shippers in the small towns as against the larger shippers in cities. The Chamber of Commerce of Fargo, North Dakota, has made a complete analysis of the proposed legislation as It will affect small F TPCOMINO proposed legislation J in the second session of the 84th Congress, backed by the President's Pres-ident's Advisory Committee on Transport Policy and Organization, Organiza-tion, has precipitated a bitter knockdown, drag-out fight as between be-tween the railroads on one side and the other public transportation agencies on the other. With the report of the committee commit-tee heavily weighted in favor of the railroads, stripping the Interstate Inter-state Commerce Commission of much of its power to fix freight rates and placing the powerful railroad groups in much the same position to fix their own rates as they were before passage of the towns or the country. This analysis says: 1 If the bill Is passed, the small city and the small user will not obtain rates reasonably related to those of his large competitors; 2 The Interstate Commerce Commission, traditional protector of the small user and the consumer, con-sumer, will be greatly restricted in its powers; 3 The common carriers will be Suggested scripture passages for Worldwide Bible reading for next week are: Friday, Dec. 16 John 14:1-14; Saturday, Dec. 17 John 14:15-31; Sunday, Dec. 18 Romans 8:14-39; Monday, Dec. 19 "Romans 12:1-21; Tuesday, Dec. 20 I John 4:1-21; Wednesday, Wed-nesday, Dec. 21 Isaiah 9: 2-7; Thursday, Dec. 22 Isaiah 11: 1-9. lMrs. Kenneth King and son Ronnie spent Saturday evening at the homo of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Keysaw. 'Mr. and Mrs. George Massa entertained at a birthday dinner honoring Sam Brisca Tuesday evening, Dec. 13. Others present were his brother, Gust Brisca, George Massa Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Pete Massa and daughters, Connie Con-nie Marie and Cynthia Ann, Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Osoro and daughter dau-ghter Sharon and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Cochran and children, Bobby Bob-by and Sheryl. Mrs. Bill Zetmet and Jack Hawkins attended an American Legion supper held in Salt Lake City Wednesday night. iMrs. Pearl Grubb came home mu transportation act, the Association Associ-ation of American Railroads are spending an estimated million dollars dol-lars in national advertising to build up sentiment in favor of passage pas-sage of the proposed bills, S-1920 and HR-6141. Individual railroads are spending an equal estimated amount along their own lines in newspaper advertising. In competition, compe-tition, the Trucking Industry through its associations and Individual Indi-vidual companies will spend possibly possi-bly $500,000 to defeat the legislation, legisla-tion, which they maintain will place the smaller trucking firms at a great competitive disadvantage. disadvan-tage. Air lines and the Inland waterway wa-terway Association is joining with the Trucking industry to bring pressure upon the Congress to beat back what they call "a new attempt at-tempt on the part of the railroads to create a transportation monopoly." mon-opoly." Small towns of the country also are alarmed over the proposed legislation, which admittedly would place them at a freight rate disadvantage dis-advantage with the larger cities, and would discriminate against allowed to charge low rates in competitive situations and high rates elsewhere; 4 Trainload rates will discriminate discrim-inate against the small user; 5 The right of the small town to have reasonably related rates as against the largest and most powerful city Is to be cast aside; 6 The best Interest of the country coun-try which i to avor the diffusion of population and the profitable employment of industrial energy everywhere, rather than the concentration con-centration of population in a few localities Is being Ignored. The report further says: "The motor carriers feel that the rail-roads, rail-roads, with their great financial resources and lower costs in many, if not most situations, will drive them out of business through the establishment of lower rates in the areas where trucks now operate. The restraining hand of the ICC, now concerned with preserving the inherent advantages of all modes of transportation and with preventing prevent-ing unfair or destructive competitive competi-tive practices, will be removed." night to spend until after the Christmas 'holidays with her children, Wayne and Linda, and parents, Mr. and Mrs. CM. Hawkins Haw-kins and family. |