Trucking of Mail: Hearing Before the Post Office Subcommittee of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, United States Senate, Eighty-fifth Congress, Second Session, on S. 3960, a Bill to Authorize the Postmaster General to Provide for the Transportation of MailU.S. Government Printing Office, 1958 - 57 páginas Considers legislation to authorize Post Office Dept mail-hauling contracts with truck companies. |
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... entire operation and purchase new equipment solely for the purpose of accommodating mail . At the same time , we recognize that these carriers ought to be entitled to do these things if they so desire . Section 6 of the bill , therefore ...
... entire operation and purchase new equipment solely for the purpose of accommodating mail . At the same time , we recognize that these carriers ought to be entitled to do these things if they so desire . Section 6 of the bill , therefore ...
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... entire statement as it appears here will be in- cluded in the record . STATEMENT OF ORRIN FRALEY , CONSOLIDATED FREIGHTWAYS , INC , MENLO PARK , CALIF . Mr. FRALEY . Thank you , Mr. Chairman . The statement , as you will notice , is ...
... entire statement as it appears here will be in- cluded in the record . STATEMENT OF ORRIN FRALEY , CONSOLIDATED FREIGHTWAYS , INC , MENLO PARK , CALIF . Mr. FRALEY . Thank you , Mr. Chairman . The statement , as you will notice , is ...
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... entire statement and testimony , and ask further permission to take such salient parts of it and treat them as I go along , for various reasons . Senator CHURCH . Yes ; the entire statement will appear in the rec- ord at this point ...
... entire statement and testimony , and ask further permission to take such salient parts of it and treat them as I go along , for various reasons . Senator CHURCH . Yes ; the entire statement will appear in the rec- ord at this point ...
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... entire Post Office Department bill for transportation services for the same period is reported as less than $ 400 million . Thus , if the entire postal traffic valume should be assigned to the motor carriers , it would amount to less ...
... entire Post Office Department bill for transportation services for the same period is reported as less than $ 400 million . Thus , if the entire postal traffic valume should be assigned to the motor carriers , it would amount to less ...
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... entire transporta- tion bill of the Post Office Department last year was less than $ 400 million . If the entire business , transportation business of the post office , was to be offered to those two classes of carriers , it would ...
... entire transporta- tion bill of the Post Office Department last year was less than $ 400 million . If the entire business , transportation business of the post office , was to be offered to those two classes of carriers , it would ...
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advertising for bids amendments American Trucking Associations ANDERSON bill BRANDON bulk mail bus companies bus industry carriers of passengers carry mail Chairman committee Consolidated Freightways contract cost efficient enacted equipment Ernst fair and reasonable FRANK CHURCH freight highway post office interest Interstate Commerce Act Interstate Commerce Commission load Mail Pay mail service mail transportation ment Motor Cargo motor carriers motor common carrier motor vehicle carriers motor-carrier National Star Route Office and Civil over-the-road performed permit points portation Post Office Department postal facilities postal service Postal Transportation Service Postmaster pouch mail prescribed rail railroads Railway rates regular bus schedules regular routes regulatory body riers section 13 Senator CHURCH serve shipper Siedle Star Route Mail star-route carriers star-route contractors statement of services subcommittee terminal testimony tion traffic trailer train service trans transport mail transportation of mail transportation service United States mail United States Senate WARBURTON Washington
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Página 44 - When immediate delivery or performance is required by the public exigency the articles or service required may be procured by open purchase or contract at the places and in the manner in which such articles are usually bought and sold, or such services engaged, between individuals.
Página 44 - That all purchases and contracts for supplies or services in any of the departments of the Government, except for personal services, when the public exigencies do not require the immediate delivery of the article or articles or performance of the service, shall be made by advertising a sufficient time previously for proposals respecting the same.
Página 5 - Act of 1940, that the act be so administered as to develop, coordinate, and preserve a national transportation system by water, highway, and rail, as well as other means, adequate to meet the needs of the commerce of the United States, of the postal service, and of the national defense, and, further, to recognize and preserve the inherent advantages of each means of transportation.
Página 17 - That organization is known to most of you but I might say for the record that it is the national trade association of the trucking industry, representing all types of carriers, both for hire and private, and having affiliated associations in all 48 States and the District of Columbia.
Página 3 - Commission granting an applicant a certificate of public convenience and necessity as a common carrier by motor vehicle under the so-called "grandfather clause" provisions of section 206 (a) of the Motor Carrier Act of 1935 8 in Chicago, etc., Ry.
Página 4 - From the testimony the subcommittee believes that the statutes for transporting mail are obsolete and should be amended. Consequently it is urged that the Post Office and Civil Service Committee reexamine present laws to provide fair and impartial treatment for hauling mail by all forms of transportation. For instance, the railroads are required to haul the mail as directed by the Post Office Department under threat of fine for not performing. Consideration should be given to removing this compulsion....
Página 19 - Transportation, will address the board of governors of the Regular Common Carrier Conference of the American Trucking...
Página 1 - ... possession of the United States, for the transportation of property by motor vehicles in intrastate, interstate or foreign commerce for compensation (except an express company to the extent that it is subject to part I of the Interstate Commerce Act) as a common carrier or, (b) any person who holds a permit...
Página 24 - In the past the passenger train network of the railroads was such that most of our post offices throughout the country were served by rail," Mr. Siedle said. "Todav, of the 37,409 post offices, we find that the railroads are serving fewer than one-third. Thirty years ago there were more than 10,000 usable passenger trains available. Today there are fewer than 3,000. "Trains are scheduled to accommodate passengers and many of those remaining today are not scheduled to meet the needs of our mail service....
Página 17 - I am managing director of the American Trucking Associations, Inc. Our offices are located at 1424 16th Street NW., Washington 6, DC The American Trucking Associations, Inc., is a federation that was established in 1933 as the national trade association of the trucking industry, representing all types of motor carriers of property, both for hire and private. We have affiliated associations in all 48 States and in the District of Columbia. In addition, we speak for 11 affiliated conferences, as follows:...