New-York tribune., 1919-07-09
Lorce Proposes
RerisiOn Of Inter-
State Commerce LdtC

l.. 7. LOree, president or the Della
ware g. Hudson company, has prepared
i'm pamphlet covering 100 pages sug-
pcstions for a revised interstate COM
mcrce law which he has put in the
form Of bill for presentation to Con-
prcss. In the introduction he states
that n comprehensive revision of the
existing law, first enacted in 1887, Is
desirable in that it has become oppres-
sivc rather than remedial; that it
tends to deprive the public Of needed
facilities and service and denies to
legitimate investors the fair returns
70 which they are legally and morally
entitled.
MIR. Loree proposes the following
changes:
I Extension Of the power Of the Inter
state Commerce Commission to cover state
rates which in any way affect intersIste
commerce.
.. Extension Of the power OF the Inter
state Commerce Commission 10 labor dis
putcs. requiring that wages and conditions
of employment shall be just and reasonable.
Employee should be forbidden TO conspire
fo inierrupt interstate commerce Strikes
-houId be permitted only on condition mat
the III ipu,e must first have been submitted
10 la, Interstate Commerce Commission.
and subsequent to its decision there must be
vote 70 strike which vote should be by
secret ballot on question dehned oy the
commission the taking and counting OF the
vote being supervised by the Bureau OF In
tcrstafc Transportation.
3. That the Interstate Commerce Com
mission shall become wholly an adjudicntine
body. the terms Of Office OF the commission
ers after the retirement OF those now in Of
fee 10 be extended TO nine years and the
division OF the country into five interstass
commerce regions. following the natura
traffic divisions Of the United States, one
commissioner 20 have his Office in each re-
rion. leaving three 90 sit in Washington
these three 10 exercise all the powers OF th'
commission except those thus provided for
T. That the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion shall nc required as soon as practicable
10 fix. either for the United States a.
whole or for each interstate commerce re
zion. the percentage by which existing rates
ought generally to be increased in order Il
meet expense and provide proper revenues
No rate not exceeding the present rates b.
more than these percentages should be re
r,a-dcd rs unreasonable in themselves. bu
any rate may be condemned in case 1t 1
found TO produce unjust discrimination
Until these maximum percentages are mad
elective the Secretary OF the Treasury shou'
nav 10 each system surrendered from Fed
oval control the difference between the ac
tual income and the standard return unde
the Federal control act, II the actual neon
j. less.
b. That the power 20 suspend rates pend
ing investigation should be abolished.
i. That bureau OF interstate transporta
tion should be created. TO operate under IN
direction of chief. TO he designated iron
among the members Of the Interstate Com
rnerce Commission but this commissioner
during the period Of such designation. no
10 perform any duties commissioner.
: That the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion ahall no longer be permitted TO institut
proceedings of its own voIition. but tnat IN
bureau Of interstate transportation. as we
as state commissioners. trade organizatoh'