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agency to purchase cars and other
equipment TO be furnished to the rail-
roads without profit
Selected by 7. s. C.
The Interstate commerce commission
would select five of It's memheSr VINO
would constitute tho service division or
the national organization. This division
would have supervision and tnltlat"rY
and regulatory powers to be exercised
through the board Of the national rail-
way service
The board would be composed Of forty
members, Subdiridcd into two divisions
finance and administrative railroad Of
fcialS. of twenty members each.
Subordinate to the board would be
four group railway boards. one in each
Of the four rate territories into which
the commission has divided the Coun-
try-eaStcrn. southern. western and
mountain-Pa cific. Zach board would
consist Of seven members. five to be
! selected by the railroads Of each group
and two from the shippers located in
each group territory. The twenty
railway officials serving on these four
boards would serve as the railway Of
fcials' division of the national board.
The Plan in Detail.
Cooperating with the group boards
from the railroads of each group. These
committees would cover A large range
OF investigation and report including
the normal equipment requirements of
each railroad: additional equipment to
be leased from the national railway
service: STANDARDIZATION Of equipments
useless expenditures incident to COM
petition; n study of joint use OF termi-
nails. yards and shop facilities: surplus
property not required in lcgitlmat"
transportation: cost Of carrying: pur-
chase of fuel and supplies: application
of standard of efficiency in railroad
operations; working conditions. wages
and the like.
Tho National Railway Service Cor
poration. recently organized by the As
ISOLATION Of Security Owners to furnish
equipment to the carriers by conditional
sale or lease, woul be superseded by the
national railway service with extended
powers for financing and leasing equip
ment.
The twenty trustees of the present
service corporation would serve as the
finance and administrative division Of
the national board.
The excess earnings created under the
transportation act would be used in con-
nrction with the sale of trust. CcrtIti
Gates lnP Tall"dE S0TNItf u
provide for the purchase OF freight cars
and equipment for the railroads under
the plan proposed. Equipment would h,
leased by the service 10 the roads 10
meet seasonal requirements and thus
used at different times on different rail-
roads.
Savings Pointed Out.
The service in this method OF hand
ling equipment would be very great"
says Mr. Warticld. The rcnta! cost TO
the railroads would be gradually cut
down and railroad rates cOrrcspondingly
lowered
Regarding the proposed regional con-
Soiidations Of the carriers. Mr.. Warticld
says Il troublesome question arises in
connection with the possible conflict Of
this section of tho transportation act
with state laws. He points to the dam
gers OF injunctions by dissenting stock
holders and says dissenting states will
likely challenge the authority OF con-
gress 10 authorize 4 consolidation con-
traEY to the statutes or decisions Of the
states to which the constituent COM
panies owe their corporate allegiance
and existence.
The organization. he says, will aid
the interstate commerce commits in
cffccting consultations OF roads may
prove desirable in the public interest.
The proposed plan also will give re-