Milford chronicle., 1946-08-09

effect the needed repairs.
IN A DISCUSSION which was recently
filed with the House of Representatives com
mittcc which is studying postwar tranSpol-
tation. the Association of American Itali-
roads observed that the roads do not seek
preferential treatment and ask only tor an
opportunity to perform their work "Wlthout
being handicapped by unnecessary or ar1-
fetal restrictions" and without having thclr
strength "sappcd and their usefulness M
paired bv special treatment for other car
rierS.
In this connection, the Association SpCcl-
fled seven steps which must be taken II all
forms of transportation are to br treated
with equality.
|. Each agency of transportation should
be required to pay It's own way
,. Each agency of transportation should
pay its proper share of taxes for the gcn'fn
support of the government.
3. Government expenditures for trans
portation facilities should be subjected to the
same tests as to public convenience and ne
cessity and economic justification as are ap
piled to private expenditures for similar
purposes.
i. Operation of two or more dticrcn
tor, under suitable regulations, should b
permitted in the public interest.
5. All regulation Of tranSportatlo
should be administered by the same govern
mcnt agency to assure equality of treatment
6. Provisions Of the antitrust law
should be rcconcilcd with the national trans
portation policy as declared by Congress:
Z. Means should be provided for nc
iustmcnt of railroad indebtedness Wi'h")
resort to formal bankruptcy or rcccvor>hl
proceedings.
None of these provisions, it should !
noted. would pcnazc any carrier IN an
way. None of them would result IN prctc
pntial or "favOritc son" treatment for al
carrier. They would simply put all forms {
transportation on fair and equal footing
the benefit of the traveller, shipreE and Ia
payer They amount to a broad outll
D which should be followed by the COVER
4 mcnt in pcrfccting its regulation of ever
T. form of public transportation.
S AUGUST IT, 1916, is the FIRST anniv
+ saly of Victory Day. One year ago with t
firing of the last shot in the far Pacific t
h great and tragic drama Of World War
l. ended. America, together with her Alh
C were on the brink of a new and SHINING cl
l. an era in which the common man Wou
n once again be able to forge his own dcSti
y i'm the constructive, free atmosphere
e peace.
The last Shackc of tyranny which
unh0ly alliance of NazSm FaSciSm and n
IN pOnism had visited upon the world for aIm'
v a decade was completely and finally brOk
al that August II. More than 100000 Anne
to cans had given their lives to break it. I
t. signs in the sky pointed to unparalleled
m pOrtunity, prosperity and achlCVcmo
ne Hadn't America pioneered the building o
n world organization which would prohibit
lg rcsurgencc of such tyranny for now and
m, all time?
all Twelve crucial months have pass
n They were months of admirable effort h
w at home and abroad, to save the promise
peace while ctfccting a recovery from
m dislOcatiOn of war They were also mon
IL of major Illustration in which the anc1
est enemies of man, greed, SclfiShnesS and pr
on released from their wartime impotc
Ow emerged into an alarming peril to peace.
90 the pcll-mcl race for the fruits OF vict
Ch and the blessings of peace in which the b
Op- market operator and the lmpCrlallStlc ma
nd have been cO-SinnCrS man has leopard
the his chances of attaining either goal.
of 1t is this fact that has prompted
up American Legion when Americans comm
yer Grating the memory of our World wa
ord hero dead and the spirit that motlNatcd
Gus sacrifice, may rc-dcdicatc themselves to
severe for peace in the same spirit. An
ing can Legion Posts throughout the nation
in observing Victory Day with approp
on public ceremonies. 1t bChOOVCS the pc
all of the community to contribute to the
The cess of these programs.
1t AS yet the very words, Victory Day
can hollow Therein lies a challenge to {
or American to help realize the promise o
pre- first Victory Day. This is no time to
and August II is the time to shake off the e
of the disappointmentS and Illustration
nave get up and start swinging anew for that
gov ing peace and good will era we envis
are year ago. Dreams never come trl
sleep.