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to the growing list of ideas for
getting the wheels rolling again,
Senator Morse. Democrat of
Oregon, introduced his own third
proposal dealing with the strike.
viii Avoid Seizure
The earliest advocate of fran
chise revocation, he said his new
bill would get away from the
seizure question which seems to
be worrying some of his col
leagues.
The new bill would revoke
Capital Transit's franchise as its
first provision. But instead OF
letting the Commissioners op-
crate a seized company, it would
grant them authority to provide
emergency transportation by con-
tract or otherwise.
Senator Morse said the District
thus would have mass trans
portation during the year which
must elapse before Capital Tran
sits franchise would be legally
terminated.
Senator Morse suggested the
possibility of a jitney service OF
issuance of a permit to a new
bus concern.
AllOtt Raps Seizure
One member of the Senate
District Committee, Senator Al.
lott, Republican of Colorado
spoke out sharply against thu
Commissioners seizure and fran.
chise-lifting bill.
He said he was worried ovel
the precedent-making implica'
tions of seizure and what i
would do to future labor man
agement relations.
Senator Allott said he also wa
generally opposed to an injunc'
tion process but thought thai
approach, followed by binding
arbitration, might be justified
in case where the public in
terest is at stake.
Senator Mcnamara. though HI
added his name to those of /.
others sponsoring the commits
sioners' bill, said he would prefel
to cancel the company's franchis'
and find some way other thar
commissioner operation of thu
company to fill in the gap.
During yesterdays pre-hearinl
discussion by the District Com
mittee, Senator Beall, Republican
of Maryland, raised the poin
that action which Congress wa
planning for the District was NJ
more than any city governmen
might advocate elsewhere. HI
added that the legislative actiol
amounted to what Washington
itself would do If it had hom
Trade Board to Pick 3
Away from the congressional
ecene, the Board of Trade wa
completing arrangements for 1
three-man fact-finding commit
tee which would be privileged II
study Capital Transit's record
and determine its capability o
meeting union wage and pension
demands.
Yesterday another fact-findin
team bobbed up when c. F. Prel
Ter. president of the Centrs
Labor Union, announced he wa
naming three men for the sam
purpose.
"The fact-finding committe
would employ top accountant
and analysts to examine tn
records of the company an
Public Utilities Commission an
to examine into the facts @
the dispute" Mr.. Preller said,
I'm sure that a fact-findin
committee appointed by tn
Central Labor Union coul
handle the job at least as oh
jectively as an employer-ap
pointed committee" he said.
Spencer Answers Broadwater
Commissioner Samuel Spence
replied today to letter receive
yesterday from Capital Trans
President j. A. B. Broadwate
charging him with presenting
distorted and biased picture G
the company's operations. MI
Broadwater's reference was to
letter Mr.. Spencer sent to Chair
man Nicely o fthe Senate Dis
trict Committee setting out rea
sons why the company's fran
chise should be terminated.
In his answer Mr.. Spence