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sion. II don't know why people
hate Wolfson So" he declared
Perhaps it's because he's the
member of a minority race. The
real villain here is the commits
SION"
II the commission had let the
company increase its fares, he
insisted. it would have been able
to afford a wage increase and
thus avoid the strike.
Representative Hyde. Repub-
lican of Maryland, opposed the
restoration, insisting that a Sen
ate investigation of etc in 1858
had concluded that the company
was not acting in the public in
tereSt.
He urged support for public
ownership. contending that con-
ditions in the transit industry
made it impossible for private
capital to operate prof1tably.
The tax concession bill, he
said, proves the point. The bill
would grant CTC relief from
nearly 100000 a year in gross
receipts taxes and. whenever the
company fails to earn a return of
6la per cent, from all or part of
the Districts 6-cent-a-gallon
gasoline tax.
Arbitration an Issue
Mr.. Williams and Mr.. Harris
insisted the concessions proposed
for etc had been scaled down
from those which the District
Commissioners had proposed for
any successor company.
Opponents of the bill centerec
their fire on lack of any provi-
sion for compulsory arbitration
recalling that etc had refused
to arbitrate on union terms last
year.
Mr.. Broyhill countered by de-
claring the union would not "ac-
cept an arbitrator who will con-
slider ability to pay" and calico
it surprising that the union i:
asking Congress to destroy theil
employer"
He said many members of the
transit union are among his con.
Stituents and have asked him tt
help keep the company alive.
Representative Bailey, Demo.
crat of West Virginia, however
called on lawmakers sympathetic
to labor to oppose the restora-
ton, declaring, I'm not about
to leave the economic security Of
workers in the hands of a bunch
OF economic wolves"
He was echoed by Representa-.
tive Macdonald, Democrat o.
Massachusetts, who insisted nj
transformation has taken place
since last summer to indicate
that now Mr.. Wolfson is a clear
white man on a white charger.
He said Mr.. Wolfson had made
a profit of 339 per cent on hi:
investment in etc and that
during that time there have
been SIS days of strike. Wolfsor
won't even sit down and arbi.
trate with his employees.
Court Tieup Seen
Representative Dolliver. Re.
publican Of Iowa, backed the
restoration bill, declaring the
company is lin good financial
condition" and is running a
good transit system" He warned
that If the company goes out OF
business and a publicly owned
authority such as that approved
by the Senate attempts to con.
denim etc property piecemea
they're going to take the Dis.
trict into court and have us tiec
up for months"
Also, he insisted, why create
public authority when you have
a private company available
Congress ought to go on RECORD
with a resounding vote that We
all believe in private enterprise.
Representative Brown. Repub.
lican of Ohio. insisted. however
that restoration of the franchise
would be silly. asinine anc
stupid"
Opening debate. Representative
Halleck. Republican Of Indiana
and minority whip, declared
Congress had been assured b,
the District Commissioners las
year when 1t Cancelled the CTC