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Amendment of the Esch-Cummins. Act so as to give the railroads from five to seven years to effect consolidations, after which consolidation would be compusory, is the policy advocated by Senator James E. Watson of Indiana, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce...
...Repeal of the Cummins-Esch law. Public ownership of railroads, with democratic operation with definite safeguards against bureaucratic control...
Railroads. The Esch-Cummins Act of 1920 promised cheaper freight rates, improved service, better labor conditions, peace between employer and employees, fair return to railways on their investments. Democrats favor these aims but contend the Act has not achieved them...
...Senator Smith of South Carolina was really elected by the radical group. Their backing of him was largely due to the fact that he opposed the rate-making section (Section 15-A) of the Esch-Cummins Transportation Act. That effort won the commendation of LaFollette. Otherwise Senator Smith is not known as especially radical. His place in the Senate, which he has held since 1908, came about largely from his extensive part in organizing the Southern Cotton Association. He is a cotton Senator, a fighter of the boll weevil. Despite his husky voice, he is comparatively mild mannered...
...Supreme Court for the third* time in recent months upheld the Transportation Act, generally known as the Esch-Cummins Railroad...