Word: keeshin
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Dates: during 1935-1935
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...trucking is still the province of nearly 300,000 independent trucking outfits. For years Mr. Keeshin has been trying to persuade truckmen to stop cut throat competition, fix rates. Says he : "There simply was not sufficient honor among them to stick together." Like most big truckmen, he finally asked for Federal regulation. Last week Mr. Keeshin was prime proof of the contention that the new Motor Carrier Law, placing trucks under the Interstate Commerce Commission (TIME, Aug. 19), will help both railroads and big trucking companies at the expense of small, hand-to-mouth trucksters...