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Pressing Ex Parte 103, their case for a 15% freight rate increase before the Interstate Commerce Commission, the railroads of the land last week won their first strategic victory over shippers opposing their plea. The I. C. C. originally scheduled the opening of opposition testimony for Aug. 31. In closing...
"All The Winds That Blow." Ever since the rate case began the I. C. C. has been bombarded with outside advice and suggestions. Propaganda for and against the roads flowed into its quasi-judicial headquarters in Washington. Boldest, most startling public statement on Ex Parte 103 was made fortnight ago...
The case under consideration was docketed as Ex Parte 103. It contained the petition of Class I railroads in the U. S. for a horizontal (i.e. blanket) 15% freight rate increase (TIME, May 18 et seq.). The first hearings were called last week for the carriers to show that they...
Counsel Bikle proposed that Ex Parte 103 be held open, if and after rate-upping is allowed, so that the I. C. C. could readjust freight charges to meet changing economic conditions. The rate increase, he argued, would thus not need to be considered permanent.
Hatred, Marriage under False Pretenses, in the round old-fashioned way. He assumes embattled political moods and delivers thumbnail diatribes on Normalcy, the Kaiser at Doom, the Foes of the League of Nations. More widely appealing will be the ex parte satires, which are very human and mellow indeed and...