Rail Merger Study: National defense

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Interstate Commerce Commission, Rail Services Planning Office, 1977
 

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Stranica 4 - States and the duly authorized officials thereof ; and to encourage fair wages and equitable working conditions ; all to the end of developing, coordinating, and preserving a national transportation system by water, highway, and rail, as well as other means, adequate to meet the needs of the commerce of the United States, of the postal service, and of the national defense. All of the provisions of this act shall be administered and enforced with a view to carrying out the above declaration of policy.
Stranica 13 - It is hereby declared to be the national transportation policy of the Congress to provide for fair and impartial regulation of all modes of transportation subject to the provisions of this Act, so administered as to recognize and preserve the inherent advantages of each...
Stranica 13 - In passing upon any proposed transaction under the provisions of this paragraph (2), the Commission shall give weight to the following considerations, among others: (1) The effect of the proposed transaction upon adequate transportation service to the public : (2) the effect upon the public interest of the inclusion, or failure to include, other railroads in the territory involved in the proposed transaction; (3) the total fixed charges resulting from the proposed transaction ; and (4) the interest...
Stranica 13 - ... as to encourage the employment of labor and to foster the preservation and development of a national transportation system adequate to meet the needs of the commerce of the United States, of the postal service, and of the national defense.
Stranica 16 - ... freight in large volume for long distances at low operating costs. Another is the movement of bulk commodities which do not lend themselves readily to motortruck transportation. The necessity for maintenance of the railroads to meet the needs of the commerce of the Nation is conceded by applicants. The soundness of the argument of the railroads that their financial strength and potential for expansion to meet the needs of national defense must be preserved is beyond question. It is apparent that...
Stranica 25 - Reserve composed of persons selected from various segments of the civilian economy and from government for training for employment in executive positions in the Federal Government in the event of the occurrence of an emergency that requires such employment.
Stranica 26 - The National Plan for Emergency Preparedness." The plan set forth basic principles, policies, responsibilities, preparations, and responses of civil government to meet any kind of national defense emergency ; and described role of the Federal Government, the States and their political subdivisions, and, as appropriate, nongovernmental organizations and individual citizens. The OEP "National Plan" superseded the OCDM "National Plan for Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization
Stranica 27 - Section 1303(6)); motor carrier utilization, reduction of vulnerability, and operation in an emergency; inland waterway utilization of equipment and shipping, reduction of vulnerability, and operation in an emergency...
Stranica 27 - Determination of the proper apportionment and allocation for control of the total civil transportation capacity, or any portion thereof, to meet over-all essential civil and military needs ; (4) Determination and identification of the transportation resources available and required to meet all degrees of national emergencies and regional transportation emergencies; (5) Assistance to the various States, the local political subdivisions thereof, and non-governmental organizations and systems engaged...
Stranica 18 - These orders regulate use of transportation modes at the— onset of crisis conditions and would go into effect immediately upon the declaration of a civil defense emergency or an attack upon the United States.

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