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Government Is Killing Railroads Rotarians Told
A Boston and Maine official told Rotary members that railroads survive only with four freedoms: freedom from discriminatory regulation and taxation, freedom from subsidized competition, and freedom to diversify. He argued railroads are overtaxed and overregulated, urging citizens to monitor Congress and press for equal competition. He noted current tax burdens, highway and airport subsidies, and warned nationalization could erase railroads’ tax base.
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Boston and Maine
Oscar C. Benson
Railroad Community Committee of
New England
Benson
B and M
Rotterdam
Boston
Congress
Maurice C. E. Roux
Robert Williams
Raymond Lord
Clayton Cartmill
Edward Terry
Lewiston
Maurice Sandler
Daytona Beach