Commerce Commission Fails To Protect Public Interest
Washington report notes the Commerce Commission did not safeguard public interests in a recent action. Officials defend procedures while observers urge stronger consumer protections and stricter enforcement. The article highlights regulatory gaps and calls for reform.
Transportation regulation and the public interest in postwar policy
A veteran column questions how agencies like the Interstate Commerce Commission protect the public as railroads seek higher rates. It cites Clyde Aitchison’s remark calling railroads clients and argues for centralized regulation of all transport modes under a single body to serve the public interest.
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Clyde B. Aitchison
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House
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Wheeler
Montana
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Senator Wheeler
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Truman
United States
Transportation Commission
CAA
Federal
Communications Commission
Attendance at VA church services hits record in March
VA reports March church attendance across 83 hospital chaplains reaching 102 024 with 27 000 more than February. Chaplains held 297 Protestant services 483 Catholic masses and 1 825 other religious services. They logged 10 465 ward visits 103 400 personal contacts and 223 funerals while aiding 197 welfare cases and 27 baptisms 22 marriages.
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Veterans Hospitals
Veterans Administration
Crawford W. Brown
VA Chaplaincy Service
Set Up This Table Where You Want It
Folding stand and ply wood tray with gallery around three sides fit securely over a base. The stand is the right height for comfortable chairs and the tray has hand-held openings. An actual-size pattern for sides of tray with cutting and assembling directions is available for 15 cents postpaid as pattern No. 268.
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Army Air Corps
China
E. R
Spooner
Wis
Internal Revenue Bureau
Veterans Administration
Navy
A. T
Seaford
del. A
W. H
Detroit
Mich. A
Army
Red Wing
Minn. A
Pattern Request by Mrs Ruth veBam Spears
Mrs Ruth veBam Spears of Bedford Hills New York requests pattern No 268 by enclosing 15 cents and including name and address in Drawer 10.
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Ruth Vebam
Bedford Hills
Drawer
False Alarm Keeps Sleepy Guest Awake at Hotel
Brown, a very light sleeper, briefly drowses after a late arrival. A boy announces downstairs package delivery but Brown wants it left for morning. After a pause another knock arrives and the boy shouts that the package is not for Brown.
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