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- , modification, or denial of certifi
cates or licenses.
8. Interstate Commerce Commission junctions relating to railroad
safety laws, and hours of service of employees; motor carrier safety
laws; transportation of explosives; and, standard time zones
-
Members
on Commerce
of the Federal
of Transportation.
of Congress
have offered
bills to create
'
the Department.
Private
same recommendation
citizens,
experts
in the field,
havo mado tho
to me.
Now it is time to act on these
recommendations
- to the President
from Secretary Connor, who
chaired a meeting with Secretary
McNamara and Secretary
Wirtz,
attended by Jim Reynolds, Paul Ignatius, Alan Boyd, and myself,
in Connor's office Thursday evening.
(1) All three Secretaries
agree that this is not the time
- time
to soften.
- •
* There
without
are very important
major legislative
improvements which can be made
change.
•. I suggest a program based on these points:
1.
Labor relations;
•
jurisdictional
disputes;
manning scales.
* It
should and can
- .•• the descendant
product
economy.
times
-- accounts
of the horse-drawn
for one in every
In 1965, ·that amounted t~ the
-- a sum greater
than the entire
gross
in 1940.
•
Shortcomings
Vital as it is, mammoth
transportation
•
of Our System
and complex
- with which you are
familiar.
The Agenq in all probability will be transferred to the
Department of Defense in time of war. It should be so organized in peace
that it can function in war without significant reorganization.
For this reason and·a110 because
- criteria
the new Secretar·y
of Transportation
would impose on navigation projects.
,,
St .. Ge1·main -
Non-committal
King
(Utah)
Promises
to keep an open mind.
Points out that he
has voted with the Administration.98
percent of the time
- "
changes for 1966
The Boyd task force
Department
concept
The Califano-White
to further
contacts
on government
forecast
develop
organization
of government
the Transportation
with the industry
to smooth
acceptance
z
The State
of the Union
- , aviation, and merchant marine were placed in the
Department of Commerce. At the same time the position t,f Under Secretary
for Transportation was created in the Department of Commc:::rceand was
given the responsibility
not only to supervise
- by the President.
For proposals lacking solid
analytical and tactual support, an estimate should be pro
vided ot the min1m11m time required to provide such backing
and the scope of any necessary investigations
should be
outlined.
3. Recommendations to
be made
- EMPLOYEES:
Transportation,
·Last evening
Marad
you heard
and the State of the Union
our President
deliver
his third
State of the Union message.
All of that stirring
speech is of vital importance
to us as Americans
and federal
employees.
I hope you
- See all scanned items from file unit "State of the Union"
- Folder, "State of the Union," Transportation Department, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 1
