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- 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
- .•• 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
- 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
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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
- and regulations
may
be revised or modified from time to time by the Secretary.
"(2)(b)
Any conmon carrier
or violates
any rule or regulation
section shall be liable
failure
or violation
any such failure
by railroad
prescribed
which fails
to comply
- , 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
- snch functions, powers, and duties M the
9 , Secretary shall prescribe from time to time.
10
, (c) There shnll be in tho Department four AsHistnnt
11 .Secretaries and a Ocnernl Counsel, who shall be nppointecl
.
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12, . by the President, by nnd
- 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
- , 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
- ,
a lack of coordinated
- ---~
--
a number
mass
of individual
transit
planning,
carriers
in financial
and a multitude
distress,
of other
- 5 -
problems.
a fresh
It is timely,
therefore,
look at the industry
national
that accounts
- 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
- 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