Javits, Hon. Jacob K., U.S. Senator from the State of New York, Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C.- Kennedy, Hon. Edward M., U.S. Senator from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C Kennedy, Hon. Robert F., U.S. Senator from the State of New York, 126 Kirk, William J., trustee, New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail- Klein, Nathan M., Sea Cliff, Long Island, N.Y. 364 Kohl, John C., Assistant Administrator (Transportation), Housing and 259 Lee, Hon. Richard C., mayor, city of New Haven, Conn... Martin, Hon. Clarence D., Under Secretary of Commerce for Trans- portation, Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C..-- Michaelian, Hon. Edward G., county executive of Westchester County, 304 Padula, Hon. Louis J., member, Connecticut House of Representatives, 293 Ribicoff, Hon. Abraham, U.S. Senator from the State of Connecticut, Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C... Rockefeller, Hon. Nelson A., Governor, State of New York, Albany, N.Y.; accompanied by Dr. William J. Ronan, secretary to the Governor; Walter J. Myskowski, special consultant to the attorney general of the State of New York; and Bayard S. Forster, director, Rosan, Richard A., United Communities for Railroad Action, Stam- 324 331 95 Sage, George M., president, the Short Line Inc., Providence, R.I.. Schamus, Sanford L., New York, N.Y.. Schiff, Irwin A., New Haven, Conn.. Smith, Richard J., trustee, the New York, New Haven & Hartford Volpe, Hon. John A., Governor, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Webb, Hon. Charles A., Chairman, Interstate Commerce Commission, Zimmerman, Prof. Frederick A., Hunter College, New York, N.Y., on behalf of Senator Max Berking of the New York State Senate.---. 113 227 158 333 Beattie, Donald S., executive secretary, Railway Labor Executives' 382 Burke, Hon. James A., U.S. Representative from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, House Office Building, Washington, D.C.........- Statements submitted by- Statements submitted by-Continued Fogarty, Hon. John E., U.S. Representative from the State of Rhode Page 93 Irwin, Hon. Donald J., U.S. Representative from the State of Con- 378 385 387 380 St Germain, Hon. Fernand, U.S. Representative from the State of Letters received from- 94 Dorigan, H. W., New Haven, Conn., to Senator Pastore, dated March Dorigan, H. W., New Haven, Conn. to Senator Pastore, dated March 321 209 Dorigan, H. W., New Haven, Conn., to Senator Pastore, dated March Hutchinson, Hon. Everett, Commissioner, Interstate Commerce Com- Moore, James Wm., New Haven, Conn. to Senator Pastore, dated Nugent, Hon., J. Joseph, attorney general, State of Rhode Island, Article entitled "Who Will Save the New Haven?" by Senator Clai- 248 181 321 224 166 75 137 Extracts from constitutions of Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode 68 Memorandum from the Library of Congress to Senate Commerce 265 Memorandum of Decision Re Petition for Order No. 287 by the U.S. 24 Memorandum concerning airline subsidy, H. H. Coyle, New 322 Supplemental exhibits furnished by the New York, New Haven and 318 Table: Class I Line-Haul Railroads Conducting Passengers Service by 52 Telegram from Senator Dodd to Senator Pastore, dated March 11, 1965. 346 THE CRISIS IN PASSENGER TRAIN SERVICE TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1965 U.S. SENATE, COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, Washington, D.C. The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:08 a.m., in room 5110, New Senate Office Building, Hon. John O. Pastore presiding. Senator PASTORE. This hearing will please come to order. Today the full Committee on Commerce meets to receive testimony on four very important bills which relate to passenger railroad transportation. The first of these, S. 325, was introduced by Senator Ribicoff on January 7, 1965. It would amend the Interstate Commerce Act to authorize the ICC to provide economic assistance to railroads for the purpose of preserving and improving essential passenger train services and facilities. Without objection, a copy of S. 325 and an analysis of its provisions will be printed at this point in the record. (The bill follows:) [S. 325, 89th Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To amend the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, to authorize the Interstate Commerce Commission to assist common carriers of passengers by railroad in preserving and improving essential passenger train services and facilities, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Railroad Passenger Train Assistance Act of 1965." SEC. 2. The Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, is amended by inserting immediately after part V thereof the following new part: "PART VI "SEC. 601. It is the purpose of this part to provide for assistance to common carriers of passengers by railroad subject to this Act to aid them in preserving and improving essential passenger train services and facilities, and to encourage State and local governments and their public instrumentalities to extend tax relief and other assistance toward the same end, 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. "DEFINITIONS "SEC. 602. For the purposes of this part "(a) The term 'Commission' means the Interstate Commerce Commission. "(b) The term 'expense' means expenditures for labor, materials, services and other costs incurred in maintaining, repairing, or renewing road property used Staff counsel assigned to this hearing: Joseph R. Fogarty and Stanton P. Sender. Ι in transportation service which are chargeable to the maintenance of way and structure operating expense accounts in accordance with the uniform system of accounts for railroad companies prescribed by the Commission. "(c) The term 'expenses,' in referring to expenses directly assignable as solely related to railroad passenger service or to that portion of common expenses assignable to railroad passenger service, means expenses assignable in accordance with rules governing the separation of operating expenses, railway taxes, equipment rents, and joint facility rents, between freight service and passenger service prescribed by the Commission. "APPLICATION FOR AID; CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO GRANTING "SEC. 603. In order to carry out the purpose declared in section 601, the Commission is authorized and directed to consider the application of any railroad subject to this Act for financial aid in the operation of a passenger train or trains required by the present or future public convenience and necessity. No such application shall be approved by the Commission unless it determines that (1) the continuance of passenger train operations specified in the application is required by the present or future public convenience and necessity; and (2) the granting of the aid applied for is necessary to carry out effectively the purpose of this part. Applications shall be under oath or affirmation and in such form as the Commission shall prescribe. A statement of the findings of the Commission under the provisions of this section shall be made a matter of public record by the Commission with respect to each application considered under the provisions of this part. "DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT OF AID "SEC. 604. (a) The amount of financial aid extended under the provisions of this section shall be determined on the basis of a final accounting respecting passenger train operations conducted during the calendar year preceding the year in which the application is filed and shall be payable as soon as practicable after the end of each such calendar year. "(b) The maximum amount of financial aid available to any applicant shall be: "(1) Expenses incurred by the applicant in the preceding calendar year in the maintenance of way and structures which are directly assignable as solely related to railroad passenger service; plus "(2) Any expenses incurred in the preceding calendar year in the maintenance of the applicants' way and structures by any State, municipality, or other political subdivision, or any public instrumentality thereof, which, if incurred by the applicant, would be an expense directly assignable as solely related to railroad passenger service; plus "(3) That portion of common expenses incurred by the applicant in the preceding calendar year in the maintenance of way and structures which is assignable to railroad passenger services: Provided, however, That the amount of any grant determined in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph shall not exceed the amount of assistance including tax relief, but excluding any assistance available under paragraph (2) above, made available to the applicant in the preceding calendar year by any State, municipality, or other political subdivision, or any public instrumentality thereof, which, in the judgment of the Commission, is reasonably related to the purpose of this part. "(c) In determining the amount of aid to be extended to an applicant under the provisions of this section, the decision of the Commission shall be final. "ACQUISITION AND MODERNIZATION OF EQUIPMENT "SEC. 605. In order to carry out the purposes declared in section 601, the Commission is authorized and directed to consider the application of any railroad subject to this Act for financial aid in the acquisition and modernization of passenger cars, including multiple-unit commuter cars, required by the present or future public convenience and necessity. The Commission will apply the same conditions precedent to granting aid under this section as set forth in section 603. "DISCONTINUANCE OR CHANGE OF CERTAIN PASSENGER OPERATIONS OR SERVICES "SEC. 606. In the determination of any proposed discontinuance or change in passenger operations or services under the provisions of section 13a of this Act, the Commission shall give appropriate weight to any representations relative to the present or future public convenience and necessity which may have been made by the carrier involved under the provisions of this part and to the amount |