THE CRISIS IN PASSENGER TRAIN SERVICE HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE EIGHTY-NINTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON S. 325 A BILL TO AMEND THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT, AS AMENDED, A BILL TO ENCOURAGE THE PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF A S. 1234 A BILL TO ENCOURAGE THE PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF A A BILL TO AMEND THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT, AS AMENDED, TO STANFORD MARCH 2, 3, 4, 10, 1965 Serial No. 89-11 UNIVERSITY JUN 1965 CONTENTS Bureau of the Budget, dated March 10, 1965-- Comptroller General of the United States, dated March 3, 1965-- Bureau of the Budget, dated March 10, 1965_-- Comptroller General of the United States, dated February 23, Bassett, Harold, president, Connecticut Taxpayers Association, 307 Bixler, Herbert E., vice president, Systems Analysis & Research 359 Bober, Joseph, secretary-treasurer, Connecticut State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, Hamden, Conn., on behalf of John J. Driscoll, president. Bradford, Amory, Regional Plan Association, New York, N.Y. Browning, L. L., traffic manager, Trailways of New England, Inc., 323 Christensen, Tom, general chairman, Association of the New Haven Railroad, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, AFL-CIO, New Haven, Congdon, Howard S., traffic manager, Grinnell Co., Cranston, R.I Dempsey, Hon. John N., Governor, State of Connecticut, Hartford, Giaimo, Hon. Robert N., U.S. Representative from the State of Connecticut, House Office Building, Washington, D.C... Hickey, Hon. William, member, Connecticut State Senate, Stamford, Irwin, Hon. Donald J., U.S. Representative from the State of Con- 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, Kirk, William J., trustee, New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail- Klein, Nathan M., Sea Cliff, Long Island, N.Y.. 126 364 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, Zimmerman, Prof. Frederick A., Hunter College, New York, N. Y., on behalf of Senator Max Berking of the New York State Senate... Statements submitted by- 113 227 158 333 382 Beattie, Donald S., executive secretary, Railway Labor Executives' association, NW., Washington, D.C. 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 94 Dorigan, H. W., New Haven, Conn. to Senator Pastore, dated March 321 Dorigan, H. W., New Haven, Conn., to Senator Pastore, dated March 209 Dorigan, H. W., New Haven, Conn., to Senator Pastore, dated March 248 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- 181 321 224 166 75 137 borne Pell, February 22, 1965, issue of the Nation magazine--- 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 |