mr wwniu 'A 'N ••snoBJAs SOJ8 PJOlXBQ ili ..V' GIFT MAR 26 1918 FEDERAL OPERATION OF TRANSPOR- TATION SYSTEMS EXTRACTS FROM HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H. R. 8172 ■OT rim '< XT T \7 .^ » ;*. T T " STATEMENT OF HON. ALBERT M. TODD PRESIDENT OF THE PUBLIC OWNERSHIP LEAGUE OF AMERICA JANUARY 29. 1918 Cl i JjV^ ' FOR ADDITIONAL COpIIBS ADDRESS Public Ownership League "^' of America Westory Building, Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICH 1918 COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE, House of Repbesentatives. THETUS W. SIMS, Tennessee, Chairman. FRANK B. DOREMUS, Michigan. DAN V. STEPHENS, Nebraslsa. ALBEN W. BARKLEY, Kentuclcy. SAM RAYBURN, Texas. ANDREW J. MONTAGUE, Virginia. PERL D. DECKER, Missouri. CHARLES P. COADY, Maryland. ARTHUR G. DEWALT, Pennsylvania. HARRY H. DALE, New York. JOHN S. SNOOK, Ohio. JARED Y. SANDERS, Louisiana. W. Alta Tatlob, OJerh. n JOHN J. ESCH, Wisconsin. EDWARD L. HAMILTON, Michigan. RICHARD WAYNE PARKER, New Jersey. SAMUEL E. WINSLOW, Massachusetts. JAMES S. PARKER, New York. CHARLES H. DILLON, South Dakota. BURTON E. SWEET, Iowa. WALTER R. STINESS, Rhode Island. JOHN G. COOPER, Ohio. '^ Public OwBsrsliip leape of America Albert M- To