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Excerpt from Proposed Amendment to Transportation Act, 1920, Vol. 2: Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the House of Representatives, Sixty-Seventh Congress, Second Session, on H. R. 6861 and H. R. 8131 Bills to Amend the Interstate Commerce Act, as Amended by the Transportation Act, 1920 We are firmly of the opinion that the Supreme Court of the United States in the Minnesota Rate case and in the Shreveport case has clearly set forth the boundaries of authority existing between the Interstate Commerce Commission and the State commissions. It would be idle to enter into any extensive discus sion or citations Of court and commission decisions in order to illustrate our viewpoint. We believe it can be summed up in very few words which are to the effect that State regulation of strictly intrastate rates not interfering with interstate commerce should be maintained. We are in favor of the repeal of section 15a of the interstate commerce act, particularly that portion which undertakes to provide for the carriers as a fair return a sum equal to 5a per cent based on the aggregate value of the property, or, at the discretion of the commission, 6 per cent. This commission desires that you enter an appearance on its behalf before the congressional House committee February 23, and also take such action on its behalf as may seem necessary in order to protect State rights. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.