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regulation?\n\n[Philadelphia]  \n[1928]  \n# COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIESPRESERVATION DIVISIONBIBLIOGRAPHIC MICROFORM TARGET\n\nORIGINAL MATERIAL AS FILMED·EXISTING BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD  \nReproductions may not be made without permslon trom Columbia University Librarios.                 \n## RESTRICTIONS ON USE:\n\nTECHNICAL MICROFORM DATA  \nFILM SIZE:          5mmREDUCTION RATIO:          10:/  \nIMAGE PLACEMENT:IA  \nDATE FILMED:                    5-6-97INITIALS:          16TRACKING\\#:                                                                                          23724  \nFILMED BY PRESERVATION RESOURCES,BETHLEHEM,PA.  \n1....1e  \nBai1m a g But B i nPBB A s B日ria tinn  \n# RAILWAY RATES:WHICH一LEGISLATION OR REGULATION?\n\nIN THE CONGRESS EXPIRING MARCH 4 NEXT  \nSUBJECT:The railroad fare for hauling pasengers in Pullman cars.  \nPURPOSE:To defeat Senate 668,a bill forbidding the Pullmansurcharge,yielding $40,000,000 to the railroads—in no way com-pensated by the bill,and irreplaceable except by raising day-coachfares or freight rates or both.  \nMETHOD:To persuade Congress against substituting its judg-ment for that of the Interstate Commerce Commission.  \nACTION BY BUSINESS MEN WITH SENATORS AND CON-GRESSMEN:(a)Personal interviews before departure from homefor the Dec.3 session;(b)individual correspondence;(c)resolu-tions and work by business men and traffic organizations.  \nTo Members:  \nTFyou agree that railway rate-making should be left by Congress to theInterstate Commerce Commission,which is responsible for the effect ofregulation upon total railway revenues and hence upon the ability of theroads to expand their facilities for meeting future traffic needs,you canhelp by opposing Senate 668,a bill now on the Senate calendar,forbidding theso-called Pullman surcharge.The Congress in which this measure will bepresented for enactment is the Congress which reconvenes Dec.3.Membersnot re-elected Nov.6 are still in Congress until Mar.4.  \nActivities with Senators and Congressmen recommended to business men are:  \n1.A personal interview before the law-maker departs for Washington toattend the short session.  \n2.Correspondence.  \n3.Resolutions and work by business and traffic organizations.  \n15000  \n1234  \n盈a i1mt a其 召u B iIt PB5 A5B日ri a tia n  \n# RAILWAY RATES:WHICH一LEGISLATION OR REGULATION?\n\nIN THE CONGRESS EXPIRING MARCH 4 NEXT  \nSUBJECT:The railroad fare for hauling pasengers in Pullman cars.  \nPURPOSE:To defeat Senate 668,a bill forbidding the Pullmansurcharge,yielding $40,000,000 to the railroads—in no way com-pensated by the bill,and irreplaceable except by raising day-coachfares or freight rates or both.  \nMETHOD:To persuade Congress against substituting its judg-ment for that of the Interstate Commerce Commission.  \nACTION BY BUSINESS MEN WITH SENATORS AND CON-GRESSMEN:(a)Personal interviews before departure from homefor the Dec.3 session;(b)individual correspondence;(c)resolu-tions and work by business men and traffic organizations.  \nTo Members:  \nF_you agree that railway rate-making should be left by Congress to theInterstate Commerce Commission,which is responsible for the effect ofregulation upon total railway revenues and hence upon the ability of theroads to expand their facilities for meeting future traffic needs,you canhelp by opposing Senate 668,a bill now on the Senate calendar,forbidding thes0-called Pllman surcharge.The Congress in which this measure wil bepresented for enactment is the Congress which reconvenes Dec.3.Membersnot re-elected Nov.6 are still in Congress until Mar.4.  \nActivities with Senators and Congressmen recommended to business men are:  \n1.A personal interview before the law-naker departs for Washington toattend the short session.  \n2.Correspondence.  \n3.Resolutions and work by business and traffic organizations.  \n# Who Shall Pay the $40,000,000?\n\nThe Pullman surcharge is a railroad rate-an addition of about 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