Rail Co.-trustee protests Amlie nomination. Washington, D.C., Feb. 7. Luther M. Walter, Co-Trustee of the Chicago Great Western Railroad, appearing as a private lawyer against the nomination of Thomas R. Amlie to membership in the ICC by the President. He read excerpts from Amlie's book, 'the Forgot

ICC nominee Amlie denies extremist leanings. Washington, D.C., Feb. 6. Former Rep. Thomas R. Amlie, appearing before a Senate Committee investigation his fitness for the office of membership in the ICC upon the Presidents nomination, denied his belief in any dictatorship, 'whether it leans to the ri

Comrade Amlie" question refuted by ICC nominee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 8. Thomas R. Amlie, Presidential appointee to the ICC, told the Senate Committee investigating his qualifications that his introduction as 'Comrade Amlie' at a mass meeting in Chicago in 1934 was unimportant. He pointed out that

ICC Commissioner optimistic on rail outlook. Washington, D.C., Jan. 24. First witness before the House Interstate Commerce Committee as it began hearings today on proposed legislation to aid the ailing railroad industry, Walter M.W. Splawn, member of the Interstate Commerce Commission, expressed the

Government ownership of railroads predicted by former ICC commissioner. Washington, D.C., Dec. 9. Unless the railroads show greater cooperation in the future, Government ownership is inevitable, Mark W. Potter, former ICC Commissioner, told the Senate Rail Inquiry Committee today. Potter is the form

15 percent wage cut for rail employees necessary, Counsel tells fact finding board. Washington, D.C., Sept. 30. Testifying at the initial hearing of President Roosevelt's fact finding committee today J. Carter Fort, Chief Counsel for the Carriers Joint Conference Committee declared that a 15 percent

Disputes rail labor figures on employees' incomes. Washington, D.C., Oct. 4. Railroad management representatives today disputed before President Roosevelt's fact finding board figures presented by Labor as to the annual income of rail employees. J. Elmer Monroe, Statistician of the Bureau of Railway

Senate Committee told railroads should spend 3 billion in the next five years for habilitation. Washington, D.C., Dec. 12. Appearing before the Senate Finance Subcommittee today, R.V. Fletcher, General Counsel for the Association of American Railroads, asserted that railroads should spend approximat

Senate quizzes Wabash R.R. head. Washington, D.C., Dec. 20. Before the Senate Rail Inquiry today, A.K. Atkinson, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer of the Wabash Railroad, testified that from January 1926 through January 1927, the road secretly purchased 231,319 shares of Lehigh Valley stock at