Senate Committee hears Van Swerigan official. Washington, D.C., May 11. known for many years as the closest business associate of the late Van Swerigan brothers, Herbert Fitzpatrick, Vice President and General council for two major units in vast Van Swerigan rail empire, was quizzed today by the Sen

Former Van Swerigen counsel appears before senate railroad financing committee. Washington, D.C., Oct. 20. John P. Murphy, General Counsel for the Van Swerigan Brothers during the years in which they expanded modest real estate holdings into a vast railroad empire, was the first witness today as the

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

Pennsy VP before Senate Rail Inquiry. Washington, D.C., Dec. 21. After hearing Chairman Wheeler of the Senate Inquiry charge the Pennsylvania Railroad with violating ICC decisions and concealing facts from stockholders in purchasing railroad stocks from 1925 to 1928,. County Financial Vice Presi

First witness as Monopoly Committee begins study of steel industry. Washington, D.C., Nov. 1. First witness before the Monopoly Committee today as it opened a study of $4,000,000,000 steel industry was Elton Hoyt, 11, Manager of the Picklands, Mather, and Co., Cleveland, Ohio, who described his comp

Senate Committee questions Pennsy head. Washington, D.C., Dec. 15. Martin W. Clement, President of the Pennsylvania Railroad, today told the Senate Rail Inquiry that there had never been any objection from the Interstate Commerce Commission to salaries paid Directors of the road. At the same time, C

President of Railroad Association appears as witness before Interstate Committee. Washington, D.C., May 10. Judge R.V. Fletcher, President of the American Association of Railroads, who was the principal witness today before a Senate Interstate Commerce Subcommittee on a pending railroad bankruptcy b

Tells of hasty "shopping tour." Washington, D.C., May 12. Charles T. O'Neal, President of the Chicago and Ester Illinois Railroad, tells the Senate Railroad Financing Committee of his hasty "shopping tour" in October 1931 for a loan to meet immediate obligations of the O. & E.I. The road finally pro

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