Evening Star Newspaper, March 20, 1933, Page 20

1.C PONER ASKED 222 OVER ALL GARRIERS Brookings Report Stresses Experienge to Control Transportation. Recommendation that the Interstate Commerce Commission be vested with control of all forms of transportation 1s embodied in a report from the Brook- ings Institution given out for publica- tion today. ‘This report, which was made to the National Transportation Committee, formerly headed by the late Calvin Coolidge, ties in with the recommenda- tions that came from that group last & personal report, seconded & proj X now reguned under study by the Roose- velt stration, to put one man at the head of a super-regulatory agency in charge of all trans) tion. Smith, in a minority report filed with the com- mittee's findings last month, recom- mended abolition of the Interstate Com- merce Commission, and replacement with a one-man bureau under the Sec- retary of Commerce. Politics Feared. This particular point has been criti- cized by other students of transporta- tion problems. who have pointed out that if the rallroads come under super- vision of a cabinet officer, their control thereby is shifted into the field of politics, with policies subject to change with each new administration. “If transportation is to develop in a comprehensive way along national lines,” said the Brookings Institution report, which was published in book form, “regulation by the Federal Gov- ernment must be extended to all agen- cles operating interstate: carriers by water, carriers by air and carriers on the highway as well as rail carriers THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1933. thority 15 pa el 1 now auf paramount as now of the railroads, our regula- will be !nlmun“"_ te to Long Experience Cited. Recommending centralisation of con- trol of all transportation agencies in the Interstate Commerce Commission because it has the benefit of 45 years of experience, the report said: “The commission already has wide authority over railroads and pipe lines and a measure of authority over the inter-relationships of rail and water carriers. * * * The Interstate Com- merce Commission is clearly the logical Federal agency to exercise control over interstate rates and service. With a single exception it is the only Federal body that has authority over rates. The exception is the United States Shipping Board, which is primarily concerned with the foreign fleld. * * * The com- mission is competent to meet greater responsibilities.” When an overhead electric cable broke recently services in churches, chapels and halls in Cambridge, Eng- fil‘d& and vicinity were held bv candle- Hastily Designed Device Success in Throat Operation May Become Model for Tool for Removing Obstructions. By the Assoclated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, March 20. — A hastily-designed instrument used to remove a flashlight lens from the throat of 10-year-old Dorothy Bran- ning of Fort Wayne, Ind, yesterday morning may serve as a model for & new tool for removal of foreign ma- terial from the throat. ‘The lens, approximately ome ‘and one-fourth inches in diameter and one- fourth of an inch thick, became lodged in Dorothy’s throat ‘Wednd prevented her from eating solid food, Ginodge 1t “% e ige it. She was t to James Whitcomb Riley Hospital . __Surgeons manu- factured a steel tool with a flare and hook at the end, and per- formed what they termed a most un- usual operation in removing the ob- struction thrcg_fll the mouth. | Dr. E. T. ompson, administrator | of the hospital, said the instrument | will be sent to a surgical instrument manufacturer. JOINS WIFE IN DEATH Lieut. Col. Bowers Davis Shoots Belf After Mate Succumbs. SAN FRANCISCO, March 20 (@) — | Lieut. Col. 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