Evening Star Newspaper, April 13, 1933, Page 16

UTILITY ACCOUNTS FOR 1. C. C. SCORED D. C. and State Commissions Join Attack Against Phone Rulings. The District Public Utilities Commis- slon and a group of State public utili- ties commissions today opened their at- tack on the uniform system of telephone accounting prescribed by the Interstate Commerce Commission, at a hearing | today over which Commissioner East- | man presided. As far as the District is concerned, the local commission complained that under the new system of accounts it was impossible for it to get from the telephone company the information re- quired by the Public Utilities Act of 1913. The commission asked that the entire order be rescinded. The States, however, led by New York State, waged the fight on a more comprehensive front, claiming the or- der interfered with the sovereign rights of the States and transcended the ju- risdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission or any other Federal agency. Reads 34-Page Brief. Speaking for a group of nine States which presented a joint petition, Chairman Milo R. Maltbie of the New York State Public Service Commission read a 34-page brief attacking the sys- tem of accounts generally and in many particulars. He pointed out that in most telephone | companies only 10 to 15 per cent of the business is interstate and the rest intrastate, but that the order would have the effect of controlling the fiscal affairs of the entire properties of the companies, both interstate and intra- state. H> charged that the telephone com- panies welcomed an escape from State regulation and said that every time a State Commission tried to order one of them to do a specific act it would wave the Interstate Commerce Commission order and deny that the State Com- mission had any jurisdiction. ‘It hardly seems,” he'said in part of his brief, “that the interests of the States in public regulation have been given as much weight as the interests of the companies.” He referred particularly to the section of the order allowing depreciation calculations made by the companies to stand until changed by the Interstate THE EVENING STAR, LEARN TO SWIM FOR SPORT AND SAFETY Under Auspices of The Star and Boys’ Y.M. Department of the C.A. Boys 9 to 18 years old offered free lessons daily April 17—April 22 Send this application to the 1732 G PARENT'S SIGNATURE (Required) BALLOU PRAISES SWIMMING DRIVE Superintendent of Schools Lauds| Star and “Y” for Free Course. “I believe that every school child of proper age should know how to handle | py himself in the water.” This was the déclaration made today by Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent | of schools, in commentling The Star and | the Young Men’s Christian Association | for arranging a free course in swimming | for Washington boys during the Easter | holidays next week. “Swimming is a wholesome and popu- lar sport,” Dr. Ballou said. “It is a| splendid exercise and a healthful means | of real fun for the growing youth, when forethought and caution are brought into play to avoid dangers into which a heedless child sometimes takes himself. “Swimming is not only a healthful exercise that should be encouraged, but | is a safety measure of great importance in the conservation of human life. “The person who does not know how to swim is badly handicapped in an emergency on the water. Besides risk- il:s(h].s own life, he may cause others to risk, if not sacrifice, theirs. “I am, therefore, glad to encourage the program by which boys of school ag ill be taught the art of swimming W alk-Over Y. M. C. 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YOUR SUIT And where to find the finest selection of -SHIRTS —at Washington’s Finest Men’s Wear Store, of course! LR e o Women’s Shoes ALL Manhattan Shinis are good, Commerce Commission, without refer- ence to State action on the matter. Charges Interference. “This is very objectionable,” he said, “and is an extreme interference with State action. No such status should be given company Tates.” Again Mr. Maltbie urged that the commission withdraw a rule requiring accounting for the purchase price paid for new properties to be made accord- ing to special rules to be laid down by the Interstate Commerce Commission in each case. He said that State commis- sions very often attached conditions to allowing telephone corporations to pur- chase properties and that these condi- tions could be set aside by an account- ing crder from the Interstate Commerce Commission. 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