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- GLC#
- GLC09693.08-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 4 May 1933
- Author/Creator
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Title
- Emergency Legislation for Relief and Regulation of the Steam Railways of the United States--Message from the President of the United States.
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 23.3 cm, Width: 14.9 cm
- Primary time period
- Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
- Sub-Era
- The Great Depression
One pamphlet entitled, "Emergency Legislation for Relief and Regulation of the Steam Railways of the United States--Message from the President of the United States," dated May 4, 1933, recommends three measures for relief of railway transportation; repealing recapture provisions from the Interstate Commerce Commission Act, railway companies should be regulated by the ICC and the creation of a Federal coordinator of transportation.
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