HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE COMMERCE UNITED STATES SENATE

SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON THE TENTATIVE

BILL TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR MEDIATION, CONCILIATION, AND ARBITRATION IN CONTROVERSIES BETWEEN CERTAIN EMPLOYERS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES," APPROVED JULY 15, 1913,

AND THE TENTATIVE BILL

TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
IN CERTAIN EMERGENCIES TO TAKE POSSESSION OF RAIL-
ROAD, TELEPHONE, AND TELEGRAPH LINES,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

JANUARY 2, 1917

Part 1

WASHINGTON

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