Publication Date
10-21-1947
Subject
Railroad law; Railroads and state; Freight and freightage; United States. Interstate Commerce Commission; Grove Park Inn (Asheville, N.C.); Southern Governors' Conference
Publisher
Clemson University
Abstract
Speech at the Southern Governors' Conference discussing increase of rail freight rates in the South, and the Freight Weight Case. The Freight Weight Case was an investigation by the Interstate Commerce Commission regarding regional differences in shipping rates by rail companies. In 1944, the ICC ruled that such differences unfairly penalized Southern and Western states, and passed a resolution that shipping rates for the same classes of goods must be equal. The resolution would eventually be upheld by the Supreme Court in 1947. Original manuscript, includes marginalia.
Recommended Citation
Thurmond, Strom, "Freight Weight Problems" (1947). Strom Thurmond Collection, Mss 100. 122.
https://open.clemson.edu/strom/122
Contributing Institution
Clemson University Libraries
Language
English
Media Type
Manuscripts
Rights
Copyright of Clemson University. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
MIME Type
application/pdf
DC:Relation
Strom Thurmond Collection, Mss 100