CONTENTS Vanik, Hon. Charles A., a Representative in Congress from the State of Stafford, Hon. George M., Chairman, Interstate Commerce Commission, accompanied by Hon. W. Donald Brewer, Commissioner; Fritz R. Kahn, General Counsel; John A. Grady, Director, Bureau of Accounts; and William McCormick, Chief, Financial Section, Bureau of Accounts---- Nassikas, Hon. John N., Chairman, Federal Power Commission; ac- companied by Emmett J. Gavin, Assistant to the Chairman; Lorin H. Drennan, Jr., Chief, Office of Accounting and Finance; Daniel Goldstein, Assistant General Counsel; David S. Schwartz, Assistant Chief, Office of Economics; William Powell, Chief, Division of Systems, Office of Ac- counting and Finance; Charles Franklin, Chief, Division of Reports and Statistical Analysis, Office of Economics; and Daniel Lamke and Frank- lin P. Gould, Office of General Counsel.. Hughes, Hon. Phillip S., Assistant Comptroller General of the United Engman, Hon. Lewis A., Chairman, Federal Trade Commission; ac- companied by James T. Halverson, Director, Bureau of Competition___ Aspin, Hon. Les, a Representative in Congress from the State of Wis- Sommer, Hon. A. A., Jr., Commissioner, Securities and Exchange Com- mission; accompanied by Ralph Hocker, Associate Director, Division of Corporation Finance; and Ralph Bell, Director, Office of Data Proc- Regulating the "500"-A Staff Summary.. Vanik, Hon. Charles A.: Table Chase-Manhattan Corp.-Taxes. Excerpt from House Report 93-891 concerning declining tax rate of Machinery and Products Institute response to SEC on tax reform... Letter from Thomas E. Kauper, Assistant Attorney General, Anti- 600 601 602 604 605 611 612 Stafford, Hon. George M.: Notice to carriers to provide for the Interstate Commerce Commission, Follow-up letter for original letter dated February 14, 1974. Summary, A-1.. Indebtedness of the 15 largest rail carriers, A-2 Percent of the 15 largest railroads' debt held by financial institu- Page 639 639 641 642 643 Debt and equity ratios, A-4. 644 Major shareholders, A-5-- 645-659 Ten largest motor carriers, schedules of debt and equity: Summary, B-1.. 660 Indebtedness of 10 largest motor carriers, B-2. 661 Percent of the 10 largest motor carriers' debt held by financial in- 662 Major holders of debt of the 10 largest motor carriers, B-4 663 Debt and equity ratios, B-5. 664 Major shareholders, B-6- 665-674 Ten largest pipelines, schedules of debt and equity: Summary, C-1.. 675 Indebtedness of the 10 largest pipelines, C-2. 676 Percent of the 10 largest pipelines' debt held by financial institu- 677 Debt and equity ratios, C-4 678 Stockholders, C-5... 679 Undivided joint interest petroleum pipe line systems, C-6 680-682 Directors of large carriers and financial institutions, schedules of affiliations: Summary, D-1... 683 Interlocking directorates-large carriers and financial institutions, 684 Fifteen largest railroads, affiliations of nonofficer directors, D-3-- 685-691 695 Chart showing directors of the Penn Central Transportation Co. and their affiliations with banking institutions and other major corporations, as of January 1970-. Table showing major railroads directly controlled by holding companies and date of involvement... foldin 719 Selected statistics for Class I railroads in the United States indirectly controlled by conglomerate holding companies, years 1972–73__. Letter from Alvin E. Toffel, Special Consultant to Norman Simon, to Vic Reinemer, Staff Director, Subcommittee on Budgeting, Management, and Expenditures, dated May 28, 1974, concerning testimony by Mr. McCormick, of ICC Chairman Stafford's staff, in respect to Mr. Toffel's role in the ICC's follow-up to Mr. Simon's complaints about proper disclosure in a recent security offering-Letter to E. Winslow Turner, Chief Counsel, Subcommittee on Budgeting, Management, and Expenditures, Senator Metcalf, Chairman, from Norman Medvin, Senior Consultant, Stanley H. Ruttenberg & Associates, Inc., dated April 24, 1974, responding to invitation for information on joint venture oil pipeline systems__. Nassikas, Hon. John N.: Table-Electric utilities debt obligations__ 720 729 729 733 Exhibit 1.-Notice of proposed rulemaking, Docket No. RM74-17, increasing FPC reporting requirements to include 30 top principal voting stockholders rather than top 10. 737 Exhibit 2.-Holdings of common stock of Carolina Power & Light held and reported by First National City Bank.......... 744 V Nassikas, Hon. John N-Continued Exhibit_3.-Holdings of Carolina Power & Light by First National Page Exhibit 4.-List of officers and directors authorized to hold interlock- Exhibit 5.-List of banks having a director position interlocked with List of banks having a director position interlocked with officer or Memorandum from Morris R. Fitzgerald, Chief, Division of Audits, 745 746 755 757 761 764 774 782 1077 1087 Letter to Senator Metcalf from Chairman Nassikas, dated June 12, Hughes, Hon. Phillip S.: GAO notice of proposed rulemaking: Clearance of proposals by inde- Letter to Hon. Dean Burch, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission, from Phillip S. Hughes, Assistant Comptroller General, dated February 12, 1974 concerning certain review functions of the Comptroller General relating to information-gathering activities of independent regulatory agencies – – Letter to Hon. Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller_General of the United States, from Charles A. Tobin, Secretary, Federal Trade Commission, dated March 15, 1974, in response for comments on the proposed General Accounting Office regulations to implement 44 USC sec. 3512, to review the collection of information by independent Federal regulatory agencies--- 1088 1088 1094 862 865 871 872 Staff Summary of independent regulatory agencies' response to Chairman Metcalf concerning clearance of forms by General Accounting Office, Chairman Metcalf's letter to Commissions, dated March 5, 1974. Consumer Product Safety Commission- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Statement regarding interlocks by Hon. Bill Gunter, a U.S. Congressman from the State of Florida, from the hearings before the Senate Com- mittee on Interior and Insular Affairs, December 5, and 6, 1973__. (Excerpted from Interlocking Oil, by Angus McDonald (Albert J. Fritsch, Ph. D., editor), Center for Science in the Public Interest, 1779 Church St. Excerpts from statutes relating to authority of Federal Trade Commission and General Accounting Office-- Letter from Senator Metcalf with enclosures to Chairman Nassikas, dated Excerpts from Public Law 93-153, dated Nov. 16, 1973 (Alaska Pipeline), relating_to_authority of FTC and GAO.. "B. G. & E. Earns More, Pays Less Tax," by Mark Reutter, Sunday Sun, Letter to Senator Metcalf from Chairman Nassikas, dated April 18, 1974, regarding payments made to Stone & Webster organizations by Electric Utilities and Natural Gas companies.. Tables showing payments by class A and B natural gas companies 1131 "Corporate Closeness-Lilco's Ties That Bind," by Kenneth Crowe, Letter to Senator Metcalf from Chairman Ray, AEC, dated March 4, 1974, regarding the contractual relationship between Stone and Webster and VEPCO, and financial interests of the Whitney Stone Letter to Senator Metcalf from Marcus A. Rowden, General Counsel, AEC, dated April 11, 1974, follow-up response to Chairman Ray's |