Financ HIGHWAY REVENUE ACT Transportation Library HE .A3 1956, 77618 HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE UNITED STATES SENATE EIGHTY-FOURTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H. R. 10660 AN ACT TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT THE FEDERAL-AID MAY 17 AND 18, 1956 Printed for the use of the Committee on Finance UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1956 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LIBRARIES COMMITTEE ON FINANCE HARRY FLOOD BYRD, Virginia, Chairman WALTER F. GEORGE, Georgia EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, Colorado EDWARD MARTIN, Pennsylvania JOHN J. WILLIAMS, Delaware RALPH E. FLANDERS, Vermont GEORGE W. MALONE, Nevada FRANK CARLSON, Kansas WALLACE F. BENNETT, Utah ELIZABETH B. SPRINGER, Chief Clerk II CONTENTS Library HE 355 .A3 19560 Statements: American Petroleum Institute___. Boll, Raymond, vice president, sales, Cummins Engine Co., Inc., Columbus, Ind., on behalf of the automotive diesel-engine industry- Bresnahan, William A., assistant general manager, accompanied by E. V. Kiley, director of research, American Trucking Association, Bromley, W. S., executive secretary, American Pulpwood Association_ Brooker, Robert E., vice president, Sears, Roebuck & Co., and chair- man of the highway policy committee of the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce, on behalf of the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce__ Brothers, J. David, president, New Dixie Lines, Richmond, Va.. Burger, George J., Washington representative, Burger Tire Consult- ant Service, and vice president, Ñational Federation of Independent Canfield, Robert E., New York, N. Y., representing American Pulp- wood Association (as read by W. S. Bromley, executive secretary, American Pulpwood Association) Courtney, Jeremiah, general counsel, American Taxicab Association__ D'Alesandro, Hon. Thomas, Jr., Mayor of Baltimore, Md.. Desvernine, Raoule, American Trucking Associations, Inc. Ellis, Otis H., general counsel, National Oil Jobbers Council Engle, Hon. Clair, a Representative in Congress from the State of Floyd, Frank H., general manager, Local Cartage National Con- 155 Hibben, Robert C., executive secretary, International Association of 179 Malone, Hon. George W., United States Senator from the State of Humphrey, Hon. George M., Secretary of the Treasury. Joyce, John H., National Agricultural Motor Carriers Association_ Mack, Hon. Russell V., a Representative in Congress from the State 171 91 182 24 Marsh, Winston W., executive secretary and general manager of the McClure, John E., on behalf of liquified petroleum gas users.. Murrow, Lacey V., highway consultant; accompanied by K. B. Rykken, special assistant to the executive vice president, American 月 kutland, Guy W., Jr., vice president, Motor Convoy, Inc., Atlanta, Sawyer, Frank, president, Checker Taxi Co., Boston, Mass. Shouse, Jouett, counsel for the National Association of Taxicab Stewart, Loran L., president, Bohemia Lumber Co., Cottage Grove, Oreg., on behalf of National Lumber Manufacturers Association__ Tipton, Stuart G., Air Transport Association of America. Letters and telegrams: Adamson, Ernie, Middleburg, Va., to committee, May 18, 1956. Bender, Hon. George H., to chairman, May 17, 1956, and enclo- sure_ Blazek, Wm. J., Cleveland, Ohio, to Horace F. Gwilym, executive director, Cab Research Bureau, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, May 4, Butler, Joseph W., Butler Oil Corp., Philadelphia, Pa., to Hon. Edward Martin, May 14, 1956, and enclosure... Camp, Douthitt, chief, gasoline tax division, State department of revenue, State of Alabama, to Hon. John Sparkman, May 11, Cooper, Jack, president, Jack Cooper Transport Co., Inc., Kansas Cox, Gordon V., Bismarck, N. Dak., to Hon. William Langer, Dailey, O. L., Jr., executive secretary, Arkansas Independent Oil Dalton, W. B., chairman, legislative committee, Kansas Oil Men's Elliott, Clint, Elliott Oil Co., Pine Bluff, Ark., to Hon. John L. Englebach, M. V., manager, government department, the Hamburg, Walter, general sales manager, Milton Oil Co., St. Healey, Thomas C., secretary, Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehouse- men and Helpers Joint Council No. 10, of Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont, to chair- Hickenlooper, Hon. B. B., to chairman, May 1, 1956, and en- Higgins, Edmund F., president, Yellow Cab Company of Philadel- Kirchwehm, Elmer A., president, Cartage Exchange of Chicago, Langton, Fred M., tax administrator, and Thomas L. F. Kelley, London, Fred W., director, gasoline tax division, department_of revenue, State of North Carolina, to Hon. Sam J. Ervin, Jr., Additional information-Continued Nance, James J., president, Automobile Manufacturers Asso- Porter, Frank M., president, American Petroleum Institute, ment... Powers, John J., chairman of the board, McCabe-Powers Auto Page 111 200 201 184 175 202 Reuther, Walter P., president, United Automobile Workers, to 107 Rider, E. Corbett, president, Pennsylvania Association of 170 Salmon, Armand J., State supervisor, department of the treasury, 187 195 Smedile, Frank B., Taxicab, Bus, Funeral Drivers and Chauf- 198 Stinson, H. L., sales manager, Colonial Oil Co., Inc., Norfolk, Va., 201 Stover, J., Frontier Chemical Co., Wichita, Kans., to Hon. Frank 111 Teague, Hon. Charles M., to chairman, May 18, 1956. 202 106 Thorpe, William P., president, Michigan Cartage Men's Associ- 198 111 200 Villee, William B., Lawrence Transfer & Storage Co., Lawrence, Warner, Morton A., Savage, Minn., to chairman, May 17, 1956– – Wiltgen, Albert M., Wiltgen Ready Mixed Concrete Co., Le Resolutions: International Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers. Tables: Comparison of annual tax increases which will be paid by a 188 200 153 104 109 91 179 195 110 142 Estimated tax receipts allocated to highway trust fund, fiscal 70 R. 10660, Highway program, H. R. 10660, as passed by the House of Repre- 68 Highway program, H. R. 10660, as amended by the Senate Com- 69 |