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COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE
HARLEY O. STAGGERS, West Virginia, Chairman

SAMUEL N. FRIEDEL, Maryland
TORBERT H. MACDONALD, Massachusetts

JOHN JARMAN, Oklahoma

JOHN E. MOSS, California

JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan

PAUL G. ROGERS, Florida

LIONEL VAN DEERLIN, California

J. J. PICKLE, Texas

FRED B. ROONEY, Pennsylvania
JOHN M. MURPHY, New York

DAVID E. SATTERFIELD III, Virginia
DANIEL J. RONAN, Illinois
BROCK ADAMS, Washington
RICHARD L. OTTINGER, New York
RAY BLANTON, Tennessee

W. S. (BILL) STUCKEY, JR., Georgia
PETER N. KYROS, Maine
BOB ECKHARDT, Texas
ROBERT O. TIERNAN, Rhode Island
RICHARDSON PREYER, North Carolina

WILLIAM L. SPRINGER, Illinois
SAMUEL L. DEVINE, Ohio
ANCHER NELSEN, Minnesota
HASTINGS KEITH, Massachusetts
GLENN CUNNINGHAM, Nebraska
JAMES T. BROYHILL, North Carolina
JAMES HARVEY, Michigan
ALBERT W. WATSON, South Carolina
TIM LEE CARTER, Kentucky

G. ROBERT WATKINS, Pennsylvania
DONALD G. BROTZMAN, Colorado
CLARENCE J. BROWN, Ohio
DAN KUYKENDALL, Tennessee
JOE SKUBITZ, Kansas
FLETCHER THOMPSON, Georgia
JAMES F. HASTINGS, New York

W. E. WILLIAMSON, Clerk
KENNETH J. PAINTER, Assistant Clerk

ANDREW STEVENSON
JAMES M. MENGER, Jr.

Professional Staff

WILLIAM J. DIXON
ROBERT F. GUTHRIE

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Goodfellow, Thomas M., president, Association of American Rail-
roads_

Greer, H. E., director of research, National Railway Labor Conference.
Hastings, D.C., vice president, transportation and maintenance, Sea-
board Coast Line Railroad Co..

Hilsinger, Henry L., Acting Chief of Safety Programs, Federal Rail-
road Administration, Department of Transportation.
Hiltz, J. P., Jr., chairman, National Railway Labor Conference-
Homer, Winfield M., Labor Bureau of the Middle West, United
Transportation Union....

Horton, Hon. Frank J., a Representative in Congress from the State of

New York..

Kraushaar, Richard H., attorney, Brotherhood of Locomotive

Engineers..-.

Lampley, A. M., assistant national legislative director, United

Transportation Union....

Lee, E. P., general attorney, National Railway Labor Conference..

McCulloch, E. L., national legislative representative, Brotherhood of

Locomotive Engineers...

McGuire, W. S., local chairman, Division 92, Brotherhood of Loco-
motive Engineers.--

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Manion, R. R., vice president, Operations and Maintenance Depart-
ment, Association of American Railroads.

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Olsen, Hon. Arnold, a Representative in Congress from the State of
Montana

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Price, Hon. Melvin, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Illinois...

Ross, Harold, attorney, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers..

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Statement of-Continued

Sage, Marshall, legislative research assistant, United Transportation
Union...

Schofield, Albert M., assistant vice president-operations planning,
Penn Central Co-__

Skutt, W. E., assistant grand chief engineer, Brotherhood of Loco-
motive Engineers---.

Sperry, Jack, Operations Planning Department, Penn Central Co....
Wells, Hermon M., assistant general counsel, Penn Central Co......
Welsh, Philip F., counsel, Association of American Railroads__.
Whitman, Hon. Reginald N., Administrator, Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration, Department of Transportation...

Additional material submitted for the record by

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American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Andrew J. Biemiller, director, Department of Legislation, letter to Chairman Staggers--

American Short Line Railroad Association, P. Howard Croft, president, statement__

Association of American Railroads:

Appendix A-Nature of railroad industry and railroad opera-
tions_

Appendix B-Employment, average hours and compensation;

train and engine service employees, class I railroads, year 1968Appendix C-Employment, average hours and compensation; train and engine service employees, class I railroads, year 1964Appendix D-Summary of systemwide cost estimates under the provisions of H.R. 8449.

Letter dated July 17, 1969, to Chairman Staggers re operation of
freight train crew on the October 22, 1962, run between Fre-
mont and Superior, Nebr., effect of removal of mileage limita-
tions on flexibility of railroad operations; and nonrailroad
pursuits and sources of revenue of railroad operating employees.
National Railroad Labor Conference, summary of 25-railroad survey
conducted by NRLC on June 30, 1969__
Olsen, Hon. Arnold, a Representative in Congress from the State of
Montana:

Montana House Joint Resolution No. 3, to the Congress of the
United States, recommending hours of service legislation----
Montana House Bill No. 258, re reducing maximum consecutive
hours of labor for railway employees..

Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Co.: letter dated July 14, 1969, to
Chairman Staggers, re man-failure accidents showing kind and time
on duty prior to accident, etc., information; statistics relating to
lodging and meal allowances; average gross earnings of train crew
on the Waycross to Brunswick, Ga., daily run; and information re
accidents attributable to reduction of number of trainmen on vari-
ous read and yard assignments.--

Sierra Railroad Co., F. R. Egan, vice president and general manager, letter to Chairman Staggers--

Southern Pacific Co.:

Article 46-Firemen entitled to rest..

Article 50-Time off at terminals (conductors).

Exhibit A-Memorandum of agreements re rest periods...
Rest rule (engineer), section 9 (a) and (b)-
Section 9(b)-Trainmen (rest periods).

Stockton Terminal & Eastern Railroad, Leonard Hardaway, Jr., vice
president-general manager, letter dated July 15, 1969, to Chairman

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Additional material submitted for the record by-Continued
Transportation, Department of, Federal Railroad Administration:
Attachment A-Total train accidents; monthly averages_.
Attachment B-Train accidents by general cause, 1968---
Attachment C-Train accidents, 1963-67....
Attachment D-Total casualties, 1963-68_.

Attachment E-Employee casualty rate per million man-hours
worked.

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Attachment F-Instances of excess service reported by carriers
and Bureau of Railroad Safety enforcement activities, fiscal
years 1964-68...........

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Hours of service of motor carrier drivers and airline pilots...
Hours of service of railroad employees.--

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Technical comments on amendments to Hours of Service Act
contained in H.R. 8449.

United Transportation Union:

Attachments to Mr. Chesser's prepared statement:

Exhibit No. 1—Changes in statutes relating to collective
bargaining, mediation, and arbitration of railway labor
disputes enacted since 1907 and amendments to the Inter-
state Commerce Act.

Table 2-Selected statistics in railroad operations.-

Table 3-Number of train accidents resulting from errors in
operations.

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Table 4-Number of train accidents caused by other than
human errors in operation..........

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Appendix 5-Effects of carbon monoxide on human
behavior..--

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Table 6-Trips of engineers by hours on duty per trip...
Table 7-Average hours worked per trip by through and
local freight engineers....

Attachment 8-Memorandum: Hours-of-Service Act..
Appendix 9-Examples of long hours of duty worked in 1969
by yard and road operating employees...

Dual system of pay, a summary description prepared by Winfield
M. Homer, Labor Bureau of Middle West...
Letter dated July 2, 1969, from Bill Selby, assistant director,
Kentucky Legislative Board, United Transportation Board, to
Mr. Chesser, UTU's national legislative director (placed in
the record at the request of Congressman Tim Lee Carter) - - - -
Letter dated July 7, 1969, to Chairman Staggers, re operations
of a certain Chicago North Western Railway assignment
between Fremont and Superior, Nebr...

Technical matters arising in the use of railroad accident and
safety statistics, prepared by Winfield M. Homer, Labor
Bureau of Middle West..

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ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTED AT HEARINGS

Association of American Railroads:

Goodfellow, Thomas M., president.

Manion, R. R., vice president, Operations and Maintenance Department.
Welsh, Philip F., counsel.

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers:

Coughlin, Charles J., grand chief engineer.

Kraushaar, Richard H., attorney.

McCulloch, E. L., national legislative representative.

McGuire, W. S., local chairman, division 92.

Ross, Harold, attorney.

Skutt, W. E., assistant grand chief engineer.

National Railway Labor Conference:

Greer, H. E., director of research.

Hiltz, J. P., Jr., chairman.

Lee, E. P., general attorney.

Penn Central Co.:

Schofield, Albert M., assistant vice president-operation planning.
Sperry, Jack, operations planning department.

Wells, Hermon M., assistant general counsel.

Railway Labor Executives' Association: Al H. Chesser, chairman, committee on safety.

Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Co.:

Charron, Edward A., counsel.

Hastings, D. C., vice president, transportation and maintenance.

Southern Pacific Co.:

Burton, Sam B., assistant general manager.

Denton, William R., attorney.

Transportation, Department of, Federal Railroad Administration:

Corcoran, Lee, Chief Counsel.

Hilsinger, Henry L., Acting Chief of Safety Programs.
Whitman, Hon. Reginald NÑ., Administrator.

United Transportation Union:

Chesser, Al H., national legislative director.

Homer, Winfield M., Labor Bureau of the Middle West.
Lampley, A. M., assistant national legislative director.
Sage, Marshall, legislative research assistant.

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