OVERSIGHT MOTOR CARRIER ACT OF 1980 (97-87) HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON SURFACE TRANSPORTATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION NINETY-SEVENTH CONGRESS COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION JAMES J. HOWARD, New Jersey, Chairman GLENN M. ANDERSON, California MARILYN LLOYD BOUQUARD, Tennessee JOHN G. FARY, Illinois ROBERT A. YOUNG, Missouri NICK JOE RAHALL II, West Virginia FOFO I. F. SUNIA, American Samoa BUDDY ROEMER, Louisiana WAYNE DOWDY, Mississippi BARBARA B. KENNELLY, Connecticut RAY KOGOVSEK, Colorado DON H. CLAUSEN, California JOHN PAUL HAMMERSCHMIDT, Arkansas BARRY M. GOLDWATER, JR., California TOM HAGEDORN, Minnesota WILLIAM F. CLINGER, JR., Pennsylvania GUY MOLINARI, New York FRANK WOLF, Virginia CONTENTS Augello, William J., executive director/general counsel, Shippers National Freight Claim Council, accompanied by Robert E. Redding, director of Bowers, E. Kenneth, chairman, Legislative Committee, the National Industri- al Transportation League, accompanied by Walter E. Morgan, manager, Transportation Policy, Union Carbide Corp.; Stan Sender, league treasurer; and John F. Donelan, league counsel.... Epstein, Sidney, president, Allied Van Lines, accompanied by Joseph M. Harrison, president, Household Goods Carriers' Bureau; and Thomas M. Auchincloss, Jr., Esq., Rea, Cross & Auchincloss, on behalf of Household Harris, William C., president, Michigan & Nebraska Transit Co., Kalamazoo, Mich., on behalf of the Common Carrier Conference-Irregular Route. Krueger, Oliver W. Associate Director, Community and Economic Develop- ment Division, U.S. General Accounting Office, accompanied by Robert Tice Lovell, Malcolm R., Jr., Under Secretary, Department of Labor, accompanied by Richard Gilliland, Administrator, U.S. Employment Service; and Chip Aubry, Special Assistant to Assistant Secretary for Policy Evaluation and Mann, Kim D., Esq., chairman, Legislative Committee, Motor Carrier Law- Rastatter, Edward H. Chief, Regulatory Policy Division, U.S. Department of Shea, Walter J., executive assistant to general president, International Broth- erhood of Teamsters, accompanied by James Jesinski, secretary-treasurer, Teamsters Local Union No. 200, Milwaukee, Wis.; William F. Lyden, vice president and organizer, Teamsters Local Union No. 25, Boston, Mass.; George T. Mueller, secretary-treasurer, Teamsters Local Union No. 43, Racine, Wis.; George T. Rohrer, international representative, Western Con- ference of Teamsters, Los Angeles, Calif.; W. C. Smith, international repre- sentative, Southern Conference of Teamsters, Hallandale, Fla.; Norman Sibila, Ronald R., past president, Mayflower Warehousemen's Association.. Swinburn, Charles, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs, Department of Transportation, accompanied by Edward H. Rastat- ter, Chief, Regulatory Policy Division, Office of the Secretary.... Taylor, Hon. Reese H. Jr., Chairman, Interstate Commerce Commission, ac- companied by Ray Atherton, Chief of Programs Branch, Office of Compli- ance and Consumer Assistance; and Jan Rosenak, legislative counsel. 730 669 427 633 Page Taylor, Hon. Reese, Jr., Chairman, Interstate Commerce Commission, accom- Velten Richard G., general traffic manager, Johnson & Johnson, on behalf of Waspi, John, executive vice president, Global Van Lines, Anaheim, Calif., 331 83 72 61 13 SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD Augello, William J., executive director/general counsel, Shippers National 76 Bowers, E. Kenneth, chairman, Legislative Committee, the National Industrial Transportation League: Statement......... 68 Letter supplementing testimony 70 Epstein, Sidney, president, Allied Van Lines, on behalf of Household Goods Fessenden, John S., president, Motor Carrier Lawyers Association, statement.. Kastenmeier, Hon. Robert W., a Representative in Congress from the State of Krueger, Oliver W., Associate Director, Community and Economic Develop- Statement.. GAO's response to the Teamsters' comments to our report-"Effects of Regulatory Reform on Unemployment in the Trucking Industry" (GAO/CED-82-90, June 11, 1982)... 12 Lovell, Malcolm R., Jr., Under Secretary of Labor, letter supplementing testi 1 65 mony McBrayer, John, Government Liaison, Movers' & Warehousemen's Association of America, statement Mitchell, Hon. Donald J., a Representative in Congress from the State of New Swinburn, Charles, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and International 61 67 24 Taylor, Hon. Reese H., Jr., Chairman, Interstate Commerce Commission: 26 Responses to additional questions. 35 Statement with attachments... 43 Statement_before the American Movers Conference, San Diego, Calif., 46 Page Taylor, Hon. Reese H., Jr., Chairman, Interstate Commerce Commission— Interim Assessment of the Interstate Motor Carrier Household Goods Ex Parte No. MC-166: "Pricing Practices of Motor Common Carriers of 498 486 Triolo, Anthony R., owner, Peak Transfer Co., Inc., statement. Waspi, John, executive vice president, Global Van Lines, Anaheim, Calif.; and Statement... "Preliminary_Report, Layoffs and Employment: April 1982, ICC Regulated Motor Carriers of General Freight, Survey of 29 Representative Local Unions Under the National Master Freight Agreement and Chicago Trucking Agreement". "Comments and Analysis of Effects of Regulatory Reform on Unemploy- Whitlock, Bennett C., Jr., president, American Trucking Association: Letters supplementing testimony 833 711 592 188 193 211 77 138, 147 Memorandum dated June 22, 1982, re "General Accounting Office's 'Report to the Hon. Dennis DeConcini, U.S. Senate, on effects of regulatory reform on unemployment in the trucking industry". Response to additional questions posed by Representative Glenn M. Anderson, dated June 29, 1982... 152 147 Williams, Roy L., general president, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 165 ADDITIONS TO THE RECORD American Insurance Association, statement 841 American Trucking Associations, Inc., Nelson J. Cooney, general counsel: 860 861 "Analysis and Critique of the ICC's Small Community Service study" by ATA, November 1982.. "Review of the ICC's study of Small Community Rate Levels", by Richard Trenery, Consulting Center Associates, Inc., and S. Natarajan, Middle Atlantic Conference, November 1982. Fitzpatrick, Martin F., Jr., Director, Office of Transportation, U.S. Department of Agriculture, statement..... Georgia Freight Bureau, Nat Welch, executive vice president, letter with views 874 914 918 Henderson, Richard D., executive vice president, Private Truck Council of 921 924 National Association of Professional Insurance Agents, statement 930 937 Pearce, Jack, Business Council on Improved Transport Policy: Letter.... 939 Statement of Morrison Stevens, on behalf of Stevens Van Lines, Inc., before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, December 9, 1982... 940 |