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Clyde Bruce Aitchison (1875-1962) was an attorney and Interstate Commerce Commissioner. He was born in Iowa, educated at Hastings College, Neb., University of Oregon, and American University. He began the practice of law at Council Bluffs, Iowa in 1896, and moved to Portland, Ore., in 1903. He was Commissioner of the Oregon Railroad Commission and its successor the Public Service Commission, 1907-1916, and solicitor for the National Association of Railroad Commissioners, 1916-1917. From 1917 to 1952 he was Commissioner, Interstate Commerce Commission. After his retirement from I.C.C. he engaged in private law and consultation practice.
From the guide to the Clyde Bruce Aitchison papers, 1853-1961, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries)
Established by the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887, the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) regulated the rates and services of carriers transporting passengers or freight from state to state. Created to fight growing railroad monopolies, its jurisdiction was later extended to include trucking, pipelines, and more. By the 1970s, trucking had turned interstate transport into a model of efficiency, causing the Carter administration to eliminate most of the ICC’s power. In December 1995, the ICC was abolished and replaced by the Surface Transportation Board.
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Gordon, John Steele. “R.I.P., ICC.” American Heritage Vol. 47, Issue 3 (1996): 22-23.
From the guide to the Interstate Commerce Commission Minutes, 1925, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)
Established by the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887, the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) regulated the rates and services of carriers transporting passengers or freight from state to state.
Created to fight growing railroad monopolies, its jurisdiction was later extended to include trucking, pipelines, and more. By the 1970s, trucking had turned interstate transport into a model of efficiency, causing the Carter administration to eliminate most of the ICC's power. In December 1995, the ICC was abolished and replaced by the Surface Transportation Board.
From the description of Interstate Commerce Commission, Minutes, 1925 (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 709715875
Charles D. Mahaffie (1884-1969) was born in Olathe, Kansas. He received his bachelor's degree at Kingfisher College, Oklahoma and, subsequently, went to Oxford as a Rhodes scholar. There, he received a Civil Law degree. After returning to the United States, Mahaffie practiced law in Oklahoma and Oregon from 1911 to 1916.
In 1922, after a term of service as a Solicitor for the Department of Interior in Washington, he was named Director of Finance for the Interstate Commerce Commission. Mahaffie served in that post until he was appointed to the Commission in 1930, where he served as a commissioner until 1954. He was chairman of the Commission in 1936 and 1949.
Mahaffie was also a member of the United States National Commission and the Pan American Railway Congress Association.
From the guide to the Charles Mahaffie Interstate Commerce Commission memoranda, 1930-1955, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries)
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associatedWith | Abe Mcgregor Goff |
associatedWith | Adams, Henry Carter, 1851-1921 |
associatedWith | Aitchison, Beatrice, 1908- |
associatedWith | Aitchison, Clyde B. (Clyde Bruce), 1875-1962 |
associatedWith | Aitchison, John Young |
associatedWith | Alabama Public Service Commission. |
associatedWith | Alabama. Railroad Commission. |
associatedWith | Allison, William B. (William Boyd), 1829-1908. |
associatedWith | American Philosophical Society. |
correspondedWith | Atchison family |
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