REGULATORY PROBLEMS OF THE INDEPENDENT

OWNER-OPERATOR IN THE NATION'S

TRUCKING INDUSTRY (PART 3)

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON

SPECIAL SMALL BUSINESS PROBLEMS

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

27-753

WASHINGTON, D.C., JULY 14, 20;

SEPTEMBER 27, AND 29, 1977

Printed for the use of the Committee on Small Business

COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS

TOM STEED, Oklahoma

NEAL SMITH, Iowa, Chairman

JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan

JAMES C. CORMAN, California

JOSEPH P. ADDABBO, New York

SILVIO O. CONTE, Massachusetts

J. WILLIAM STANTON, Ohio

JOSEPH M. MCDADE, Pennsylvania

WILLIAM S. BROOMFIELD, Michigan

FERNAND J. ST GERMAIN, Rhode Island TIM LEE CARTER, Kentucky

SUBCOMMITTEE ON SPECIAL SMALL BUSINESS PROBLEMS

MARTY RUSSO, Illinois, Chairman

IKE SKELTON, Missouri
RICHARD NOLAN, Minnesota
ANDY IRELAND, Florida
DALE E. KILDEE, Michigan
JAMES C. CORMAN, California

WILLIAM S. BROOMFIELD, Michigan
MILLICENT FENWICK, New Jersey
DAN MARRIOTT, Utah

STEPHEN P. LYNCH, Professional Staff Member

MARVIN W. TOPPING, Minority Professional Staff Member

(II)

CONTENTS

Hearings held on-

July 14, 1977___

July 20, 1977_

September 27, 1977-

September 29, 1977-.

Opening statements of—

Fenwick, Hon. Millicent, a Representative in Congress from the State

of New Jersey---

Russo, Hon. Marty, chairman, Subcommittee on Special Small Busi-

ness Problems__

Testimony of—

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Boyd, Milton H., deputy director, Minority Trucking-Transportation
Development Corp----.

Brooks, Theodore, former president, Maryland Independent Truckers

& Drivers Association, Baltimore, Md.; C. H. Fields, assistant direc-

tor, National Affairs, American Farm Bureau Federation, Washing-

ton, D.C.; Joy Fitzgerald, Independent Truckers Association, Al-

toona, Iowa; William J. Hill, president, National Independent

Truckers Unity Council, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Mike Parkhurst, president,

Independent Truckers Association, Los Angeles, Calif.; Timothy D.

Person, president, Allstates Transcontinental Van Lines, St. Louis,

Mo.; Robert H. Shertz, chairman, and John L. Reith, director of

research, American Trucking Associations, Inc.; A. Daniel O'Neal,

Chairman, ICC; accompanied by Peter M. Shannon, Jr., Director,

Bureau of Investigations and Enforcement; and Joel E. Burns, Di-

rector, Operations____.

Few, Richard L., president, Common Carrier Conference-Irregular

Route

Franco, Robert J., chairman, ATA Committee on Operating Practices__

Mullen, John, president, Independent Truckers Association of North-

eastern Pennsylvania, Dunmore, Pa----.

O'Neal, A. Daniel, Chairman, Interstate Commerce Commission; ac-

companied by Peter M. Shannon, Jr., Director, Bureau of Investiga-

tions and Enforcement, and Joel E. Burns, Director, Bureau of

Operations

Shertz, Robert H., chairman, American Trucking Associations, Inc___

Witconis, Leon E., managing editor, Owner-Operator magazine__‒‒‒

Additional material supplied for the hearing record-

Clark, Brant V., executive editor, Owner-Operator magazine: Pre-

pared statement as read by Mr. Witconis----

Correspondence and statements pertaining to the July 14, 1977, hear-

ing

Few, Richard L., president, Common Carrier Conference-Irregular
Route: Prepared statement and attachments__-

115

Hamilton, Stanley, executive director, Common Carrier Conference-
Irregular Route: Allegations and answers about independent truck-

owners

148

O'Neal, A. Daniel, chairman, Interstate Commerce Commission: Pre-
pared statement and attachments_.

169

Spector Freight Systems, Inc.:

Special commodities division-Equipment lease and agreement___
Witconis, Leon E., managing editor, Owner-Operator magazine: Let-
ter dated June 24, 1977, from Leslie J. Goldman, Executive Office of
the President____

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