National Officers

President
Philip H. Boudreaux, Jr., Post Office Box 1319, Houston,

Texas 77001 President Elect ............John R. Sims, Jr., 711 - 14th Street, N.W., Washington,

D, C. 20005 Secretary Frederick G. Pfrommer, 114 Sansome Street, San Francisco,

California 94104 Treasurer Charles A. Webb, 1025 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington,

D. C. 20036 Vice Presidents by District

1 NEAL J. HOLLAND 225 Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110 2 JAMES J. SENTNER -54 Crane Avenue, Rutherford, Ne Jersey 07070

JOHN M. CLEARY .914 Washington Building, Washington, D. C. 20005 CHARLES M. DONLEY Room M-5 Gulf Building, Pittsburgh, Penna. 15219 GEORGE J. LEEDS .Post Office Box 612, Winston-Salem, North

Carolina 27102 ROBERT E. HICKS .810 Fulton Federal Building, Atlanta, Ga. 30303 7 T. RANDOLPH BUCK

.3800 Frederica, Owensboro, Kentucky 42301 8 TRENHAM S. TURTON .101 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, Ill. 60606 9 CURTIS H. BERG

175 East Fourth Street, St. Paul, Minn. 55101 10 W. E. GENTRY

.1002 Corby Building, St. Joseph, Missouri 64501 11 MAX E. FOSTER

Post Office Box 300, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74102 12 EDWARD J. CAHILL

Post Office Box 5418, Dallas, Texas 75222 13 WAYNE HOTALING

..200 Union Station, Denver, Colorado 80202 14 IRENE WARR

.419 Judge Building, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 15 GEORGE R. HANSEN .11616 Aurora Avenue, North, Seattle, Wash. 98133 16 RICHARD P. COYLE -5480 Ferguson Drive, Los Angeles, Calif. 90022

Executive Secretary

.Mrs. Norma L. Iser 1112 ICC Building, Washington, D. C. 20423

Telephone 202-783-9432

Committee Chairmen

Executive Committee Philip H. Boudreaux, Jr., P. O. Box 1319, Houston,

Texas 77001 Admission to Practice Arthur A. Arsham, 233 Broadway, New York,

N. Y. 10007 Appointment of I.C. Commissioners .James F. Pinkney, 1616 P. Street,

N.W., Washington, D. C. 20036 Budget of ICC ........ .Donal L. Turkal, 906 Olive Street, St. Louis, Mo. 63101 Education for Practice W. J. Burns, 1117 North 19th Street, Arlington,

Va. 22209 Ethics and Grievances

„J. Edgar McDonald, 122 East 42nd Street,

New York, N. Y. 10017 Legislation Hollis G. Duensing, 1920 L Street, N.W., Washington,

D. C. 20036 Membership

.E. Stephen Heisley, 666 - 11th Street, Washington, D. C. 20001 Memorials .Hön. Walter R. McDonald, 244 Washington Street, S.W.,

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D. C. 20005 Volume XXXVIII

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Number 3, Sec. 1

President's Letter

329

The Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970_Robert W. Harbeson 330

The Compatibility of the Rule of Ratemaking and the National

Transportation Policy-John J. Coyle

340

The Status of Regulatory Independence-A. Everette MacIntyre 354

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