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(via R.I.P. Dovey Johnson Roundtree, 104, Army Captain, Minister and Trailblazing Civil Rights Lawyer)

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Who Governs Hovercraft?

After a grant submitted by the Port of Oakland in connection with the San Francisco-Oakland Helicopter Airlines, Inc. to shuttle people back and forth closer to ground, an inter-agency committee was formed to determine just that: who indeed governs hovercraft. Being that these newfangled machines could transport over land, sea and through the air, quite a few different agencies held a stake in this new group, including the Federal Maritime Commission, the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Civil Aeronautics Board, the Coast Guard, the Federal Aviation Agency, the Department of Commerce, and the Bureau of Customs. It turns out this hovercraft did come to fruition, according to the San Francisco Oakland Helicopter Airlines’ facebook page. 

MG 148_16-343, Abe McGregor Goff Papers. Why would this be in a collection from an institution that collects predominately Idaho-related materials do you ask? Well, that is because Goff, a University of Idaho alumnus and resident of Moscow, ID, was appointed to the Interstate Commerce Commission in 1958 and from 1964 - 1967 was elected Chairman and as such would help to determine jurisdiction.

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The Pullman Paradox

April 11, 1910

Uncle Sam is standing on a train next to sleeping compartments holding a paper which reads "Interstate Commerce Commission decision, Upper berths must be lower than the lower berths." A racist caricature of a black porter labeled Pullman company says, "Dat sure is refison downward to puzzle de U.S. Senate."

The Interstate Commerce Commission had ruled that upper sleeping berths in Pullman cars needed to be reduced in price, as they were worse berths.

From Hennepin County Library

Original available at: https://digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/collection/Bart/id/8109/rec/2637

[1900scartoons]

The Higher the Fewer - Considering a Complaint

December 19, 1907

The Traveling Public is seated two stories up in a train car, in bed 13. The Interstate Commerce Commission takes notes while a porter from the Pullman Sleeping Car Co. laughs.

The caption reads "The Traveling Public - These upper berths are too high!"

This refers to the prices of upper berths in sleeping cars, which were the same as the more desirable lower berths, leading to a lawsuit demanding lower prices for the upper berths.

From Hennepin County Library

Original available at: https://digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/collection/Bart/id/5929/rec/1812

[1900scartoons]

The Railroad Water Boy 

March 6, 1907

Uncle Sam turns E.H. Harriman's water delivery away politely; behind Sam, the Interstate Commerce Commission elephant eats Facts and Figures.

The caption reads "Uncle Sam - ‘Yes, I know your forte is carrying water, but we'll get along without your services.’"

Harriman was one of the leading railroad men in the country, and was being investigated by the ICC.

From Hennepin County Library

Original available at: https://digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/collection/Bart/id/5289/rec/67

[1900scartoons]

An Interstate Commerce Commission Signal 

January 30, 1907

Capitol Hill broadcasts an urgent message from the Interstate Commerce Commission to enact a Compulsory Block System for US railroads; Congress looks on.

The caption reads 'And one that congress cannot longer afford to disregard'.

The ICC was reporting on the various illegal practices of the railroad trusts.

From Hennepin County Library

Original available at: https://digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/collection/Bart/id/5457/rec/31

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The Railroad, American Frontier, and Free Enterprise

The Railroad, American Frontier, and Free Enterprise

My Country – Building Our Railroad System Whenever we get stuck on the wrong side of the railroad tracks, no one considers how they were built. We sit, turn off our car, and wait. But most of the industrialization of our country took place due to those railroad lines. In today’s entry in An Almanac of Liberty, Justice Douglas writes about the land grands that Congress made to turnpike, canal, and…

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Arthur Wergs Mitchell, Pullman Cars

Arthur Wergs Mitchell, Pullman Cars

My Country – Arthur Wergs Mitchell In 1934, Arthur Wergs Mitchell became the first Democratic African-American member of Congress. Representing the First District of Illinois, Mitchell integrated himself into the Chicago political machine and changed political parties. However, over time, the machine came to dislike him as he challenged their authority. He began his career as an opponent of the…

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