Interstate Commerce Commission

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20046281

Description

These men are planning their strategy in a last-minute "huddle", looking over documents, at the Chamber of Commerce. They will uphold the interest of Texas shippers and railway employees in opposing the application by the Colorado and Southern to lease the properties of the Fort Worth and Denver City and Wichita Valley Railways on Monday, December 2nd. Left to right, C. C. Broughton, Childress City attorney; Ed P. Byars, traffic manager of Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce; Willard H. McEwen, Toledo, Ohio, attorney for the Railway Labor Executives Association; H. A. Bacus, Cincinnati, national representataive of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks; W. M. Crawford, Fort Worth, general representative of the bortherhood, and Clyde Jones, manager of Childress Chamber of Commerce. Published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram morning edition, December 1, 1940.

Archival Date

1940-11-30

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-1284

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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License

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Subjects

Interstate Commerce Commission; Fort Worth and Denver Railway; Childress Chamber of Commerce; Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce; Railway Labor Executives Association; Brotherhood of Railway Clerks; Railroad companies