Robert S. Lovett, Chairman of the Union Pacific, in a hearing before Henry C. Hall of the Interstate Commerce Commission, strongly opposed the plan of Hale Holden, President of the C., B. & Q., to combine the railroads of the West into four great systems.
Mr. Lovett began his career as a Texas attorney, later became General Counsel, and still later President of the Southern Pacific and the Union Pacific (Harriman) Railroads. He feels that these roads would not be fairly treated under Mr. Holden's proposed plan. Mr. Holden's plan provides for four...
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