September 16 October 4 1919

Considers legislation to terminate wartime Federal control over railroads; to revise and extend Govt jurisdiction in rate-making and securities issuance matters; to provide for Federal railroad corporations; and to establish ICC regional planning commissions and a Federal Transportation Board.

Since at least 1876, Britain’s policy toward Bulgaria had been derivative of her policy toward the Turkish Straits, and it continued to be so during the period from the conclusion of the Armistice of Salonika until the signature of the Treaty of Neuilly. British policy was the main factor in shaping the Treaty of Neuilly and therefore exercised an important influence on the simultaneously unfolding Bulgarian power struggle and on setting that country’s political agenda for years to come.