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- ↑ United States. Interstate Commerce Commission (1927). Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Reports and Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 151–162.
- ↑ United States. Interstate Commerce Commission (1940). Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Reports and Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States. L.K. Strouse. pp. 264–.