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Document 16629

RICHARD NIXON and JOHN N. IRWIN II. Partly Printed DS: "Richard Nixon" as President and "John N. Irwin II" as Acting Secretary of State, 1p, 22¾x18. On vellum. Washington, 1972 October 5. Appointment of Chester M. Wiggin, Jr. of New Hampshire as an Interstate Commerce Commissioner. IRWIN, nephew of IBM's founder Thomas J. Watson, was Nixon's Special Emissary to Peru (1971), Under Secretary of State (1972), Deputy Secretary of State (1972-1973) and U.S. Ambassador to France (1973-1974). The Interstate Commerce Commission, the first regulatory commission in U.S. history, was established in 1887 as a result of mounting public indignation in the 1880s against railroad malpractices and abuses. In 1966, the ICC's safety functions were transferred to the new Department of Transportation. Its powers over rates and routes in rails and trucking were curtailed in 1980 by the Staggers Rail Act and Motor Carriers Act. Most ICC control over interstate trucking was abandoned in 1994 and the agency was terminated at the end of 1995. Lightly stained at lower blank margin, stray ½-inch smudge at blank right margin. Fine condition.

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