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HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON

INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE

UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-THIRD CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S. 2647

A BILL TO CREATE AN INDEPENDENT CIVIL AERONAUTICS
AUTHORITY AND AN INDEPENDENT AIR SAFETY BOARD,
TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT AND SAFETY AND TO
PROVIDE FOR THE REGULATION OF CIVIL AERONAUTICS,
AND TO PROMOTE WORLD LEADERSHIP BY THE UNITED
STATES IN AVIATION

(Including testimony on S. 3409 re reduced rates on Defense Department traffic and S. 3426 re fixing of rates by classes and divisions. Other testimony on S. 3426 has been printed heretofore as a separate hearing)

APRIL 6, 8, 19, 20, 21, 22, 27; May 18, 27, 28;

JUNE 1, 2, 10, 11, 15, 21; JULY 1, 13, AND 22, 1954

Printed for the use of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce

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COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE

JOHN W. BRICKER, Ohio, Chairman

ANDREW W. SCHOEPPEL, Kansas
JOHN MARSHALL BUTLER, Maryland
CHARLES E. POTTER, Michigan
DWIGHT GRISWOLD, Nebraska 1
JAMES H. DUFF, Pennsylvania
WILLIAM H. PURTELL, Connecticut
FREDERICK G. PAYNE, Maine

EDWIN C. JOHNSON, Colorado
WARREN G. MAGNUSON, Washington
LYNDON B. JOHNSON, Texas
LESTER C. HUNT, Wromine
JOHN O. PASTORE, Rhode Island
A. S. MIKE MONRONEY, Oklahoma
GEORGE A. SMATHERS, Florida

BERTRAM WISSMAN, Clerk
EDWARD JARRETT, Assistant Clerk
EDWARD C. SWEENEY, Counsel

1 Senator Eva Bowring appointed May 3, 1954, to succeed Senator Griswold, deceased.

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CONTENTS

Allen, John C., Assistant Postmaster General for Transportation, Post
Office Department, Washington, D. C‒‒‒‒

Batrus, Frederick E., Associate Solicitor (Transportation), Post Office
Department, Washington, D. C----

Beitel, Albert F., counsel, Aircoach Transport Association, Inc., Wyatt
Building, 14th Street and New York Avenue, Washington, D. C‒‒‒‒
Betsworth, Walter E., executive secretary, American Association of
Airport Executives, Inc., Municipal Airport, Waterloo, Iowa____
Bez, Nick, president, West Coast Airlines, Inc., Boeing Field, Seattle
8, Wash____

Bonaccorsi, James, president, Golden Gate Wholesale Florists, Inc.,

1000 South Bayshore, San Mateo, Calif---

Brashear, Harry R., director of traffic service, Aircraft Industries
Association of America, Inc., 610 Shoreham Building, Washington,
D. C------

Burt, W. C., general counsel, Transport Air Group, Inc., 720 Cafritz

Building, 1625 I Street NW., Washington, D. C--

Calkins, G. Nathan, Chief, International and Rules Division, Office of
General Counsel, Civil Aeronautics Board, Washington, D. C.......
Converse, Edmund, president, Bonanza Air Lines, Inc., Post Office Box
391, McCarran Field, Las Vegas, Nev___.

Gaither, William C., 448 Pan American Bank Building, Miami 32, Fla.,

representing Negligence and Compensation Lawyers of Florida and

National Association of Claimants' Compensation Attorneys___.

Gallo, C. L., president, Air Express International Corp., 90 Broad

Street, New York, N. Y., representing Air Freight Forwarders Asso-

ciation__.

656

649

918

311

479

511

697

472

Gilstad, Leif, first vice president, Transportation Association of
America, 1001 Connecticut Avenue, Washington, D. C------

Glass, Fred M., president, Airport Operators Council, and director of

aviation department, the Port of New York Authority, 111 Eighth

Avenue, New York 11, N. Y____.

167

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Hackney, L. R., executive vice president, Transport Air Group, Inc.,
720 Cafritz Building, 1625 I Street NW., Washington, D. C‒‒‒‒‒
Hamilton, Laddie, president, Ozark Air Lines, Inc., Box 7, Lambert
Field, St. Louis 21, Mo----

Hardy, Alexander G., assistant vice president, National Airlines, Inc.,
1313 Wyatt Building, Washington, D. C--
Hartranft, J. B., Jr, president, Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association,
4644 East-West Highway, Post Office Box 5960, Washington 14,

D. C

426, 447

Statement of-Continued

Page

Howard, Daggett H., Associate General Counsel, Office of the Secre-
tary of the Air Force, Washington, D. C‒‒‒‒‒‒
Hyman, William A., attorney, 111 Fulton Street, New York, N. Y., rep-
resenting plaintiffs in airplane accident cases---
Johnston, Hamlin B., president, Aircoach Transport Association, Inc.,
Wyatt Building, 14th Street and New York Avenue, Washington,
D. C____.

645

396

889

422

390

635

92, 1240

McLaughlin, Joseph K., director, Illinois Department of Aeronautics,
Springfield, Ill., representing National Association of State Aviation
Officials___

Morrow, Giles, president and general counsel, Freight Forwarders'
Institute, 1111 E Street NW., Washington, D. C----

Murray, Hon. Robert B., Jr., Under Secretary for Transportation,

Department of Commerce, Washington, D. C.-

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413

Peach, Robert E., president, Mohawk Airlines, Inc., Cornell University
Airport, Ithaca, N. Y__

484

Perrin, J. Frank, counsel, Office of the Director of Transportation and
Communications, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Sup-
ply and Logistics), Washington, D. C.-on S. 3409_.
Pierson, Warren Lee, chairman of the board, Trans World Airlines,
Inc., 380 Madison Avenue, New York 17, N. Y___.

Prescott, Robert W., president, Flying Tiger Line, Inc., Lockheed Air

Terminal, Burbank, Calif____

646

515

Ramsey, Adm. De Witt C., president, Aircraft Industries Association
of America, Inc., 610 Shoreham Building, Washington, D. C‒‒‒‒‒

Ramspeck, Robert, vice president, Eastern Air Lines, Inc., 405 Colo-

rado Building, Washington, D. C----.

Ray, James G., 1507 M Street NW., Washington, D. C, representing
Fairchild Engine & Airplane Corp--

333

580

Statement of-Continued

Riley, George D., member, national legislative committee, American
Federation of Labor, 901 Massachusetts Avenue NW., Washing-
ton, D. C_____.

Page

180, 425

857

664

Statement submitted by-

Airline Medical Examiners Association; submitted by Dr. Gerald S.
Backenstoe, president, Emmaus, Pa----

Airlines Personnel Relations Conference; submitted by J. L. O'Brien,
executive director, National Airport, Washington 1, D. C.
Dalrymple, Royal E., president, Queens Committee for Aviation Re-
forms, Inc., Borough of Homes, Queens County, N. Y_
Japanese American Citizens League; submitted by Mike M. Masaoka,
Washington representative, 1737 H Street NW., Washington, D. C.-
Lome, Max M., Laurelton Civic Association, Inc., Laurelton, Queens 13,
N. Y., on behalf of Queens Committee for Aviation Reforms, Central
Queens Allied Civic Council, Inc., and the 1,700,000 residents of
Queens County.

National Association of State Aviation Officials, 1101 Vermont Avenue
NW., Washington, D. C..

1257

180

1143

385

1148

346

Nelson, Orvis M., president, Transocean Air Lines, Municipal Airport,
Oakland 14, Calif

828

Potts, Ramsey D., Jr., president, Independent Military Air Transport
Association, 1025 Connecticut Avenue NW., Washington, D. C‒‒‒‒‒‒

Additional information submitted for the record by-

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