HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

1.5. Compress, Senate COMMITTEE ON
INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE,
UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-FIRST CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

PURSUANT TO

S. Res. 50

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COMMITTEE ON INTER-
STATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE TO INVESTIGATE
PROBLEMS RELATING TO THE AIR-LINE INDUSTRY, THE
UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE, DOMESTIC LAND
AND WATER TRANSPORTATION, AND RADIO, TELEGRAPH
AND TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS

PART 3

MAY 20, 23, 24, 26, 27, 31, JUNE 2, 6, 7, 1949

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

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CONTENTS

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Statements of-

Beard, Charles E., executive vice president, Braniff Airways -

Bloomquist, Albert E., transportation engineer.

Donaldson, Jesse M., Postmaster General; assisted by Roy Martin,

Under Second Assistant Postmaster...

Heacock, Amos E., executive committee chairman, National Inde-

pendent Air Carriers, and president of Air Transport Associates, Inc.

Higgins, Francis M., president, Wisconsin Central Airlines, Inc.

Halbrooks, William N., financial and management consultant, New

York, N. Y..

Lee, Fred B., Deputy Administrator of Civil Aeronautics Admin-
istration...

McKaughan, R. Earl, president, Trans-Texas Airways

Napheys, B. F., Jr., vice president and general counsel Air Line Dis-
patchers Association

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O'Connell, Joseph J., Jr., Chairman, Civil Aeronautics Board-

Playford, Harry R., president U. S. Airlines, Inc..

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Prescott, Robert W., vice president, Air Freight Association; president,
Flying Tiger Line, Inc.

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Rickenbacker, E. V., president, Eastern Air Lines, Inc.
Smith, Robert J., president, Pioneer Air Lines, Inc.

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Thompson, Cyril C., executive secretary, Airport Operators Council
Turner, Roscoe, president, Roscoe Turner Aeronautical Corp. --
Willis, Charles F., president, Willis Air Service, Inc. --

Woolman, C. E., president and general manager, Delta Air Lines, Inc.

Letters received from-

APPENDIX

Douglass, Frank P., chairman, National Mediation Board, dated

April 4, 1949, addressed to Senator Edwin C. Johnson, relative to

B. F. Napheys' suggestion with regard to a certain amendment to

the Railway Labor Act___

Hart, John J., staff superintendent of postal service, United Air Lines,

dated July 11, 1949, addressed to Senator Edwin C. Johnson, rela-

tive to penalty and air mail, the desirability of all Government

agencies' paying postage, and other matters.

Heacock, Amos E., president, Air Transport Associates, Inc., dated

June 13, 1949, addressed to Senator Edwin C. Johnson, and con-

taining appendixes F, G, H, I, J, and K, which relate to various

legal steps by the Board against Air Transport Associates.

Land, E. S., president, Air Transport Associates of America, dated

April 7, 1949, addressed to Senator Edwin C. Johnson, with regard

to B. F. Napheys' suggestion with regard to a certain amendment

to the Railway Labor Act

Merrill, M. C., president, Air Line Dispatchers Association, dated

June 29, 1949, addressed to Hon. Dean C. Acheson, Secretary of

State, relative to B. F. Napheys' proposed amendment to the Rail-

way Labor Act....

Napheys, B. F., Jr., of Denver, Colo., under dates of February 21,

1949, and April 8, 1949, addressed to Senator Edwin C. Johnson,

both with regard to a certain proposed amendment to the Railway

Labor Act; also letters under dates of April 5, 7, 18, and 25, 1949,

on the same subject, also addressed to Senator Edwin C. Johnson,

from, respectively, the following: Frank P. Douglass, Chairman,

National Mediation Board; F. I. Land, president, Air Transport

Association of America; Robert Rampseck, executive vice president,

Air Transport Association of America; Hal C. Thurman, general

counsel, Braniff International Airways