HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON

INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEVENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H. R. 1012

A BILL TO AMEND THE CIVIL AERONAUTICS ACT OF
1938, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

FEBRUARY 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, AND 12, 1943

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

H. R. 1012, to amend the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, as amended, and

for other purposes -

Statement of-

Pogue, L. Welch, Chairman, Civil Aeronautics Board.

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Gorrell, Col. Edgar S., president, Air Transport Association of

America

86, 120, 165, 205

Westwood, Howard C. (legal questions).

220

Burden, William A. M., special aviation assistant to the Secretary of

Commerce..

334

Stanton, Charles I., Administrator of Civil Aeronautics, Department

of Commerce_

368

Tipton, S. G., assistant general counsel, Civil Aeronautics Board

(Analysis of H. R. 1012)_

399

Reichelderfer, Dr. Francis W., Chief, United States Weather Bureau__

Marx, H. S., vice president and general counsel, Railway Express

Agency, New York City.

413

415

Warner, Hon. Edward, Vice Chairman, Civil Aeronautics Board_

O'Brien, William C., United States Post Office Department...

Turner, Col. Roscoe, Indianapolis, Ind..

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Stringer, Harry R., vice president, All-American Aviation.

Nichols, Hon. Jack, Member of Congress from Oklahoma_

Documents submitted:

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Graph of revenue-miles flown per fatal accident and passenger fatali-

ties per 100,000,000 passenger miles___

Comparative air carrier safety statistics in domestic, international,

and Territorial operations for the fiscal year 1936 through 1942.

International air carriers, operating revenues, and expenses, mileage,

and traffic statistics for the fiscal years 1938 through 1942.

Personnel, authorized positions, Civil Aeronautics Board, December

31, 1942, and employees of Civil Aeronautics Administration,

January 1, 1943_

Newspaper article-MacArthur Sees Airpower as Key to Victory -

Memorandum, exclusive regulation of air transport with respect to

economic and safety matters as proposed in H. R. 1012_

Aviation use of motor fuel____

Public, No. 766, Seventy-seventh Congress (meteorological students) _

Communications from-

Air Transport Association of America (objects and purposes)

Air routes of the Arctic area

Air routes before Pearl Harbor.

Turner, Col. Roscoe-career in aviation__.

Zoning Provisions, by Howard C. Westwood_

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