TRANSPORTATION—1964

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

H.R. 1716
A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 1002 OF THE FEDERAL AVIATION
ACT OF 1958 TO AUTHORIZE THE CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD
TO SUSPEND CERTAIN RATES RELATING TO FOREIGN AIR

TRANSPORTATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

H.R. 6400
A BILL TO AMEND THE FEDERAL AVIATION ACT OF 1958 TO
PROVIDE FOR THE REGULATION OF RATES AND PRACTICES
OF AIR CARRIERS AND FOREIGN AIR CARRIERS IN FOREIGN

AIR TRANSPORTATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

S. 1540
AN ACT TO AMEND THE FEDERAL AVIATION ACT OF 1958 TO
PROVIDE FOR THE REGULATION OF RATES AND PRACTICES
OF AIR CARRIERS AND FOREIGN AIR CARRIERS IN FOREIGN

AIR TRANSPORTATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

MAY 19, 20, 21, 22, 25; JUNE 1, 1964
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WASHINGTON : 1965

COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE

OREN HARRIS, Arkansas, Chairman
JOHN BELL WILLIAMS, Mississippi JOHN B. BENNETT, Michigan
KENNETH A. ROBERTS, Alabama

WILLIAM L. SPRINGER, Illinois
HARLEY O. STAGGERS, West Virginia PAUL F. SCHENCK, Ohio
WALTER ROGERS, Texas

J. ARTHUR YOUNGER, California SAMUEL N. FRIEDEL, Maryland

MILTON W. GLENN, New Jersey TORBERT H. MACDONALD, Massachusetts SAMUEL L. DEVINE, Ohio JOHN JARMAN, Oklahoma

ANCHER NELSEN, Minnesota LEO W. O'BRIEN, New York

HASTINGS KEITH, Massachusetts JOIIN E. MOSS, California

WILLARD S. CURTIN, Pennsylvania JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan

ABNER W. SIBAL, Connecticut PAUL G. ROGERS, Florida

GLENN CUNNINGHAM, Nebraska
JAMES C. HEALEY, New York

JAMES T. BROYHILL, North Carolina
HORACE R. KORNEGAY, North Carolina DONALD G. BROTZMAN, Colorado
W. R. HULL, JR., Missouri
GILLIS W. LONG, Louisianą
LIONEL VAN DEERLIN, California
J. J. PICKLE, Texas
ALBERT W. WATSON, South Carolina 1
FRED B. ROONEY, Pennsylvania ?

W. E. WILLIAMSON, Clerk
KENNETH J, PAINTER, Assistant Clerk

Professional Staff
ANDREW STEVENSON

JAMES M. MENGER, Jr.
KURT BORCHARDT

WILLIAM J. Dixon

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1 Appointed member of committee May 20, 1964, vice Robert W. Hemphill, South Carolina. resigned.

» Appointed member of committee May 20, 1964, vice Dan Rostenkowski, Illinois, resigned.

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Hearings held on

Page May 19, 1964.

1 May 20, 1964.

47 May 21, 1964 May 22, 1964

109 May 25, 1964.

149 June 1, 1964.

173 Text of H.R. 1716.

1 H.R. 6400.

3
S. 1540.
Report of —
Bureau of the Budget on-
H.R. 1716..

5 H.R. 6400.

7 S. 1540..

14 Civil Aeronautics Board onH.R. 1716.

6 H.R. 6400

6 S. 1540

11 Commerce Department on S. 1540

12 Comptroller General of the United States on H.R. 6400..

7 Federal Aviation Agency on S. 1540.

10 Justice Department on H.R. 6400..

8 State Department on-H.R. 6400..

8 S. 1540.

13 Statement of Boyd, Hon. Alan S., Chairman, Civil Aeronautics Board..

15, 210 Chayes, Abram, Legal Adviser, Department of State...

149, 174, 195 Ferguson, Allen R., Coordinator of International Aviation, Department of State..

149, 174, 195 Goodrich, Nathaniel H., General Counsel, Federal Aviation Agency - 47 Halaby, Hon. N. E., Administrator, Federal Aviation Agency

47 Mendelsohn, Allan I., Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State.

149, 174, 195 Roth, Irving, Director, Bureau of Economic Regulation, Civil Aeronautics Board.-

15, 210 Stout, Al, Chief, Commercial Rates Section, Civil Aeronautics Board. 15, 210 Tipton, Stuart G., president, Air Transport Association of America.. 59,

93, 109 Wanner, John, General Counsel, Civil Aeronautics Board...

15, 210 Watson, Joseph, Director, Bureau of International Affairs, Civil Aeronautics Board...

15, 210
Additional information submitted for the record by-
Air Transport Association of America:

In the matter of investigation of the terms, conditions, and
limitations of foreign air carrier permits
Order No. E-17235, dated July 27, 1961.-

69 Order No. E-17537, dated October 4, 1961.

75 Letters from S. G. Tipton, president..

103, 136 Outline of power of Civil Aeronautics Board to deal with foreign carrier rates.

104 Statistical data and supplementary material used by Stuart G. Tipton, president..

136-147 Texts of Bermuda-type bilateral agreement alternative rate clauses. 91