HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

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U.S. Cony Senate. COMMITTEE ON
INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE.
UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-FIRST CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S. 237

CARD DIVISION

A BILL TO PROMOTE INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE AND
STRENGTHEN THE NATIONAL DEFENSE BY PROVIDING FOR CARGO
AIRCRAFT ADAPTABLE FOR POSTAL, COMMERCIAL, AND MILITARY
SERVICE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

S. 426

A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CIVIL TRANSPORT
AIRCRAFT ADAPTABLE FOR AUXILIARY MILITARY SERVICE, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES

S. 2301

A BILL TO PROMOTE INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE AND
STRENGTHEN THE NATIONAL DEFENSE BY PROVIDING FOR COM-
MERCIAL CARGO AND TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT ADAPTABLE TO
MILITARY TRANSPORT SERVICE

S. 2984

A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT
OF AIRCRAFT INTENDED FOR INDUSTRIAL OR PERSONAL USE,
AND ADAPTABLE FOR MILITARY SERVICE

S. 3504

A BILL TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED TRANS-
PORT AIRCRAFT BY PROVIDING FOR THE OPERATION TESTING,
AND MODIFICATION THEREOF

S. 3507

A BILL TO PROMOTE INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE AND
STRENGTHEN THE NATIONAL DEFENSE BY PROVIDING FOR TRANS-
AIRCRAFT ADAPTABLE FOR BOTH COMMERCIAL AND
MILITARY SERVICE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

PORT

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Statement of-

Armour, Merrill, assistant general manager, Aircraft Owners and
Pilots Association, Washington Building, Fifteenth Street and
New York Avenue, Washington, D. C.

118

Beck, Niels C., dean, Parks College, St. Louis University, Parks Air-

port, East St. Louis, Ill...

115

Budd, John F., publisher, Air Transportation, Import Publications,
Inc., 10 Bridge Street, New York 4, N. Y..

181

127

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Collins, Leighton, owner and editor of Air Facts, Inc., 30 Rockefeller

Plaza, New York 20, N. Y..

Crowley, J. W., associate director for research, National Advisory

Committee for Aeronautics, 1724 F Street NW., Washington, D. C..

Davis, Thomas W. S., Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Department

of Commerce_.

De Haven, Hugh, member, Cornell Committee for Air Safety Re-

search, Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Avenue, New York,

N. Y...

Fulton, Robert, president, Continental, Inc., Columbia County Air-

port, Box 165, Scappoose, Oreg--

Geisse, J. H., consultant, 3350 Tennyson Street NW., Washington,
D. C..

134

131

124

110

Klak, John J., Independent Air Carriers Conference, 805 G Street NW.,

Washington, D. C.......

164

Geuting, Joseph T., Jr., manager, Personal Aircraft Council, Aircraft

Industries Association of America, Inc., 610 Shoreham Building,

Washington 5, D. C...

Knerr, Maj. Gen. Hugh J., USAF (retired), Kennedy-Warren Apart-

ments, Washington, D. C.

Larkin, Felix E., general counsel, Department of Defense, accom-
panied by Maj. Gen. Lawrence S. Kuter, commanding Military Air
Transport Service, Department of Defense..

Marvin, Langdon P., Jr., former Chairman, Interdepartmental Air
Cargo Priorities Committee, study room 141, Library of Congress
Annex, Washington, D. C.......

Norden, Raymond A., president, Seaboard & Western Airlines, 16

Liberty Street, New York 5, N. Y..

O'Connell, Joseph J., Jr., Chairman of the Air Coordinating Committee

and the Civil Aeronautics Board, Washington, D. C...

Papadakos, Peter J., president, Gyrodyne Co. of America, Inc., 80

Wall Street, New York, N. Y.

Parker, Charles A., executive director, National Aviation Trade

Association, Dupont Circle Building, 1346 Connecticut Avenue,

Washington, D. C..

164

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153

179

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165

137, 172

Ramsey, Admiral De Witt C., president, Air Transport Association of

America, Inc., 1107 Sixteenth Street NW., Washington, D. C.............

Ramspeck, Robert, executive vice president, Air Transport Associa-

tion of America, 1107 Sixteenth Street NW., Washington 6, D. C..

Ray, James G., airline consultant, 1507 M Street NW., Washington,

Ď. C.

Rentzel, D. W., Administrator, Civil Aeronautics Administration,

Washington, D. C...

Riddle, James, member of the board of directors, Aviation Distributors

and Manufacturers Association, 505 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa.-

Schildhauer, C. H., aeronautical consultant, Owings Mills, Md..

Slick, Earl F., president, Slick Airways, Inc., Municipal Airport, Post

Office Box 656B, San Antonio 9, Tex...

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Statement of-Continued

Smith, C. R., president, American Airlines, Inc., 100 East Forty-second

Street, New York 17, N. Y..........

Snow, Crocker, representing National Association of State Aviation

Officials, Massachusetts Aeronautics Commission, Logan Airport,

East Boston, Mass...

Thompson, Cyril C., executive secretary, Airport Operators Council,

1625 K Street NW., Washington 6, D. C.-

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Wilford, E. Burke, chairman, Convertible Aircraft Congress, Phila-
delphia, Pa.

185

Letters from-

Beall, W. E., vice president of engineering and sales, Boeing Airplane

Co., Seattle, Wash., dated May 31, 1950, to Senator Edwin C.

Johnson

Bierman, David, general manager, Hartzell Propeller Co., Piqua, Ohio,

dated April 5, 1950, to Mr. Crocker Snow. -

Cohu, La Motte T., Convair, Consolidated Vultee Aircraft_Corp.,

San Diego, Calif., to Hon. Edwin C. Johnson, dated May 17, 1950,

on S. 3504.

Ensenwein, August C., executive vice president, Piper Aircraft Corp.,

dated October 15, 1949, to Aircraft Industries Association, atten-

tion of Mr. Joseph T. Geuting, Jr.

Gross, Robert E., president, Lockheed Aircraft Corp., Burbank,

Calif., to Hon. Edwin C. Johnson, dated May 15, 1950, on S. 3504;

also letter dated June 1, 1950.

185

101

178

104

174, 186

Hurley, Roy T., president, Curtiss-Wright Corp., Wood-Ridge, N. J.,
dated June 2, 1950, to Hon. Edwin C. Johnson__

Kennedy, Miles D., director, the American Legion, national legislative

commission, dated May 10, 1950, to Hon. Edwin C. Johnson.

Knapp, Edward F., director, Vermont Aeronautical Commission,

Montpelier, Vt., to Hon. Edwin C. Johnson, dated May 15, 1950,

on S. 2984.

McCulloch, Robert, Texas Engineering & Manufacturing Co., Inc.,

Dallas, Tex., dated June 9, 1949, to Mr. A. W. Meadows, director,

Texas Aeronautics Commission, Austin, Tex.

McLaughlin, Joseph K., director, department of aeronautics, Capital

Airport, Springfield, Ill., to Hon. Edwin C. Johnson, dated May 16,

1950, on S. 2984___

Newill, E. B., general manager, Allison Division, General Motors

Corp., Indianapolis, Ind., dated May 31, 1950, to Hon. Edwin C.

Johnson

Pearson, C. C., president, the Glenn L. Martin Co., Baltimore, Md.,
to Hon. Edwin C. Johnson, dated May 18, 1950, on S. 3504-

Rickenbacker, E. V., president and general manager, Eastern Air

Lines, 10 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N. Y., dated May 16, 1950,

on S. 3504.

Ryan, T. Claude, president, Ryan Aeronautical Co., San Diego,

Calif., dated October 6, 1949, to Mr. Crocker Snow-

Taylor, Moulton B., president, Aerocar, Inc., Longview, Wash., dated

May 31, 1950, to Mr. Edward C. Sweeney; also letter dated June

12, 1950

Weishaar, Wayne, secretary, Aeronautical Training Society, 1025

Connecticut Avenue, Washington, D. C., to Hon. Edwin C. John-

son, dated May 9, 1950..

Report from—

Civil Aeronautics Board, dated March 24, 1949, on S. 237_

Civil Aeronautics Board, dated May 24, 1949, on S. 426...

187

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177

104

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187

178

176

104

188, 190

Civil Aeronautics Board, dated May 31, 1950, on S. 2984 and S. 2301..

Civil Service Commission, dated February 17, 1949, on S. 237-

Civil Service Commission, dated February 23, 1949, on S. 426.

Civil Service Commission, dated March 17, 1950, on S. 2984.

Department of the Air Force, dated June 15, 1949, on S. 426.

Department of the Air Force, dated September 9, 1949, on S. 2301-

Department of Commerce, dated July 25, 1949, on S. 426.

Department of Commerce, dated May 4, 1950, on S. 3504.

Department of Defense, dated March 31, 1950, on S. 2984.

Report from-Continued

Department of Defense, dated May 10, 1950, on S. 2984, 3504, and
3507__

Department of Justice, dated May 2, 1950, on S. 2984-

Department of Justice, dated June 7, 1950, on S. 2301.

Department of State, dated October 11, 1949, on S. 237.

Department of State, dated March 29, 1950, on S. 426.

Department of State, dated March 17, 1950, on S. 2301.

Department of the Treasury, dated March 20, 1949, on S. 237.

Department of the Treasury, dated March 20, 1950, on S. 426.

Department of the Treasury, dated March 20, 1950, on S. 2301.

Department of the Treasury, dated March 24, 1950, on S. 2984.

General Accounting Office, dated February 14, 1949, on S. 426.

General Accounting Office, dated February 15, 1950, on S. 2984

General Accounting Office, dated May 23, 1950, on S. 3504 and S.

3507___

182, 183

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, dated March 28, 1950,

on S. 2984.

Reconstruction Finance Corporation, dated March 23, 1949, on S. 237-
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, dated September 15, 1949, on S.

2301_

Statement from:

Guerrieri, Mario A., USNR, Transcendental Aircraft Corp., Road 3,

New Castle, Del..

174

Lawler, John A., president, Aeronca Aircraft Corp-

172

Excerpts from the Annual Report of the Research and Development Com-
mittee_.

102

Article from MacLeans Magazine, December 1, 1949, entitled, "Our
All-Out Gambel for Jet Supremacy," by Gerald Anglin.......

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