AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 401 (e) OF THE CIVIL AERO- APRIL 17, 1958 Printed for the use of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce 25733 UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1958 iedel, Hon. Samuel N., a Representative in Congress from the ar, Coates, representing AAXICO Airlines, Inc. honey, John H., vice president, Seaboard & Western Airlines, Inc- Connell, Francis A., legislative representative, air transport divi- 50 'L-CIO, statement of George D. Riley, legislative representative Summary of authorizations and operating data for domestic and overseas United States, all-cargo carriers, table Idle Airlines, Inc., letter from George L. Giles, president_ nsport Workers Union of America, letter from James F. Horst, ternational vice president and director, air transport division, III AIR CARGO CARRIERS CERTIFICATION THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1958 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS Washington, D. C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to recess, at 10 a. m., in room 1333, New House Office Building, Hon. Oren Harris (chairman) presiding. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will come to order. This morning the Subcommittee on Transportation and Communications is meeting to hold hearings on S. 1474, to amend section 401 (e) of the Civil Aeronautics Act to grant permanent certificates to domestic all-cargo carriers. The committee has been cognizant of the fact that there has been a great deal of interest in this legislation. There has been urgency for hearings since the last session. The Senate passed the bill on May 1 a year ago, and I had advised interested parties that the committee would get to it as soon as the schedule would permit. There are a number of witnesses here this morning whom we hope to be able to reach, and, consequently, we trust that the statements of the witnesses will be brief and to the point, but yet sufficient to fully develop the problem involved. A copy of the bill will be included in the record at this point, together with the reports from the departments and agencies. (The material referred to follows:) [S. 1474, 85th Cong., 1st sess.] AN ACT To amend section 401 (e) of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, as amended, in order to grant permanent certification to air carriers engaged in domestic all-cargo operations without subsidy Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 401 (e) of the Act of June 23, 1938, as amended (49 U. S. C. 481 (e); 52 Stat. 987), is amended by adding the following at the end thereof: “(5) If any applicant who makes application for a certificate within one hundred and twenty days after the enactment of this paragraph shall show that, from November 15, 1956, to date of its application, it or its predecessor in interest, was an aircarrier furnishing, within the limits of the United States, all-cargo service as authorized by a temporary certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Civil Aeronautics Board, and continuously operating as such air carrier (except as to interruptions of service over which the applicant, or its predecessor in interest has no control) the Board, upon proof of such fact, shall, unless the service rendered by such applicant during the period since its last certification has been inadequate and inefficient, issue a certificate or certificates of indefinite duration effective until suspended or revoked as hereinafter provided authorizing such applicant to engage in air transportation |