Clipper, Vol. 2, No. 5, October 1954

              Vol. 2, No. 5	Published by and for PAA Employees at N. Y. and Washington, D. C. System General Offices	OCTOBER, 1954
'55 CHARITY DRIVE KICKS OFF
Smiles of relief appear as the plans for the 1955 Annual New York Charity Fund Drive are completed by members of the committee. Seated, left to right, Mary Lyons, Personnel; Assistant Comptroller Jim McGuire, chairman; and Muriel Richards, of SOS-Purchasing, representing the BRC. Standing, left to right, George Butkier, GAO-Disbursement Manager; Warren Leary, SOS-Administrative; Martin Maloney, Building Service; Paul Stickney, SOS-Purchasing, representing the Skyline Club, and Gene Fowler, SOS-Purchasing.
Replaces All Other Campaigns Next Year
Employees To Be Given Free Chest X-rays
The Queensboro Tuberculosis and Health Association will visit the LIC building on Friday, October 22, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to take free chest X-rays of all employees.
It was pointed out by New York Office Manager Tom Conroy, who made arrangements for this service, that TB rarely gives any warning until it is well established. That is why, he stated, it is so important for every adult to have a chest examination frequently. The X-ray can detect signs of TB before symptoms are apparent.
A report of the results of the X-ray will be sent to each employee at his home. Further details will be contained in a memorandum to he issued soon.
SKYLINE; PEGASUS TRAVEL CLUBS PLAN JOINT MEETING FEATURING IRISH NITE
George Weil, of the Comptroller’s Office and chairman of the Skyline Travel Club, has announced plans for a combined meeting with the Socony-Vacuum Pegasus Club’s travel group on November 17, at the 69th Inf. Regiment Armory, 26th Street, between Madison and Lexington Avenues. A special Irish night program is scheduled, including a corned beef and cabbage dinner.
In addition to PAA’s “Wings to Ireland,” there will be three speakers; Major Rooney, Chaplain of the “Fighting 69th,” and Colonel Foery, Commanding Officer, who will report on the recent An Toastal Festival which they attended, and Terrance Sheehy, of the Irish Tourist Bureau, a speaker well known for his sharp Irish wit.
Also on the program will be two pipers from the regimental band, an accordianist, and a group community sing.
Further details will be issued shortly and all members of the Skyline Club are urged to attend the gala evening. Friends may also be invited since there is space in the regiment’s Skytop Room for 600 people.
Sokolsky To Speak At Communion Breakfast
Mary Lyons, chairman of the St. Theresa’s Guild Communion Breakfast for Pan American, announced that George E. Sokolsky, well-known columnist, author, lecturer and industrial consultant, will be one of the speakers at the Sunday, October 31, Communion Breakfast to be held at the Hotel Commodore.
Mr. Sokolsky replaces Brigadier General Carlos Romulo, who had been scheduled to speak, along with Gene Lockhart, veteran actor of stage, screen and radio.
Tickets at $3.50 may still be purchased from representatives.
Assistant Comptroller James McGuire, chairman of the 1955 Annual New York Charity Fund Drive, has announced that plans have been finalized for the only fund campaign of the coming year. Kick off date is October 15. Between that date and the 22nd, a group of your fellow employees will conduct a desk-to-desk campaign for contributions or pledges to go to all or any one or more of seven charities
This new drive is similar to those already being conducted successfully in three divisions and is designed to eliminate multiple solicitations throughout the year. It lumps into one package collections formerly made for the American Cancer Society, American Red Cross, Cerebral Palsy, Greater New York Fund, March of Dimes, The Heart Fund and the Salvation Army.
A booklet giving complete information pertaining to the campaign is being distributed to all employees in the New York offices of the System General Offices, the New York Distrio. Sales Office and Intercontinental Hotels Corporation. Vice President Franklin Gledhill, Honorary Chairman of the campaign, has addressed an appeal to all employees to support the drive and is quite confident that a single campaign of this type will meet with the enthusiastic acceptance of all members of PAA’s New York family.
The Charity Committee that worked
out the details feels that a drive of this sort reflects a general trend throughout the nation for assisting the needy through one big campaign and believes that it is a good solution of the problem at PAA.
Contributions, of course, will be voluntary and painless, too. A lump sum may be given or a pledge may be signed permitting the company to deduct contributions of $4, or more, in four equal installments beginning with your first payroll check in November. Contributors may specify the allocation of their donations to any one or more of their favorite charities listed, or they may allocate the entire sum to be divided (according to past performance) among the seven charities. Jim McGuire expressed a hope for 100% participation and would like to see the drive surpass the combined collections of 1954’s individual drives—$3,091.99.
Members of the committee are: O. G. Balz, Vice President—IHC; George Butkier, GAO-Disbursement; Richard Farrelly, System Personnel Officer; Warren Leary, SOS-Administrative; Mary Lyons, Personnel-Suggestions Coordinator; Martin Maloney, Building Employee Representative; William Pace, representing Traffic & Sales, Reginald Reid, NYDSO; Muriel Richards, BRC Representative ; Wilma Sivertsen, Personnel Manager and Paul Stickney, President, Skyline Club.
NONSTOP TRANSPACIFIC FLIGHTS PLANNED
Two-way nonstop airline, service across the Pacific has become **a distinct possibility for the near future,” according to Col. Clarence M. Young, Executive Vice President of the Pacific-Alaska Division.
“With the new Douglas DC-7C airplanes now on order for 1956 delivery,” Col. Young said, “we can fly the Pacific nonstop between Japan and the West Coast on a regular basis by using the short ‘great circle’ course.
“Our plans await only delivery of the airplanes and action by the Civil Aeronautics Board and the President on our pending application for removal of the obsolete provision in our certificate requiring Pan American to stop at a mid-Pacific island on its way to the Orient.”
Colonel Young said that the new Clipper was the type of plane the company had been waiting for since 1937. He noted that in the nineteen thirties Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh had made a survey of the ‘great circle’ route across the Pacific for Pan American. He also referred to PAA’s studies of the Pacific jet stream.
“Now we have the experience,” he said. “We will soon have the airplane, and all we are awaiting is a Government okay for us to use the logical short route across the top of the world.”
Colonel Young said that the company hoped to use Seattle as an arrival and departure point for nonstop transpacific flights, with the Clippers continuing on to San Francisco and Los Angeles as co-terminals.
Other flights would operate via Hawaii to serve stopover and Hawaii-Orient travel.
“Progress demands this non-stop service to the Orient,” Col. Young pointed out, “and when the means are available, progress should not be hampered by man-made restrictions.”
“The fast growth of competition from foreign-flag airlines both in the Pacific and elsewhere in the world makes it a matter of national interest for the U.S. to maintain its leadership.”
Colonel Young said the DC-7C’s flying time between California and Japan would be twelve and a half hours. He added that the four-engined airliners would also make possible non-stop flights between New York and Paris or Rome, and between New York or Miami and Rio de Janiero.
“We feel there is a public need for faster, more direct flights in many parts of the world,” he said, “and as an organization dedicated to serving the public needs, we are doing our best to keep in the forefront with the latest scientific advances.”
Have A Cigar On . . .
Paul Perez, SOS-Purchasing. His wife gave birth to 6 lb., 14 oz. Celia on October 5.