News digest, Vol. 1, No. 30, December 5, 1945

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Voi. I, No. 30	—	San Francisco	December 5, 1945
SENATE COMMITTEE MAJORITY VOTES FAVOR COM UNITY COMPANY
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Majority' and minority reports, dealing with the question of the community company or choson instrument in U.S. international aviation policy and the question of permitting U.S. Foreign flag carriers to operate domestic routes, were made public recently by the Senate Foreign Commerce Committee, according to Aviation Daily.
The majority report is identical, except for 10 or 15 minor word changes, with the so-called "Progress Report", which 13 Senators signed last July and sent to President Truman.
The report itself, 11 typed pages* reviev/s the history of the McCarran Anerican Flag Lino legislation and points up two important questions on which the Committee is divided. They are included in the following statement in the report:
"Whether controlled competition can bo carried out successfully in the international field, where our government cannot effectively exorcise regulatory authority and where our carriers are subject to uncontrolled competition by foreign-flag transport monopolies subsidized by their respective governments and having the advantage of lower wage scales and safety standards, is a question on which the Committee is divided.
"In the meantime, the Committee is of the opinion that applications pending before the Civil Aeronautics Board for certain domestic express routes, linking its various gateway airports by our established international air transport system should bo promptly heard and acted upon. Fair play 'would indicate that, if domestic air carriers are now to participate in the international field, our overseas air carriers, now authorizod to operate from the United States only in international service, should participate commonsuratcly in the far larger domestic field. Unless an equitable corresponding share in our domestic air commerce is Authorized, sdrti&Us injury will be. done’not only to.those whohave pioneered in the overseas field, but also to America’s position in international air commerce,"
The report states that CAB, in limiting the now international certificates to seven years duration, recognized the difficulties inherent in any attempt to formulate a permanent policy with reference to international air transportation at the present time.
70% OF DOMESTIC AIRLINE SPaCS jJLLOCATBD SERVICE PERSONNEL
Under General Order ODT 58, effective December 5, airlines operating from the west Coast were required to allot 70% of their space to Array and Navy personnel returning from the Pacific. This order affects airlines operating east from Seattle, San, Francisco, Los Aigelos and San Diego to the cities of Boston, New York, Baltimore, Dashington, Norfolk, or Jacksonville.
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