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PAN AMERICAN • P A C I F I C - A L A S K A DIVISION
Read From The Land Of The Kodiak To The Land Of The Koala—From The Golden Gate To The Ginza
Great Circle Route
October 16, 1957
The news story at left appeared on the front page of this morning’s San Francisco Examiner.
Aside from the fact that the PUC has gone on record as favoring Pan American’s bid to serve Portland and Seattle on its Great Circle Route to the Orient, all Pacific-Alaska Division employees should take pride and encouragement from the action.
The PUC had voted three times previously on whether or not to endorse the Company's request to serve Portland and Seattle. The first vote favored Pan Am, but this was almost immediately reversed. A third vote was taken, but again the PUC failed to endorse the inclusion of the two Northwest cities as traffic stops.
In spite of these setbacks, the Division Management, spearheaded by Executive Vice President Murray, continued aggressive efforts to win the endorsement of the PUC. The success achieved in securing this endorsement, when coupled with similar endorsements from the three other major West Coast cities, should go far to assure the President of the United States that the public interest will best be served by granting Pan American traffic rights at Seattle and Portland on the recently authorized Great Circle Route from California to Japan.
Furthermore, the PUC , by supporting Pan American’s application has recognized that Pan American is a major citizen in the San Francisco community and a major contributor to the economy of the San Francisco Bay Area.
The fact that this recognition has been accorded the Company should be of great satisfaction to all employees.
PUC CHANGES ITS MIND ON PAN AM STOPS
OK’s Northwest Links On Great Circle Flights
By RUSS CONE
The city Public Utilities Commission reversed its field yesterday and decided, after all, to indorse Portland and Seattle stops for Pan American World Airways on its Great Circle route between here and the Orient.
The vote was four to one. Commissioner Stuart Greenberg held to the position which the PUC maintained the last nine months, namely, that taking business through Seattle would deprive San Francisco of its place as the United States’ “Gateway to the Orient.”
New Statistics-------
But other commissioners bowed to the advice of Airport Superintendent Harold Messersmith. He cited new statistics showing Seattle already is depriving San Francisco of mail and passenger revenue.
On the basis of Messer-smith’s recommendation and urging by Pan American’s executive vice president, Robert B. Murray Jr., the commission adopted a resolution indorsing “permissive stops” at the two northwest cities.
Copies to Board-------
Copies will be sent to the Federal Civil Aeronautics Board, which is weighing Pan Am’s application, and to President Eisenhower, who asked the CAB to make the new study. The CAB previously refused Pan Am the stops.
