AMERICAN AIRLINES, Washington, D.C., June 14, 1968. Subject: Statement of American Airlines, Inc., re S. 3566. Hon. A. S. MIKE MONRONEY, Chairman, Aviation Subcommittee, Senate Commerce Committee, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. DEAR SENATOR MONRONEY: In 1962, the Congress adopted Public Law 86-528, 76th Stat. 143, which amended the Federal Aviation Act by establishing a comprehensive system for the certification and regulation of supplemental air carriers. In the course of adopting such legislation, the Congress devoted a great deal of time and attention to the question whether supplemental air carrier should have authority to conduct so-called "all-expense" tours. The pros and cons of this complicated question were thoroughly set forth on the record. The Senate initially proposed in 1962 to give supplemental carriers "allexpense" tour authority, but eventually receded from this position in the face of House opposition. We believe it is perfectly clear that the legislation as finally adopted meant to deny this authority to the supplemental carriers. For example, Senator Thurmond, in commenting on the action taken by the House and Senate conferees, stated: "I am advised that the CAB Bureau of Economics has advocated that a socalled all-expense tour concept be drafted onto the existing charter definition. This would be intolerable, and has been expressly rejected by the conferees. The Senate receded from its charter definition which included this all-expense tour provision" (108 Cong. Rec. 12285 (June 29, 1962)). Numerous other statements to the same effect were made both before the House and Senate following the report of the conferees. It is therefore misleading to characterize S. 3566 as an effort to clarify the intent of Congress in 1962. Quite to the contrary, this bill is an effort to grant to supplemental air carriers a type of authority that was, after a great deal of consideration, carefully withheld for them in 1962. The position of the Civil Aeronautics Board on this question was the same in 1962 as it is today. The Congress refused to give the Civil Aeronautics Board the authority it desired in 1962; we know of no reason why this question should be decided differently today. Sincerely, JAMES P. BASS, Vice President. О LOANS AND MORTGAGES HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE NINETIETH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON S. 3017 O CHANGE THE PROVISION WITH RESPECT TO THE MAXI- COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE WARREN G. MAGNUSON, Washington, Chairman JOHN O. PASTORE, Rhode Island E. L. BARTLETT, Alaska VANCE HARTKE, Indiana PHILIP A. HART, Michigan HOWARD W. CANNON, Nevada DANIEL B. BREWSTER, Maryland RUSSELL B. LONG, Louisiana FRANK E. MOSS, Utah NORRIS COTTON, New Hampshire THRUSTON B. MORTON, Kentucky HUGH SCOTT, Pennsylvania WINSTON L. PROUTY, Vermont JAMES B. PEARSON, Kansas ROBERT P. GRIFFIN, Michigan ERNEST F. HOLLINGS, South Carolina FREDERICK J. LORDAN, Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES E. L. BARTLETT, Alaska, Chairman Carl C., General Counsel, Maritime Administration, Department of merce; accompanied by John R. Tankard, Assistant General Coun- Division of Mortgage and Marine Insurance and Roy H. Yowell, f, Division of Mortgage Insurance Contracts, Office of Government Albert E., assistant executive director, Committee of American nship Lines; accompanied by: Howard Adams, Pacific Far East and Marvin J. Coles, Coles & Goertner, Washington, D.C... ie Mae Sale Marks Rate Rise, New York Times, March 27, 1968.. |