NEWS LETTER
By Mary Lee Council
Secretary to E. L. Bartlett,
Delegate to Congress from Alaska
The Civil Aeronautics Board
Ayill start hearings at 10 a.m. next
Monday in Anchorage in the mat
ter of the investigation of intra
Alaska air services before Exam
iner Herbert K. Bryan, with I. W.
Sirbaug'h, air transportation ana
lyst of the CAB. giving testimony
for the Bureau of Air Operations.
The detailed statement to be
presented by Mr. Sirbaugh h^s
been made available in advance
to interested Alaskans, including
carriers, for their comment and
information. Bartlett stated he
would be glad to furnish details
to anyone desiring them.
Sirbaugh’s testimony, in part,
follows.
“Since the establishment of
the present route systems of the
Alaskan air carriers, there have
been many changes in the Alaskan
economy. In addition to great in
creases in total population, there
have been major shifts and re
locations of the people within the
territory. Anchorage has emerged
as the main transportation center.
iMany other points now have air
ports which will accommodate
large aircraft. A definite tendency
has developed for people to move
away from the small, isolated
villages.
We are now faced with the j
problem of how best to revise the
air route pattern to take account
of these changing conditions and
at the same time how to most ef
fectively improve the service to
the public, lower fares, eliminate
unnecessary duplication, reduce
subsidy, and encourage the car
riers to get equipment more suit
ed to the needs of their routes
and traffic.
“We recommend that pilot own
ers be given status comparable to
air-taxi operators in the States,
except that because of the rela
tively small aircraft operated by
the certificated carriers, aircraft
operated by or under the supervi
sion of a pilot owner with a capac
ity of more than four passengers
should not be operated between
points served by certificated car
riers. We propose that pilot-owner
aircraft up to 12,500 pounds (the
air-taxi limitation) be allowed to
operate freely within the territory
except directly between points
served by certificated carriers. We
further contend that pilot owners
should be allowed to carry ‘two
bit’ mail and gratuitous mail to
meet the needs of the postal ser
vice.
“It is our belief that the regu
lations should be revised to ex
tend to the pilot owners the fol
lowing privileges not permitted
by the present rules:
“1. To hire pilots; 2. to compete
with certificated carriers with
four-passenger aircraft; 3. to use
aircraft up to 12,500 pounds gross
weight in non-competitive service;
4. to provide scheduled service
except in competition with certifi
cated carriers.
“The Bureau favors discontin
uance of the certificated irregular
route authority of all Alaskan car
riers. The need for such authority
apparently no longer exists and
retention of such authority now
encourages the filing of inaccurate
or misleading schedules and may
result in erroneous classification
and reporting of charter or other
special service mileage as ‘sched
uled’ mileage. Adequate operating
authority to enable the certificat
ed Alaskan carriers to perform
all needed charter and other spe
cial services can better be grant
ed through the Economic Regula
tions.”
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Sen. Chavez Says Inter-Service
Bickering and Petty Jealousies
Courting Financial Crackdown
By G. MILTON KELLY
WASHINGTON, (ff— Chairmar
Chavez (D-NMt of the Senate De
fense Appropriations subcommit
tee said Saturday the Army, Navj
and Air Force are courting a fin
ancial crackdown from Congress
by “being prima donnas.”
Chavez said he is weary of
interservice bickering which has
broken into the open again in
news stories which he said, ap
parently were “planted” by Army
sources challenging the emphasis
now being placed on air power
for defense.
"I feel they ought to quit being
prima donnas and work for our
common purpose, the defense of
our country,” Chavez told re
porters. He added that this goes
for all of the services.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press and
some other newspapers reported
that the Army is declaring present
emphasis on air power will lead
only to “national disaster.”
Hagerty Agrees
President’s Health Is
Legitimate Campaign Issue
i By the Associated Press i
President Eisenhower’s press
secretary, James C. Hagerty,
agrees with some Democratic
spokesmen that the President’s
health is a “legitimate issue’’ of
the upcoming presidential cam
paign.
Hagerty was interviewed by
Reps. Boggs and Ebert, Louisiana
Democrats, on a television show
transcribed for use by a New Or
leans station.
Agreeing Eisenhower’s health is
a fit topic for political discussion,
he added: “We will have legiti
mate answers and complete medi
cal records to show the condition
of the President at any time dur
ing the campaign.”
He had said earlier Eisenhower
would undergo one or two further
physical examinations during this
year, but did not specify dates.
The President was examined and
found in good physical condition
last weekend.
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“Petty jealousies ought to be
done away with,” Chavez said,
“and the sooner the better.” He
added:
“They’ll probably see the light
if one of these days the commit
tees of Congress will cut their
funds. And that could easily hap
pen unless the Pentagon makes
them get together and bury their
differences.”
There was no immediate com
ment from Sen. Symington (D-Mo)
a former Secretary of the Air
Force, who has been conducting
an investigation designed to show
whether this country is losing
military air supremacy to Russia.
Symington and Sen. Jackson <D
Wash), a member of his subcom
mittee, have charged repeatedly
this country may bo- lagging in
air power, and have questioned
whether spending for the Air
Force and for pilotless missiles is
big enough.
The subcommittee Chavez that
heads has heard testimony in re
cent weeks in which:
1. The Army has complained
that the Air Force was trying to
“invade” its field of manning this
country’s domestic antiaircraft
defenses.
i 2. Navy claims its carriers can
i pack a harder and more harrass
ing wallop than the Air Force’s
land bases.
3. Air Force replies the Navy’s
contribution to long range air
warfare could only be “small."
4. Rival Army and Air Force
claims each had a better guided
missile than the other for con
tinental antiaircraft use.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press said
in a copyrighted story Friday
night the Army has in effect de
clared war on the Air Force.
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Japanese Minister Arrives
To Discuss With Dulles
His Meeting with Bulganin
WASHINGTON, OP) — Japan’s
minister of agriculture, Ichiro
Kono, arrived Saturday for talks
with Secretary of States Dulles
and other high officials on details
of his Moscow meeting with Pre
mier Bulganin.
The question of Japan’s future
relations with the Soviet Union
,turned on Kono’s negotiations for
a 10-year fishery agreement with
the Russians.
The Russians have insisted that
before the long - term agreement
would go into effect Japan and
the Soviet union must either sign
a World War II peace treaty or
I agree to exchange ambassadors
without signing a formal treaty.
Kono signed an interim agree
ment in Moscow which permits
the Japanese salmon fleets to
catch 37Vi2 million salmon this
year in Russian waters of the
Bering Sea and the north Pacific.
Last year the Japanese caught
more than 90 million salmon in
those same waters.
Kono also'signed an agreement
with the Russians, subject to ap
proval of the Japanese cabinet
that a Japanese - Russian peace
treaty conference in London will
be resumed on or before July 31.
The talks were suspended last
February.
ARCTIC SANITARY
SERVICE
PHONE RED 181
Cypriots Threaten
Lives of British
Cabinet Ministers
LONDON, OP) — Scotland Yard
assigned special security guards
to British cabinet members Sat
urday. The Yard said threats had
been made on their lives in re
prisal for British execution of
two Greek Cypriots.
Detectives began a detailed
check of London’s Cypriot popu
lation in an effort to turn up any
members of EOKA, the Cypriot
underground organization con
ducting a campaign of violence
for union of Cyprus with Greece.
A police guard also was set up
outside the Turkish embassy.
Scotland Yard issued arms to
. pecial branch officers guarding
cabinet members and a few other
government officials. Normally
such officers are unarmed.
An informed source said “secur
ity arrangements have been re
vived and tightened up.”
With travelers streaming in and
outi of London for the Whitsun
weekend, security arrangements
were doubly hard for the police.
It is one of Britain’s biggest holi
days.
Britain hanged two Greek Cyp
riots last week on Cyprus and
caused a storm of protest and re
action in the East Mediterranean
island.
Under international agreement,
the first letter in a radio station’s
call letters indicates the national
ity of the station. The United
States was allotted three—W, N
and K.
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