HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES-Thursday, Februa1·Y 14, 1974 the House Met at 12 O'clock Noon
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3058 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE February 14, 1974 carriers that have joint fare arrangements It is Ordered- ticket and deplane at Memphis, either de with .Allegheny over Washington. Obviously 1. That the tariff provision of Allegheny stroying or reselling the remaining Memphis Eastern is not going to lose Providence traf Airlines, Inc., containing the proposed rout Little Rock ticket coupon and saving $6.48 fic to any such proportion of volume. ing 30, to the extent that it is a rule or regu in coach service. United maintains that it In its brief Eastern raised for the first lation affecting the fares between Hartford could lose $150,000 in revenue in the Mem time following the entry of the investigation and Washington as contained on 18th revised phis market if all its passengers used the order a contention that Allegheny cannot use page 26 of Agent C. C. Squire's CAB No. 44, lower Little Rock-Los Angeles joint fares it Providence as an intermediate point between be allowed to become effective; would be forced to establish. Washington and Hartford/Springfield to 2. That the investigation instituted by American has not answered United's com ccmply with the condition in its certificate order E-16614 on April 5, 1961, be termi plaint. that it shall schedule service to a minimum nated; Upon consideration of all relevant matters, of one intermediate point, exclusive of New 3. That the complaints of American Air the Board finds that the complaint does not York, between Washington and Hartford/ lines, Inc., in docket 12255, and Eastern Air set forth facts sufficient to warrant suspen Springfield. Allegheny has moved to strike Lines, Inc., in docket 12253, be dismissed. sion, and consequently the request therefor those pages of Eastern's brief directed to will be denied. This matter is already under this argument. It is clear from the order of investigation in Phase 9 of the Domestic Pas investigation that the Board did not intend [United States of America, Civil Aeronautics senger-Fare Investigation. to place this question in issue and in any Board, Washington, D.C., Order 71--4-119] We recognize that the propooal will result event Eastern should have raised the ques ORDER DISMISSING COMPLAINT in an anomaly in the fare structure, in that tion at the prehearing conference. The mo Little Rock-Los Angeles passengers traveling tion of Allegheny will be granted and ac Adopted by the Civil Aeronautics Board cordingly the language in Eastern's brief on at its office in Washington, D.C., on the 19th via Memphis will pay less than Memphis pages 7, 8, and 9 directed to this issue has day of April, 1971. Los Angeles passengers. On the other hand, been ignored. Fare and routing changes proposed by it will result in additional service alterna On the basis of the foregoing findings and American Airlines, Inc., Docket 23228. tives for Little Rock passengers at the direct conclusions and all the facts of record, it By tariff revisions 1 marked to become ef route fa.re. is found- fective on April 25, 1971, American Airlines, American's proposal will, as alleged, make it 1. That the proposed routing 30 to the ex Inc. (American) proposes to revise its fares possible for a Los Angeles-Memphis passenger tent that it is a rule or regulation affecting and applicable routings between Los Angeles to purchase a lower-priced Los Angeles-Lit the fares between Hartford and Washington and Little Rock. Presently American pub tle Rock ticket for his transportation. How as contained on 18th revised page 26 of Agent lishes two local fares, one applying to direct ever, we are not persuaded that abuse of this C. C. Squire's CAB 44 will not be unjust or service, and a second applicable via Memphis sort will occur in significant degree. In any unreasonable, or unjustly discriminatory, or at a level equal to the Los Angeles-Memphis event, if such abuse should occur, we would 'Qnduly preferential, or unduly prejudicial, or fare. American's proposal would cancel the expect that American would take appropriate otherwise unlawful. second-level fare and routing and apply the measures to curtail it, since it likewise has 2. That said tariff provision should be al direct fare to service via Memphis. an interest in preserving its revenues from lowed to become effective. United Air Lines, Inc., (United) has filed servi~e to Memphis. 3. That the investigation instituted by or a complaint urging suspension and investi Accordingly, pursuant to the Federal Avia der E-16614 on April 5, 1961, should be tion Act of 1958, and particularly sections terminated and the complaints of American gation of the proposal, alleging that charging the direct-route fare for service via Memphis 204, 403, 404, and 1002 thereof, Airlines, Inc., in docket 12255, and Eastern It is ordered that: Air Lines, Inc., in docket 12253, should be would cause substantial revenue losses for both American and United, since it would 1. The complaint of United Air Lines, Inc., dismissed. in Docket 23228 is dismissed; and An appropriate order follows. undercut both existing joint fares which ap 2. A copy of this order be served upon ORDER ply for services conneoting at Memphis and American Airlines, Inc., and United Air Lines, A full public hearing having been held in the direct Memphis-Los Angeles fares. United Inc. the above-entitled proceeding, and, upon is concerned that Memphis-bound passengers This order shall be published in the Fed consideration of the record, there having would purchase the lower-priced Little Rock eral Register. been issued an initial de<:ision containing By the Civil Aeronautics Board: :findings and conclusions which is a.ttached 1 Revisions to Airline Tariff Publishers, Inc., HARRY J. ZINK, hereto and made a part hereof: Agent, Tariff C.A.B. Nos. 99 and 136. Secretary. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-Thursday, Februa1·y 14, 1974 The House met at 12 o'clock noon. ceedings and announces to the House Mr. MOORHEAD of Pennsylvania. Mr. The Chaplain, Rev. Edward G. Latch, his approval thereof. Speaker, under clause 8 of House rule D.D., offered the following prayer: Without objection, the Journal stands XI, the Committee on Government Oper approved. ations has jurisdiction over studying the Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and There was no objection. operations of Government activities at a light unto my path.-Psalms 119: 105. all levels with a view to determining its O God and Father of us all, guardian economy and efficiency. In the fall of of our pilgrim way and guide of our REQUEST TO TRANSFER CONSENT 1970, the Foreign Operations and Gov spirits through life, for this moment we CALENDAR ernment Information Subcommittee, would turn away from the clamor of a which I chair, began a study of the econ busy world to lift our hearts unto Thee Mr. O'NEILL. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the business in omy and efficiency of international air that we may discern more clearly Thy travel by Government officials. We found will for us and for our Nation. Cleanse order under the Consent Calendar rule, clause 4, rule may be transferred that the Department of Defense travel Thou our minds, strengthen our souls, xm, ers--both civilian and military-were give us wisdom, and make us ready for from Monday, February 18, to Tuesday, February 19', 19'14. transported by the U.S. international air the responsibilities of these disturbing carriers at substantially lower rates than days. The SPEAK.ER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Mas were the official travelers of the non Thy love divine hath led us in the past; sachusetts? defense agencies. Efforts had been made In this free land by Thee our lot is cast; Mr. GROSS. Mr. Speaker, I object. over the years to CJbtain the lower rates Be Thou our ruler, guardian, guide, and for all U.S. Government official travelers stay, but to no avail. Thy word our law, Thy paths our chosen By unanimous vote, the House Com way. ECONOMY AND EFFICIENCY OF IN mittee on Government Operations ap In the spirit of Him who is the Way, TERNATIONAL AIR TRAVEL BY proved and adopted our report entitled GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS "Economy and Efficiency of International the Truth, and the Life, we pray. Amen. Air Travel by Government Officials." (M1·. MOORHEAD of Pennsylvania House Report No. 93-599, October 19, THE JOURNAL asked and was given permission to ex 1973. In the report it was recommended tend his remarks at this point in the that: The SPEAKER. The Chair has exam RECORD and to include extraneous mat In view of the progress made during the ined the Journal of the last day's pro- ter.) course of the subcommittee's study-though February 14, 1974 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 3-059 tardily in most instances-the Committee's to include all Government official travel governmental use of chartered aircraft to recommendations are limited to the follow ers and their dependents. transport official governmental travelers ing: Essentially what this means is that of and was assured that there were not. In 1. The Administrator of the General Serv view of the 14 years' history of the De ices Administration should immediately is ficial Government travelers will be trans sue appropriate policy directives to permit ported in planeload groups between, say partment of Defense plane load charter the Department of Defense to place a char Dull.es Airpo1·t and major airports over system and the assurances from the Civil tered air shuttle system into operation and seas such as London, Frankfurt, Madrid, Aeronautics Board, it became apparent l·equire the Government's official travelers Rome, Athens, Istanbul, Ankara, Tokyo, that new legislation is not needed to ex to use such system except when use of other Hong Kong, Saigon, Bangkok, Panama, pand the already existing Department of means of overseas transporta-tion are spe and San Juan.