The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-19
PETERSBURG
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 AID TO CASE
Juneau Mems Testimony Corroboraied by Air
 Service Operator z
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brouehout the Panhandle area.
 IInrestrained Competition

Irnrestrained Competition
 Declaring that no stability m Alaska air commerce can be reached and maintained if the Civil .Aeronautics Board adopts a nolicv of laizze faire and allows unrestrained competition" brief pressnted at the hearings yesterday urged Examiner Slough to recom- mend immediate favorable action on the applications of Southeast Generators for certificates of pubic conevnience and necessity. iN
 The statement, prepared by Nor man Banfield, attorney for the AL aska coastal Airlmes, pointed out that when Slough and Madden visited the Territory two years ago, Interior operators were unable to agree. on how much they should be protected by the Civil Aeronautlcs Act of 1888. As result, the Inter- for operators sponsored memorial, passed by the 1941 Territorial Leg stature, urging Congress to exclude Alaskan operators from the provl- sions of the Act Although the memorial specifically exclude d Alaska from its request, Hanfield explained that the result ant delay in granting certificates to any Alaskan flying concern has injured commercial flying operations in this district.
 Flyers Want Regulation
 .9The applicants are opposed to the beard exempting Alaska from the provisions of the law, and sub- init that it cannot legally do so, except for the necessary period re- ouired to work out suitable regu- laticns,' the statement said. -. to allow itinerant operators to come into the Territory, or any part Of it, during the busy seasons would be an injustice to the established operators, who maintain year. round service, which in the winter time must be maintained at a loss"
 Under regulations which Banfield declared ths c. A. B. has the right to establish, tariffs would be set for flights, non-scheduled and charter flights. Air companies could be licensed to serve certain districts only, thus eliminating out side competition. The statement suggested that flexible tariffs could be allowed. to permit consideration Of rapid changes in price et-uctures and the aircraft equipment indus try.
 Declaring that Congress intended Territorial operators to be subject to all the provisions of the Act, and that an air transport spstem would be maintained in Alaska which would adapt itself to the needs of commerce in the United States, the postal service and national defense, the statement added:
 ''It is the duty of the board to accept this responsibility and regu- late air transportation in Alaska so as to accomplish these objectives, which cannot and will not be reached unless it (the board) au- thorizes the issuance of certificates to qualified Alaska air carriers . without such regulation, the cha otic condition now existing in AL aska will continue in utter dis regard of the safety of life and property. the applicants are convinced that the Board has no authority to indefinitely postpone the performance If this duty
 Would Bring Airmail
 One of the major benefits ex- pected if certificates are granted Southeast Alaska operators is that of air mail With subsidies for air carrirs now forthcoming from the Board, only companies holding certificates are permitted to fly the profitable mail routes.
 Congress expected the Board through it's authority to provide ly7SVSY .yH2U