The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-17
ART W00DLEY
 TELLS ABOUT CAB HEARING
Believes Only an Alaskan Carrier Should Be Giv-
 en States Run

Arthur c. Woodley of Woodley Airways, accompanied by his wife is now in Juneau on combined business and pleasure trip. Wood ley is the Alaska airline operator who recently appeared before the Civil Aeronautics Board hearings in Washington to put in a plea for an Alaskan carrier to hold route cer- tificate between Alaska and the States.
 Woodley said "As I view this proceeding it is the only and last opportunity of the Alaskan carriers to break away from the limited con- fines of their routes and the limited traffic potential"
 He went on to say that the economy of Alaska is dependent upon that of the United States and stated that the migratory workers who come to the Territory each year are a source of traffic between the two areas.
 Woodley told the CAB board mem bers he believed there is sufficient taffic between the States and Alaska to warrant competitive operations. He is convinced that only an Alaskan carrier can reach "the remote origins and destinations of the traffic in the Territory"
 He said if an Outside carrier were given route between the larger Alaska towns it would prevent the Alaska owned lines from expanding and growing and that the economy of the Territory itself would not beenfit from the operation of Out side companies.
 Speaking of a possible reduction in passenger fares, the Airline op- orator said: "All will admit that the reduction of passenger fares in AL aska is desirable objective but if the application of the Alaskan car riers are denied and the operations are established in competition with some of their established services, the effect must be sudden, radical reduction in the fare structure throughout Alaska"
 Mail Subsidies Low
 Pointing out that Alaskan planes receive far less mail subsidy than airlines in the States, Woodley said that if fares were drastically re- duced then carriers in the Territory would have to obtain higher sub- sidy.
 Talking further on fares he said, We are proposing a reasonable re- duction from the present fares to eight cents a mile basis. We have no prejudice against establishing an even lower fare if the success of the proposed operation warrants not only on the South Alaska route but on all our other operations s.'
 If granted the route Woodley would operate daily schedules with DC-3 aircraft and when, in the fu- ture, the volume of traffic warrant ed, he said, DC-4s would be placed on the Seattle Alaska run.
 He quoted the final statement from the report submitted to the examiners: T feel that trunk-line route from Alaska to Seattle is needed and the interests of all Alaskan carriers can best be served by the granting of this application to an Alaskan carrier. feel that that Alaskan carried should be Woodley Airways for the reason of its proven fitness to operate air service economically and for its def mite willingness to continue opera tions of air service in the Territory, and because of its unusual position for an Alaskan carrier, in that it has the requisite capital to start immediate operation of the route with DC-3 equipmnt or with both DC-3 and DC-4 equipment, which, ever may appear to be warranted