Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 8 (VIII), 2/25/1969, by T.H. Baker

Title:

Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 8 (VIII), 2/25/1969, by T.H. Baker

Number of Pages:

22

Description:

The importance of trying to measure support for pending legislation before the vote; the number of uncertain votes before the vote on Reorganization Plan Number One; Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) regulation and legislation regarding supplemental airline carriers' authority to charter planes for groups and/or inclusive tours; the CAB's authority to define charter service and to permit inclusive tour charters by supplemental carriers; the scheduled carriers' lawsuit challenging the CAB's authority to permit supplemental carriers to charter planes to travel agents for domestic travel; the president's required approval of foreign charter permits; the airlines' appeal to the Second Circuit in New York of the District of Columbia court's decision; Wozencraft's legal representation of the CAB when the CAB and the supplemental airlines sought certiorari in the Supreme Court; the attention Supreme Court justices gave to this case; the Supreme Court decision to affirm both the District of Columbia court's decision on domestic permits and the Second Circuit court's decision on foreign permits; legislative efforts to resolve permit issues among the CAB, supplemental carriers, and scheduled airlines; Senator Mike Monroney's hearings on the new legislation and passage of a bill supporting the CAB's view; the awarding of trans-Pacific routes to the scheduled airlines in 1968.

Contributor:

Wozencraft, Frank M.

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

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Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with Frank M. Wozencraft

Relation:

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Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted: see deed at end of transcript for details