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- at those three
by September 1967,"
he said.
time have a precise
handle on the actual
compatible
for aircraft
by July 1967 1 a computerized
and implemented at three
in turn,
procedures
for
no~se bill."
New York, O'Hare in Chicago,
''This,
also
- Folder, "Volume I, Documentary Supplements, News Releases," Department of Transportation Administrative History, Box 3
- of S. 3010 as amended, is to centr~lize in one new
Cabinet-level department the responsibility for leadership in the
development, direction, and coordination of the principal transporta
tion policies, functionsJ .and operations of the Federal
- of the total
traffic and experienced a 14-percent rise, general aviation traffic grew twice
as fast as air carrier traffic. The Chicago, New York, Oeveland, and
Washington centers remained the four busiest in the country-the first
three handling over a million
-
to the· total
transportation
picture
in North
America
and to the role
of air transport.
- 3 What I will
--That
ask
of you
you be aware
of
--that
you be aware.of
new technology;
of
--and
that
your actions
today
is
quite
the
desires
-
considerably
Secretary
easier
in
to the new Depart
made the transition
than it might otherwise
have
been.
Besides
personnel
and personnel
from Mr. Boyd's Bureau at Commerce, functions
were transferred
to the Department
~Agency, Coast Guard
-
to say,
demands upon the Secretary's
would deal directly
active
Will
Guard Daily Morgan File) ..
newness and the importance
Administration,
and Management" and
and Under Secretary
the "heaviest
"external
documents,
was alsq
of Foreign
- DCT and
of the
Part
is
the
Development
the
of New Conununi ties
Federal
response
Act· of 1968.
New Cornmuni ties
provides
for
developers
a revolving
fund
Act necessitates
the
cooperation
ments,
the
Department
18,· 1968
- and the advisors
.
-- Emphasize
increased
researchand
.
0
committee
would
.
development.
• - - Develop a modern dry bulk carrier
fleet (Bulk carri~s ·are the
·ships we now need in view of our growing b~k .trade .. The tastforce
.
recommends
5 sucij new ships
- bis
Committee.
Senator McClellan told Alan Boyd and me that he will hold
the hearings himself on the Department
of Transportation
bill and will "expedite" the matter.
His first question
concerned what functions if any the new Department would
take from
- this outline
could be prepared
very easily.
Therefore,
I patterned my draft
'more along the lines of the Budget outline, which contains a
number of new proposals.
I have also added a few proposals
of
my own.
If there is to be no Transportation
Message,
I would
-
•
Bureau
of Equal
pre-construction
Ohio Department
parties
o.f Ohio and the B:PR chose
On December
which called
pre-nward
new proposal
by the proper
o.f the Director
out other
for
the Ohio plan.
requested
to substitute
"pre-award"
18
-
concluded
lines.
flag
allocations
considerable
a new conference
The conference
the objection
listed
arrangements
Examiner's
delay following
agreement that
the new pooling
arrangements
lines
Affairs'
involved
Affairs'
office
procedure
- ~:pa.r.t~ent_~~.Defen~e.
a new frc.mework
President,
and subject to the provisions
of
Defense shall'have·direction,
authority,
and
of Defense. • The Secretary
shall be the
President
in all .~tters
relating
to the
•
..
..
'.'( l~) 'l'he D~pa.rtrr.cnt
- in the co.i;r.itment or e.n 1~.ct-e~sing nu::iber of personnel tor this
pUX1)ose. Bo~"l 1:.w· e.nd :-:Ewhave created new offices
.,
intercover:l:lCntp.l
rclo.tions.
with responsibility
for
As DOT encoui·a.gos J:10rccOJnprchcnsiveti·3..""Ls-
porta:~io:i
- .
Ervin
Non-coinm.ittal.
Gruening
Okay.
Muskie
Sounds pretty go6d, but warns that Scn~tors will bo conce1·ned ahout rol
of cc1·tain existing agencies such as FA.A, after trans!e1· to new Dopt,.2/:
All the way with us
I
•Ribicoff
Harris
Open mind
- beset
the advantageous
are steps
for the new Depart
that can and should be
taken immediately:
1.
Maritime
I am today issuing
Labor Management
difficult
manning,
• - have hampered
the Secretary
program
order
Commission
to aid in resolving
- to the same effect could be included in
Section 3 either as a part of or as a new subsection following
Sub~ection (d), with the succeeding Subsections to be renum•
bered as required.
In either event, Section 8(1) should be
amended to insert the following
- . Equal opportunity
programs
f. Organization
for emergency preparedness
3. New administrative
elements
a. Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
, b. Urban Mass Transit Administration
1.
B.
Programs of the Department of Transportation
1. Highway
- ,
was
decision that the contribution
of transportation
to our economy and way
the creation of a new Cabinet-level
"Department
of Transportation."
.
The following figures serve as examples to bring the importance
of transporta
tion irito focus.
America
spent
- shall
be renumbered and a new Section~
inserted
as follows,
"THE'tNATIONAL
OFFICEOF TRANSPORTATION
SERVICE"
"Section 5(a).
There is hereby established
within the Department a
\
N3tional Office of Transportation
Service at the head of'cy'hich shall
- .
Alternative
torms ot truck taxes should be developed. Wapill taxes
on the shipper 11181'
be teasible.
••
2.
~ster
excise
tax on new automobiles to the Highway Trust Flmd.
Comment: 'l'o~
Recommendation:
~
ignores the problem. ot tax equity
among highvq
-
dollar amounts,
whet~er
new legislation
would be required,
or whether
the program
could be
accomplished
under existing legislation
but with budgetary
increases.
2.
:•
Develop alteJ.:D.~ti.v:~ _reQ.:r,.gaz:i_iz~Jionp}.~1:te..JfL,i~p_r,.9y_tLth
- at the highest levels of Government.
New program emphasis led to the creation of a Federal Aviation Agency
outside the Department of Commerce. The inception of a program to assist
urban mass transportation h::is led to an increasing transportation function
- the key determinant of the leyel of consumer demand·for
transit
(and more important than price).
While th~ purchase of new
equipment through mass transit grants may help achieve service
·improvementsin these area~, it wilLnot do so automatically