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FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM
Joe Califano
John Connor •ubmitted the following name• a• po••ibilitle•
to chair the
Committee to promote a Department of Tran•portation.
I
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have indicated with an aeterbk the more likely Chairmen in my mind.
I can mOTe out from
Would you
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- .. .q.e,&&e.
private
The number
and
of private
has almost doubled.
Twenty years. ago commercial
they fly a billion
miles.
airlines
flew 209 million
miles.
Today
r
I
- 4 -
Thus investment
Research
and ~elopment
towards
that permits
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- .
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
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- ~aritime A1ministrator serving as Chairman, and two other
Presidentially appomted members, to handle maritime subsidy
matters.
AGENCIES
AND
FUNCTIONS
TRANSFERRED
S. 3010, as amended, would trans{ er to the new Department the
following agencies
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Today there
miles
of paved roads and
are 2.: 7.million
surfaced
miles,
miles.
were 38,000
active
are more than 90,000.
aircraft,
private
The number
and
of private
doubled.
commercial
they fly a billion miles •
.
were
airlines
flew 2.09
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to one side,
important
increased
and construction
the world and will save an estimated
Statistics
traffic
project
are available
that in 1963 merchant
of the 41, 000-mile
is now open to the public,
is underway,
While few figures
Z% and barge
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- FOR
0
Alan S.~ ~oyd
..,
Thi• will confirm that the meetin1 on
Tran•portation
acheduled for 6:00 thla eyen
ln1 by BW Moyer•' memorandum of July 23
baa been reacheduled for 8:30 a.m., Tue ■day,
Augu■ t 3, 1965.
Joaeph A. CalUano, Jr.
Spectal A■ alatant
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- and programs conducive
2
to the provision of fast, safe, efficient, and convenient trans-
3
portatiop at the lowest cost consistent therewith and -with
4
other national objectives, including the efficient •u~ilization
5
nnd conservation of the N ntion's
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- fleet are of
World Viar II vintage and must be scrapped within the next several years.
(At present subsidy rates, replacement
in U.S. yards would cost
$4. 5 billion. )
Labor Strife - - A major shipping and long shore strike occurred
injunctions involved
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movcmentat
8. Eliminate economic regulation of small shipments (less than 300 pounds).
What vould the impact be on carriers?
REA?UPS? Post Office?
tation?
On Service?
Would analysis
Bus
Motor carriers?
companies? Airlines?
On Tariffs?
Freight
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