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3. - MR. PRESIDENT: I ask the indulgence of the Senate to make a few remarks about transportation by air. It has been one of my tasks during the first and second sessions of the Seventy-fourth Congress and the first session of the Seventy-fifth Congress, to act as Chairman of a Subcommittee of the Interstate Commerce Committee of the Senate, to hold hearings on Senate Bill 3027 and a. 3420 of the Seventy-fourth Congress and Senate Bills 2 and 1760 of the Seventy-fifth Congress. These bills, introduced by Senator Pat McCarran, the Junior Sentitor from Nevada, contemplate carrying out the recommendations of the President of the United States in regard to transportation by air. one of Transportation by air, in my opinion, is our vital which need problems It affects every of our and domestic comman We are at the threshold of perfection in air communica- We do not seem to realize what that means. The Roman Empire was made possible by its land and water transportation systems Jhengis Khan conquered and held Asia and half of Europe together in a far-flung empire because of his trans- portat Yon and communication systems. California and Oregon were made an integral part of the Reputri of the United States by the completion of the Pacific Rail lroad and the Western Union Telegraph and easy communication has of the United this States Line to the Pacific coast. Fast hangportation with smick made country great. In 1889, the Congress decided that is the rail system of the country a national public utility and that, as such, the Federal Government inherently had the right to the regulate railroads for the public interest of the whole nation. 1

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Transportation