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NOVEMBER, 1959 THE PiEDMONITOR PAGE THREE Capitol Comments By SHERL FOLGER Did you ever stop to think how much it 'costs to operate one of our DC-3’s? One of the big direct costs is fuel and indirectly iy, taxes on, that fuel. Piedmont pays a federal tax of two cents per gallon on DC-3 fuel. F-27 fuel (kerosene) is not taxed at present by the federal government. President Eisenhower request ed Congress during the past ses sion to increase the federal tax on gasoline, including jet fuel, from three to four and one-half cents per gallon. The increase was to help the federal highway program. But Congress enacted a penny increase on gasoline only— bringing the total tax to four cents. Refund Available Piedmont pays the total tax and then applies for a two-cent- per-gallon refund. The refund is available because the airline is not a user of federal highways. Informed sources think that, in subsequent sessions of Con gress, the issue of taxation on jet fuel and higher user charges (which would reduce Piedmont’s refund) will be given closer at tention. Agencies'Have Trouble The CAB and the newly es tablished FAA had financial troubles during the last Con gress. In its first year as an indepen dent agency, the FAA was in trouble with the House of Rep resentatives on budget requests. There were severe cutbacks in appropriations. The Senate, how ever, restored substantial por- • tions of the cuts. Final figures were $301,700,000 for expenses and $135,200,000 for facilities. Since the expense fund was not substantial enough to put into operation all FAA facili ties contracted for or installed, a subsequent bill allowed $17 million to be transferred from the facility fund to the expense fund. The Senate Appropriations Committee—for the first time- made extensive inquiries into the CAB request for funds. As a result, the CAB got only about half the amount requested for salary and expenses. Request Criticized The appropriations committee also criticized the request for about $58 Vz million in subsidy requirements. The written re port of the Senate Armed Serv ice Committee admonished the CAB to better utilize personnel in critical work areas such as routes and rates. Chairman Will Leave The CAB is in a state of flux nowadays. Chairman Durfee will receive an appointrcient to the Federal Court of Appeal s— though the interim appointment was not given. CAB member Denny’s term on the board expires December 31, and there have been rumors that Minetti will resign before his term expires in 1961. Minetti, however, has denied the rumors. Louis Hector resigned his place on the board and submit ted to President Eisenhower the most resounding set of criticisms leveled at the CAB in recent years. ^AONT ^ WHEN SOUTHERN GOVERNORS ended a four-day con ference at Asheville, two of them—Gov. Millard Tawes‘ of Maryland and Gov. Cecil Underwood of West Virginia—needed air transporta tion. Piedmont representatives obliged. Gov. Tawes (left) boarding Piedmont for Washington gets a sending-off from Don Edmondson, dis trict sales manager, at the Tri Cities Airport. Gov. and Mrs. Cecil Under wood (right) are shown Piedmont schedules by Don Britt, assistant to the president. Gov. Underwood flew Piedmont to Louisville for a meet ing. Mrs. Underwood ■ returned to West Virginia: in the Air National Guard plane shown in the background. PI PIX: Southern Governors Fly Piedmont ★ ★ Vincent Price Poses With Piedmont Plane Tobacco Queen Takes DC-3 In Tobacco Land »JI1—m,», pp GLORIA PENNY, National Tobacco Queen from Mullins, S. C., waves goodbye to Charlotte folks after stopping en route to a Wilmington charity show. FAMED ACTOR Vincent Price takes a “devil-may-care" attitude on the pouring rain The orchid on her shoulder got there by Station and pauses, while boarding Piedmont out of Lexington, for a photograph. Mr. Price was Manager Johnnie Newell, who presented it in behalf in Lexington for a speaking engagement and left en route for Chicago. of Piedmont.
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