Records of Temporary Committees, Commissions and Boards:
Records of the President's Air Policy Commission
(Record Group 220)
1947-1948.
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FOLDER TITLE LIST
Box 1
- General Administration:
General
Production board for work control
Budget and finance
Minutes of meetings
Directories
- Organization:
Appointment of Commission
Biographical material
White House social list
Organization charts
Background information
- Personnel:
General
Data re staff possibilities:
Staff personnel files (A-Z)
Security investigations
- Hearings before the Commission:
General
Schedules:
Reporting service
- Records and Reference Service:
Security of information
Access to records
Information notebooks
Disposition:
Request of Library of Congress for material
Transfer of records to National Archives
- Reference Material:
Material in Commission library
Classified material borrowed from other agencies:
Box 2
- Publicity re Commission:
Press Conference
News clippings (July - Dec.)
Pictures of Commission
Broadcast
- Relations with other agencies:
- Relations with and information re Congressional Aviation Policy Board:
General
Organization and background
Staff memoranda
Hearings
Reports
Box 3
- September 15:
Air Transport Association: Land, E.S., et. al. (2 Folders)
- September 16:
American Airlines: - Smith, C. R.
American Overseas Airlines: - Slater, John
Box 4
Chicago and Southern Airlines: - Putnam, Carleton
- September 17:
Braniff Airways, Inc.: - Braniff, T.E.
Chadbourne, Wallace, Parke, & Whiteside: - Brophy, Gerald
Commerce Department: - Alison, John R.
Eastern Air Lines: - Rickenbacker, E.V.
Capital Airlines: - Monro, C. Bedell
Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc.: - Cohu, La Motte T.
- September 22:
Air Cargo, Inc.: - Glass, Fred M.
Air Freight Forwarder Assn.: - Dean, Allen
Box 5
Council of Local Service Airlines: - Garside, Joseph
Independent Airfreight Assn.: - Slick, Earl
- September 23:
Burden, W.A.M. (former Assistant Secretary of Commerce)
International Civil Aviation Organization: - Kuter, Laurence S., Maj. Gen.
National Aviation Trades Assn.: - Howard, Beverly, et. al.
United Air Lines, Inc.: - Patterson, W. A.
- September 24:
Aeronautical Radio, Inc.: - Rentzel, D. W.
Box 6
Atlantic Airlines, Inc.: - Solomon, S. J.
Independent Air Carriers Conference: -- Klak, John J.
Pacific Overseas Airlines: - Brent, Joseph
Sea-Air Committee: - Ford, Tirey L.
- September 29:
Aircraft Industries Assn.: - Echols, Oliver P.
Box 7
Bell Aircraft Corp.: - Bell, Lawrence D.
Cessna Aircraft Co.: - Wallace, Dwane L.
Curtiss-Wright Corp.: Richardson, L.B., Adm.
Fairchild Engine & Airplane Corp.: - Ward, J. Carleton, Jr.
Republic Aircraft Corp.: - Peale, Mundy I.
Sikorsky Aircraft Div., United Aircraft: - Sikorsky Igor I.
- September 30:
Allison Division, General Motors Corp: - Hazen, Ronald M.
Bendix Aviation Corp.: - Ferguson, Malcolm P.
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp.: - Lombard, Albert E.
Box 8
Boeing Aircraft Co.: - Allen, William M.
Curtiss-Wright Corp.: - Vaughan, Guy W.
Douglas Aircraft Co., Inc.: - Hunt, Ralph V.
Martin, Glenn L., Co.: - Martin, Glenn L.
North American Aviation, Inc.: - Kindleberger, James H.
Northrop Aircraft, Inc.: - Northrop, John K.
Box 9
United Aircraft Corp.: - Horner, Horace Mansfield
- October 1:
Engineering and Research Corp.: - Berliner, Henry A.
Continental, Inc.,: - Fulton, Robert E., Jr.
Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp.:-Swirbul, Leon A.
Murray, Roger F. (Bankers Trust Co., N.Y.)
Pan American Airways System: - Trippe, Juan
- October 2:
Pan American - Grace Airways, Inc.: - Roig, Harold J.
- October 14:
Aircraft Industries Assn.: - Echols, Oliver P., Maj. Gen.
Allison Div., - General Motors Corp.: - Clevering, Richard B.
Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp.: - Ward, J. Carleton, Jr.
Box 10
Lockheed Aircraft Corp.: - Gross, Robert E.
Plasecki Helicopter Corp.: - Plasecki, F.N.
Rosenheim, H. H. (formerly of Army Air Force)
Sperry Gyroscope Co.: - Bassett, Preston R.
- October 15:
Aviation Maintenance Corp.: - Stunkel, Reagan C.
Cal-Aero Technical Institute: - Mosley, C.C.
U.S. Flying Boats: - Schildhauer, G.H., Capt
Weber Showcase & Fixture Co.: - Buckley, Charles B.
Box 11
- October 20:
Civil Aeronautics Administration: - Wright, T.P. (6 Folders)
Box 12
National Assn. of State Aviation Officials: - Cornish, C.F., et al.
Port of New York Authority: Buckley, James C.
Law, Hervey
- October 21:
Air Reserve Assn. of U.S.: - Lewis, William C.
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe R.R.: - Gurley, F.G.
Douglas Aircraft Co., Inc.: - Raymond, A.E.
National Aeronautics Assn.: - Pogue, L. Welch
Box 13
- October 27:
Civil Aeronautics Board: - Landis, James M., et al. (3 folders)
Post Office Department: - Aiken, Paul, et al
Box 14
- October 28:
Minnesota, University of: - Akerman, John D.
Association of American Railroads: - Fletcher, R.V., Judge
Boston and Maine Railroad: - Glacey, George F.
Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad CO., - James, Russell B.
Illinois Central Railroad: - Webb, R.A.
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics: - Dryden, Hugh L., Dr.
Victory, John F.
Railway Express Agency, Inc: - Merritt, K.N.
Research and Development Board: - Bush, Vannevar, Dr.
- October 29:
De Florez Engineering Co.: - De Florez, Louis
Douglas Aircraft Co., Inc.: - Douglas, Donald W.
Box 15
Western Council of Local Service Airlines: - Hicks, Gwin, et al
Willis Air Service, Inc.: - Willis, Chas. F., Jr.
- October 30:
Goodyear Aircraft Corp.: - Litchfield, Paul W., et al
Rosehdahl, C.E. -(Vice Admiral, USN (Ret))
- November 11:
Army, U.S.: - Eisenhower, Dwight, Gen.
Brownell, George A. - (Brig. Gen., USA (Ret))
- November 12:
Navy, U.S.: - Nimitz, Chester W., Adm.
- November 17:
Air Force, U.S.: - Spaatz, Carl, Gen.
Columbia University: - Berle, Adolph A.
- November 18:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: - Compton, Karl T.
Patterson, Robert P. (formerly Assistant Secretary of War)
Box 16
- November 24:
American Airlines: - Damon, Ralph S.
United Steelworkers of America: - McDonald, David
- November 28:
Nelson, Donald M. (formerly of W.P.B.)
Air Force, Department of: - Symington, W. Stuart
Commerce Department: - Harriman, W. Averell
- December 1:
de Seversky, Alexander P. (as an individual)
National Air Council: - Davison, F. Trubee
State Department: - Lovett, Robert A.
Box 17
- December 2:
Airline Pilots Assn.: - Behncke, David L.
Army, Department of the: Royall, Kenneth C.
Navy, Department of the: - Sullivan, John L.
- December 3:
Gates, Artemus L. (formerly Assistant Secretary of Navy)
Defense, Secretary of: - Forrestal, James
EXECUTIVE SESSIONS, INFORMAL MEETINGS, AND BRIEFS AND STATEMENTS FILED WITHOUT HEARING
N.B. In some of the following cases, the record is very scanty because it was largely oral
- August 19:
Lovett, Robert (Under Secretary of State):
Symington, Stuart (Secretary of Air Force Dept)
Vandenberg, Gen. (Army Air Force)
- August 22:
Aircraft Industries Assn. - Echols, Oliver P.
- September 8:
Harriman, W. Averell (Secretary of Commerce)
Norton, Garrison (as Chairman, Air Coordinating Committee)
Norton, Garrison (as Assistant Secretary of State
Box 18
Foster, William C. (Under Secretary of Commerce); Alison, John (Assistant Secretary of Commerce)
Landis, James M.
Ryan, Oswald
Lee, Josh (Civil Aeronautics Board)
- September 9:
Webb, James E. (Director, Bureau of the Budget)
Brown, John Nicholas (Assistant Secretary of Navy for Air)
Symington, W. Stuart
- September 16:
Air Force, Army - Spaatz, General, et al
- September 17:
Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Department
Northwest Airlines, Inc. - Hunter Croil
- September 18:
Harper, Robert W. (Maj. Gen., Air Transport Command, U.S. Army)
Reeves, J.W., Jr. (Rear Adm., Naval Air Transport Service)
Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Department
- September 25:
United Aircraft Corp. - Rentschler, Frederick B.
Army Air Force - re Procurement
- September 29:
Stanford Research Institute
- September 30:
Central Intelligence Group
- October 1:
Gulick, Luther (Institute of Public Admn.)
- October 6:
Brookings Institution - Meriam, Lewis, et al
- October 7:
Brownlow, Louis (Public Adm. Clearing House)
- October 8:
Flavin, Thomas J. (Judicial Officer, Dept of Agriculture)
- October 9:
Coy, Wayne (WINX Broadcasting Co.)
Box 19
- October 10:
Budget, Bureau of the Jones, J. Weldon, et al
David, Paul (International Civil Aviation Organization)
Pois, Joseph (Signode Steel Strapping Co.)
- October 13:
Army, U.S.- Generals Eisenhower, Devers and Quesada
- October 15:
Bettis, Allan W. (Executive Research)
- October 16:
Tibbitts, Kennard W. (National Credit Office, Inc.)
Damon, Ralph (as an individual)
Emmerich, Herbert (Public Administration Clearing House)
- October 20:
Mooney, James D.
Wright, T.P. (as an individual)
Davis, Paul R. (Gulf Airways, Inc.)
- October 21:
National Association of State Aviation Officials - Lazarus, William C., et al
Gallery, D.V., Admiral (Navy Department)
- October 23:
Interstate Commerce Commission - Aitchison, Clyde B.
Appleby, Paul H. (Maxwell Graduate School of Citizenship, Syracuse University)
Dubuque, Jean H.
U.S. Maritime Commission - Smith, W. W., Vice Admiral
Nelson, Donald
Federal Communications Commission - Denny, Chas. R., Jr., et. al
- October 24:
Air Force, U.S. - Training Division
Navy Department - Naval Air Training - Moss, J.B., Capt.
- October 27:
Air Force, U.S. - Craigie, William, Maj. Gen., and Gillespie, J.M., Col.
Callery, Francis
- October 23:
Douglas Aircraft Co. (re Rand Project)
Box 20
- October 28:
Bureau of Aeronautics - Navy Department Pride, A.M., Rear Admiral
- October 29:
Skytrain Airways, Inc. - David, Roy B.
- October 30:
Pogue, L. Welch (former Chairman, CAB)
- October 15:
Pennsylvania Aircraft Syndicate, Ltd. - Wilford, E. Burke
- November 1:
Aircraft Industries Assn. - Personal - Aircraft Council - Geuting, Joseph T., Jr.
- November 3:
Forrestal, James (Secretary of Defense)
- November 5:
Saunders, George P.
Lee, Paul F., Rear Admiral (Chief of Naval Research)
- November 10:
Air Force, U.S. - McConnell, J.P., Brig. Gen.
- November 11:
Hargraves, Thomas J. (Chairman, Munitions Board) Hill, Arthur M. (Chairman, National Security Resources Board)
- November 12:
Bryan, Leslie A. (National Assn. of University Administrators of Aviation Education)
- November 13:
Marshall, George C. (Secretary of State)
- November 14:
MacArthur, Douglas, General
- November 19:
Bryant, Leland A.
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
- December 1:
Baldwin, Hanson (New York Times)
- December 9:
Air Force, U.S. - Rawlings, E.W., Lt. Gen
- December 16:
Krug, Julius A. (Secretary of Interior)
- December 19:
Ehle, Harry A., (International Resistance Co.)
- December 22:
Galvin, Paul (Motorola, Inc.)
TRIPS TAKEN BY THE COMMISSION, AND DATA AND COMMENT SUBMITTED THROUGH CORRESPONDENCE (WITHOUT HEARINGS)
Box 21
- Trips taken by Commission:
Visit to Langley Laboratory, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics - 8/26/47
West Coast Trip to manufacturing plants- 10/5 to 10/12/47 (13 Folders)
Visit to Norfolk to board Aircraft Carrier MIDWAY - 10/22/46
East Coast Trip to visit manufacturing plants- 11/6/47
Box 22
- Correspondence with Government Officials: private organizations and person
Box 23
GENERAL BACKGROUND MATERIAL
- Extracts from Publications:
From "Aviation Week"
From various publications, illustrating extent to which national defense information has been published
- Digests of briefs and testimony
In typescript form, arranged alphabetically by name of witness
Box 24
In published form, in three volumes: a, b, c
- Aeronautical charts:
Army Air Force:
Aeronautical chart of the world
Coast and Geodetic Survey:
International air routes of the world
Army Air Force:
Strategic air chart
North America - Far East
North America - Near East
Azimuthal equidistant projection centered
On the United States
Near Sverdlovsk, USSR
On Tokyo, Japan
On Novosibirsk, USSR
On Point Barrow, Alaska
On Midway Island
Near London
Near Cairo
Near Ascension Island
On Panama Canal Zone
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Azimuthal equidistant projection centered- Near Point Barrow, Alaska
AVIATION IN GENERAL AND THE NATIONAL SECURITY
- General and miscellaneous
Articles, reports, statements:
Air Coordination Committee's statement of certain policies in executive branch of the Government in field of aviation
Budget Bureau staff report on civil aviation and national defense
Morrow and Howell Boards reports- analysis by Commission staff
Miscellaneous articles, reports, statements
Legislation
Miscellaneous correspondence and memoranda
- National defense- general:
Budget and finance:
Budget data
Executive review of national defense budget
Procurement:
Box 25
Estimated requirements
Procurement authorization and appropriation procedures (5-year program)
Disposition of surplus aircraft
- National defense - organization:
General
National Security Resources Board
Aeronautical Board
Central Intelligence Agency
War Department in general
Army Air Force
Air transport services - Maintenance
Navy, U.S.
Box 26
- National defense - security:
Information re Russian activities
Security against the atomic bomb
- Aviation in general:
Training
Safety
Airports, airways, traffic control, and landing aids
AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
- General and miscellaneous
Sources of information (staff memorandum)
Working papers of H. E. Weihmiller (Special Consultant):
Compiled statistics and charts (3 loose-leaf books)
Procurement levels data (1 loose-leaf book)
Recommendations for industry section
Industry backlogs (replies to industry questionnaire)
Industry data (replies to McCone questionnaire)
Navy Department data
Air Force data
Box 27
Budget Bureau data
Reports
Correspondence
Recommendations data
Industry section- miscellaneous
Miscellaneous important data (including data from military sources)
Hearings, data re
- Industry:
General
Finance
General
Operational expense
Aircraft component expense
Profit limitation
Volume of business and statistics
Patents
- Industrial mobilization:
General
Air Coordinating Committee's report of October 22, 1945
Army Air Force "Report No. 530" on Industrial Preparedness in the Aircraft Industry
Army Air Force - Wright Field - Industrial Planning Project
Box 28
Armed Forces Industrial College - Industrial Mobilization Course
Army Air Force - Wright Field - Minutes of Conference on Industrial Mobilization Planning, October 20-21, 1947
Aircraft Production Board - Report to President, July 1945, and President's letter to Secretary of War, August 8, 1945
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN AVIATION
- General and miscellaneous:
General
Definition
Bibliography
In foreign countries:
- Research agencies:
General:
Air Force
Navy - Bureau of Aeronautics
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Bureau of Standards
United Aircraft Corporation
- Aircraft and related instruments:
General:
Description and characteristics
Producibility
Lighter-than-air craft
Guided missiles
Nuclear propulsion craft
Wind tunnels
Transport aircraft
Personal aircraft
Airfreight aircraft
Box 29
- General and miscellaneous:
General
Statistics
Finance
Government regulation:
General
Procedures
Re air routes
In foreign countries:
International aspects
- U.S. - Foreign aviation:
General
Single-instrument
- Control by surface carriers:
General
By railroads
By steamship companies
- Aviation services:
General:
Schedules (dependability)
Free meals (elimination)
Feeder lines
Cargo and mail:
Box 30
Freight rates
Carriage of mail
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURE
- General and miscellaneous:
Bibliography
Extracts from publications (2 Folders)
Mr. Cook's memos. of conversations
Working papers of R.F. Cook, Advisor on Government Organization and Procedures (14 Folders)
Box 31
- Hearings before the Commission:
General
List of witnesses, schedules of hearings, and correspondence
Biographies of witnesses
Box 32
Questions asked
Summaries of testimony
Digest of discussions: by subject and by witness (1 Folder)
- Government organization - general:
General
Principles
History of reorganization
- Present and past organization concerned with civil aviation:
Box 33
Air Coordinating Committee
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Civil Aeronautics Board
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Coast Guard
Commerce Department in general
Federal Communications Commission
Interdepartmental Committees
International organizations
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
Office of International Trade
Post Office Department
Radio Technical COmmission for Aeronautics
State Department in general
Telecommunication Coordinating Committee
Weather Bureau
- Proposed reorganization
General
Department of Transportation
Department of Commerce
Box 34
- The Report in general:
General correspondence and memoranda re report to the President:
Preparation and release of report
Draft of letter to be sent by the President to Congress accompanying the report
Original signed typewritten report as submitted to President
Page proof of printed report
Printed report, flexible cover
Printed report, stiff cover
Summary of report as released to press
Charts and graphs used in report
Proposed classified report
Box 35
- Drafts of sections of report:
Air power and national defense
Aircraft manufacturing industry
Research and development
Civil Aviation
Box 36
Government organization (4 Folders)
Box 37
- Correspondence of Thomas K. Finletter, Chairman
Re: Air Policy Commission
Analysis of National Aeronautic Association
Miscellaneous: (A-Z)
Box 38
- Classified Material
Personnel: Security investigations
Congressional Air Policy Board: Hearings
Harper, Robert W. (Major General, Air Transport Command, U.S. Army)
Reeves, J. W., Jr. (Rear Adm., Naval Air Transport Service)
Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy
AIr Force, u.S. - Training Division
Air Force, U.S. (Craigie and Gillespie)
Douglas Aircraft Co. (Rand Project)
Lee, Paul F. (Rear Adm., Chief, Naval Research)
Air Force, U.S. - McConnell, J. R. Brig. Gen.
Hargraves, Thomas J. (chairman, Munitions Bd.)
Hill, Arthur M. (National Security Resources Board)
Box 39
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
West Coast trip to visit manufacturing plans, 10/5 to 10/12/47
Hlobil Universal Cargo Aircraft
Information re Russian activities
Working papers of H. E. Weihmiller - Compiled statistics and charts (3 folders)
Box 40
Working papers of H. E. Weihmiller - Procurement Levels Data
Weihmiller: Recommendations for industry section
Weihmiller: Industry backlogs - replies to questionnaire
Weihmiller: Industry replies to McCone's questionnaire
Aircraft manufacturing industry: Finance - general
Aircraft manufacturing industry: Aircraft component expense
Aircraft manufacturing industry: Volume of business and statistics
Box 41
Army Air Force "Report No. 530" on industrial preparedness in the aircraft industry
Research and Development: General
Research and Development in France
Research and Development agencies: Finance
Air Force research agencies
Guided missiles
Nuclear propulsion of aircraft
Guided missiles
Nuclear propulsion of aircraft
Wind tunnels
Civil aviation in Canada
Civil aviation in Great Britain
International aspects of civil aviation
U.S. - Foreign aviation
Proposed classified report
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