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10 Air Com. Bull. 1 (1938-1939)

handle is hein.journals/aicmrcb10 and id is 1 raw text is: U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Air Commerce Bulletin

Issued Monthly by the Bureau of Air Commerce
Vol. 10       WASHINGTON, JULY 15, 1938        No. 1
An Outline of the Record and Accomplishments of the
Bureau of Air Commerce, While a Unit of the Depart-
ment of Commerce

Transfer of the responsibilities of
the Bureau of Air Commerce to the
new Civil Aeronautics Authority, under
the provisions of Senate Bill 3845,
signed by the President on June 23,
1938, will take place upon completion
of the organization and establishment
of the agency. In view of the fact
that this transfer will take place
some time within the next few weeks,
Secretary Roper made the following re-
port with regard to the record and ac-
complishments of the Bureau of Air
Commerce while a unit of the Depart-
ment of Commerce:
The provisions of Senate Bill 3845
will terminate the activity of a de-
velopment and regulatory unit in the
Department of Commerce that has
performed outstanding service during
the most dynamic period of develop-
ment since civil aviation started its
program toward world leadership in
1926.
I wish, first of all, to speak in the
highest terms possible of the conscien-
tious performance of duty and the
wonderful spirit of cooperation that
has characterized the entire personnel
of the Bureau. Especially is this at-
titude true of Col. J. Monroe Johnson,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce in
charge of Air Commerce, under whose
capable leadership the organization and
expansion work has been so effectively
carried forward.
It should be a source of great sat-
isfaction to all the workers in this im-
portant utnit that their coordinated.
-endeavors have resulted in main-
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taining for our country, world leader-
ship in aviation.
The entire 12-year history of super-
vision by the Bureau of Air Commerce
has been marked by the almost miracu-
lous unfolding of developments in
safety and efficiency, the extension of
routes and the rising volume of pas-
senger and express traffic. Particu-
larly will the 5-year period ending with
the transfer of the activities of the
Bureau to an independent agency, to
which the Congress assigned increased
responsibilities, long be outstanding in
the history of civil aviation as the era
of most remarkable progress.
The modernly equipped Federal
Airways System now embraces a Na-
tion-wide network of nearly 23,000
miles, compared with 2,000 miles in
1926 and 18,600 in 1933. There are
now more than 11,000 persons employed
in scheduled air line service, compared
with less than 500 in 1926 and 6,200
in 1933.
One of the best yardsticks of prog-
ress is the safety record, in the face
of increased carrying capacity of
planes and increased mileage flown.
The number of miles flown per fatal
accident in scheduled air line opera-
tions increased from 1,467,622 in 1927
to 6,071,394 in 1933 and to 12,832,694
in 1937. Thus, while human ingenuity
has not been able to entirely eliminate
accidents, yet the phenomenal improve-
ment is a great tribute to those who
have so faithfully pursued research in
the fields of both technology and hxu-
man attitudes and capabilities. The
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