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124 HELICOPTER AIR SERVICE PROGRAM of the county board of trade that the service should be expanded to include the Ontario International Airport, Redlands and mountain resort areas. Attention is specifically invited to the need of the aerospace industry located in the city of San Bernardino for continued and expanded service. With a population in excess of 650,000, the board of trade believes that this area is fully entitled to the services of a permanently certificated air service. Between 1960 and 1964, the county airports have boarded 51,156 passengers; 1,500,138 pounds of mail; and 211,766 pounds of air express. Additional service would undoubtedly see a commensurate increase in passenger and freight use. Because of the military, aerospace, and branch activity of major national corporations, rapid service for connections with the world airlines and to other parts of California is of great importance to the economy of this county. Our county board of trade has expended large sums of money in promoting industrial development and tourist and recreation attractions, using the availability of heliport service as one of the attractions. The San Bernardino County Board of Trade, therefore, strongly urges the continuation and the expansion of such service for San Bernardino and the entire southern California area. Very truly yours, ARTHUR B. GROOS, Director, Trade and Industrial Development. OFFICE OF THE MAYOR San Bernardino, Calif., March 1, 1965. Hon. A. S. MIKE MONRONEY, Chairman, Aviation Subcommittee of the Senate, Committee on Commerce, New Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. MY DEAR SENATOR MONRONEY: This letter is written on behalf of the city of San Bernardino, Calif., with the unanimous official endorsement of the city council, and is in reference to the hearings being held by the Aviation Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Commerce on the subject of whether the Government should continue, expand, or limit the federally supported helicopter air service program. The city of San Bernardino emphatically supports the proposal of the Civil Aeronautics Board in its show cause order of February 16, 1965, docket 15683, wherein the CAB proposes the permanency of Los Angeles Airways' helicopter service, and Federal support payments as required. With a population of 130,000, the Greater San Bernardino area is fully entitled to the services of a permanently certificated air carrier. From 1960 to 1964, the San Bernardino Heliport has boarded 51,140 passengers into the San Bernardino Heliport, plus 662,616 pounds of airmail, and 207,470 pounds of air express. Los Angeles Airways' helicopter service is not a luxury commuter service or a between-airport shuttle service, but it is a vitally necessary part of the national air transportation system - carrying hundreds of thousands of people out of San Bernardino for connections with the world's airlines via Los Angeles International Airport to other points in California, to all airline points in the United States and to many worldwide points. Of equal importance, industry and other air travelers now have direct access by air directly through to San Bernardino from every other airline point in the United States, and the world. San Bernardino is completely reliant on Los Angeles Airways' helicopters for air transportation - not only for passengers, but also for airmail and air express. Millions of dollars have been spent in locating industrial plants, etc. contiguous to LAA's routes. Los Angeles Airways' helicopter service must be continued as a necessary part of San Bernardino and the Nation's air transport system, and we strongly urge the expansion of such service for San Bernardino and for all of southern California. The city of San Bernardino does not have a public or municipal airport. The continuation and expansion of the helicopter service to our area is vitally important to the well-being of this community. Respectfully yours, DONALD G. MAULDIN, Mayor.
