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Congressional study of the prospects that are inherent in the present operations. Any other would appear to invite unnecessary waste of public and private funds already expended. The justification for such a study at least insofar as the Senate is concerned seems to be already well-established. In report No. 837 of January 1964, the Committee on Rules stated that "The Committee notes that the requests (for investigations) embraced proposals for both fixed wing and vertical aircraft. The feasibility of helicopters for short haul, as distinguished from commuter air transportation is of considerable interest to this Committee. Evaluation of proposals should not be limited to the operating economics of each aircraft as compared to the other, but also in relation to their impact on total Federal Aviation expenditures, including airport construction, air traffic control, etc. Reduction of one budget item such as subsidy, is a deception if the instrument of reduction causes a net increase in total."

In closing I would like to quote briefly from a recent report of the National Aviation Corporation:

"Small as the problem represented by this group (the certificated scheduled helicopter industry) may appear, there is really a great deal at stake from a national point of view. In short, what these airlines are trying to develop is a system that will mitigate in some degree the terrible congestion of