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I know that this honorable Commission, after listening to all the witnesses that have appeared before it, will have a very good idea of what the answers to the questions they are asking should be.

There is one all-important point I would like to make again, and remember, it comes from the men in the cockpits:  Their principal interest in the business is to see it made as safe as is humanly possible; and they know when it is, the industry will have a green light to progress and develop as it should.  Really, the answer to all of your questions, gentlemen of this Presidential Commission, respecting civil air line transportation, is wrapped up in the brief words, AIR SAFETY, and the creation of a maximum degree of this vital element, without which transporting the travelling public by air will never really come into its own.  The answer remains -- recreate the independent Air Safety Board.  It's the proven answer to a host of the questions before you honorable gentlemen of the President's Air Policy Commission.

I thank you for your interest.