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Confusing Welter. The decision to back down came from the U.S. State Department, to which the worried CAB had turned for guidance. Both quickly drew the wrath of Washington Democrat Warren G. Magnuson and his Senate Commerce Committee, which summoned CAB Chairman Alan Boyd to account for the retreat. Boyd explained that though the CAB lacked the power to set international air fares, he had hoped to block the fare rise by winning away enough foreign lines to isolate the British. "In retrospect," he admitted, "you could say we were not smart...
...JOSEPH F. BOYD JR. Toledo...
...make changes that will, in effect, raise fares on the North Atlantic run 5%. The U.S. is holding out against the fare hike-and would, in fact, like to see fares cut. "The Americans are being bloody-minded," snapped one foreign airline executive. But Civil Aeronautics Board Chairman Alan Boyd, aware that the majority of North Atlantic travelers are American, sees no reason why passengers should help reduce the deficits of inefficient airlines by what amounts to an involuntary subsidy...
Uneasy Truce. As the uneasy truce ticked away, the CAB's Boyd flew to London last week for a showdown. Timed to coincide with his arrival was the White House release of President Kennedy's long-awaited new aviation policy. The policy was disappointingly vague and pedestrian in most respects, but it did make one point abundantly clear: the U.S. favors lower fares and is willing to fight I.A.T.A. to achieve them...
...cavernous Shell-Mex House on London's Strand, Boyd faced representatives of 15 foreign governments, including Germany, France and Italy. Only Canada was on the U.S. side. The others suggested that if the U.S. would go along with the fare rise, they would support a full review of all fares. Boyd was not budging. At week's end, after three days of negotiations, Boyd's opponents backed down temporarily, offered to extend the truce to May 15. But nothing was solved yet. A British official told a reporter: "We will tell...