09/19/1976
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"Oh, yes, very well."
"U.S. airlines must have the flexibility to conduct operations and market their services in a manner consistent with a fair and equal opportunity to compete with the airlines of other nations."
"I will appoint John Russell Little, Jr., of Boulder, Colo., to be the Federal Representative of the United States to the Truckee, Carson and Walker Rivers and Lake Tahoe Compact."
"Maximum consumer benefits can be best achieved through the preservation and extension of competition between airlines in a fair marketplace."