Statement by the President Following Settlement
of the Airway Labor Dispute.
February 24, 1961
I AM GLAD to announce that the parties involved in the
present airlines dispute, the Flight Engineers International Association
and the Airlines Pilots Association, and the following carriers: Pan American
World Airways, American Airlines, Trans World Airlines, Eastern Air Lines,
National Airlines, Flying Tiger Lines, have all agreed to the proposal
made by the Secretary of Labor on my behalf on Saturday, and that arrangements
are now being made for prompt resumption of operations on these airlines.
The men are immediately available
to return to work.
I want to thank all of the parties
to the dispute for their cooperation in complying with the request. The
Secretary will have a separate statement to make concerning Western Airlines.
NOTE: A similar statement was recorded for the newsreels
in the Fish Room at the White House at 4:30 p.m. on February 23, and was
released to the press on that date. The earlier release, entitled "Remarks,"
differs only in its conclusion, which reads as follows:
"I want to thank all of the
parties to the dispute for their cooperation in complying with this request,
and I am most appreciative to Secretary Goldberg for his efforts in this
regard.
"I am hopeful that these planes
and these air lines will be back at work immediately - and we hope that
if their operation schedules permit, by this evening."
Secretary Goldberg's statement
recommended that the list of air carriers involved in the dispute also
include Western Airlines.