("Steven P. McNicoll" wrote)
Incidentally, have you got a link to information about FDR's establishing
ATC as being an inherently governmental function as you asserted earlier
in this thread?

I said it happened during FDR's administration, I didn't say that FDR had
any direct involvement in it.


You split a hair that wasn't there ...or was it?

Did the decision come down from the courts?
Did the decision emanate from congress?
Was the executive branch behind the 'new' policy?
(...if yes, it gets an FDR stamp on it)

http://www.faa.gov/about/media/b-chron.pdf

(Not ATC specifically, but interesting regulation info from the link)

Aug 1, 1928: As a first step toward promoting uniform state aeronautical
legislation consistent with Federal law, the Aeronautics Branch issued
Aeronautics Bulletin No. 18 reviewing the characteristics of various state
statutes and setting forth suggested drafts of required laws. At this time,
20 states had no aeronautical legislation. (See Dec 16, 1930.)

Dec 16, 1930: The Aeronautics Branch opened the National Conference on
Uniform Aeronautic Regulatory Laws. Representatives from 45 states,
Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the Philippine Islands attended the
two-day meeting to discuss uniformity of air regulations. (See Aug 1, 1928,
and Mar 23, 1933.)

Mar 23, 1933: Enactment of legislation by the State of Georgia meant that
all of the 48 States had laws dealing with aeronautics (see Aug 1, 1928, and
Mar 1946). Georgia’s new law included a requirement that all airmen and
aircraft operating within the state have Federal licenses. This provision
was included in most, but not all, of the other state aeronautical laws (see
Dec 1, 1941).


Montblack
An Eisenhower baby ....Feb, 1960

Oct 1, 1926: Northwest Airways began service as a contract mail carrier. The
company began passenger service the following year, and expanded its routes
in the late twenties and early thirties, changing its name to Northwest
Airlines on Apr 16, 1934. Further expansion included routes to Asia,
beginning in the 1940s, and for a time the carrier used the name Northwest
Orient Airlines.

Jul 2, 1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first U.S. presidential
candidate to fly when he chartered a Ford Trimotor from Albany to Chicago to
address the Democratic National Convention. (See Jan 14, 1943.)