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Show TWA OFFICIAL FIGHTSMERGER WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (UP) Vincent Conroy, vice president of Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc., told the civil aeronautics authority au-thority today that th proposed United Airlines-Western Air Express Ex-press merger would have a very detrimental effect on his company. He said that T W A s schedule is sdequate to take care of existing passenger demand and that the company was prepared to increase frequency of Its schedule If It became be-came necessary. The proposed merger would give United direct entry Into Los Angeles. An-geles. At present the company operates op-erates Its transcontinental service between New York snd San Francisco. Fran-cisco. Conroy said that the consolidation consolida-tion would result in Increased competition com-petition on T W A's route between New York and Los Angeles, Chicago Chi-cago and Los Angeles, and Philadelphia Phila-delphia and Los Angeles Another witness, E. Lee Talman, vice president-treasurer of T W A, presented exhibits showing T W A's past financial history and the effects ef-fects of competition on the company's com-pany's revenues. |