The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-19

Ilake 10 AUHlAGAlAOn 70 JOIN the new or
ganization: As the representative Of
the international AerOnautic fedora
ton, IL has absolute control Of all in
ternational aviation meets, and the
leaders feel confident that this will
prove a most effective weapon when
the question Of home control arises.
The leaders Of the opposing organ
izations. on the other hand, allege that
the new body will have larger
national represe ntation than the Aero
Club Of America for this reason will
control all the aviation meets held in
this country. Their status viii soon be
recognized by the International Aero
nautic federation. and I'm this way they
| hope to replace the Aero club as the
| representative Of the United States.
/ They state, however. that they will
mot attempt to interfere with the
! international aviation meet. which is
I 10 be held in this country next Octo-
/ Der. when the contest will be held for
| the international cup which was won
by Glenn Curtiss at Rheims.
| The formation OF the new Organiza-
| ton is the elimination OF bitter
/ fight. that has been going on I'm the
| Aero Club Of America for two years.
/ a small group, headed by Thomas A.
/ Hill. Wilbur r. Kimball, Charles Levee
/ and G.. L. NJ. Bonglum. were dissatis-
/ fled with the COMMUNICATION, and at
! the election held last November they
| put their own ticket in the field in OPP
| position 60 Or. Cortlandt Field Bishop.
| the administration candidate As most
/ all the votes were cast by proxies. the
insurgents applied to the courts for
/ an injunction TO prevent the use OF
/ proxies. but their application was de-
MED. The regular ticket was elected by
| n good majority. The insurgents kept
! up the fight. however. and "a month
| later brought suit seeking to invalidate
the elections. which is still hanging
fire.
a New Organization
Later on they founded a new organ
| ization and called Il the American
| ApTOunuffra1 association. which is one
| Of the bodies that is to join with the
| Aeronautic Federation Of America in
| forming the new society. In April OF
| the present year. six prominent mem
! bers of the club signed letter re-
! questing the resignation Of Mr. BishoT
| from the office of president. Nothing
| came Of IL. however. and a few days
| later Mr.. Bishop sailed for Europe to
! make arrangements for the interna-
| tiOnal aviation meet 20 be held In this
country next fall. Before sailing. he
! said that he had the assurance Of the
! Wright company that they would not
prosecute foreign aviators for alleged
should they decide to come over. and
As a forerunner to the present move
ment. a letter was sent out early In
May signed by Thomas A. Hill and a
number Of other important insurgents
to all the aero clubs in the country,
asking the clubs not to attend the con
vention Of the Aero club held on May
%. The letter stated that the officials
of the Aero Club of America. the
| Wright company and other aerial show
promoters have combined In an effort
to exploit your club and your CON-
munity mainly for the profit OF a
group of high financiers' who were IN
pleasantly identified with the notorious
traction trust in New York.
| In another para gra ph the letter said
You know that the notorious con-
tract between the Wright company and
the Aero Club OF America, as well as
the exorbitant demands OF the Wright
/ Exhibition company. have created such
/ a prejudice against this combination
| OF Institutions that scarcely any com-
| munitv in the country has consent ID
/ To hold a meet sanctioned by the Aero
Club OF America or has agreed TO en-
ploy a Wright machine or buy
Wright patent"
Thomas A. Hill. one Of the leading
spirits in the insurgent movement and
secretary OF the committee which mas
charge of the coming convention, in
an interview with n representative OF
The Herald Republican gave a brief
outline OF the work contemplated Dy
the new organization.
Outline % Plans.
1T will be the purpose Of the new
/ orga nization." he said. TO place the
science OF aeronautics on a broad and
/ liberal basis. Our fight in the Acre
Club OF America has been one for equa'
the new organization this VIII 10
/ granted. We intend 20 establish three
] sections to carry on the work OF sh'
organization. They will be the scienti-
fic sporting an industrial. The
| scientific section will have its colleel