Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-05-26
Nv w. s. MANN.
Copyright. 1890. by The Washington

(Copylight, 1890. by The Washington
Starr
WASHINGTON, May 26.-Congress
Is alarmed over what 1t believes is
the plan of an English syndicate 10
dump several thousand airplanes into
the United States and establish a
great aerial express service in this
country by using machines that the
British wal Office has discarded as be-
ing obsolete for military purposes;
and a vigorous fight is to be made in
the Senate to keep these planes out
of competition with those built in TINS
country.
senate Harry New. of Indiana, is
the most o~utspoken in his opposition
to a foreign equipped commercial air
service in this country. and IT VIII De
his amendment to the army appro-
priation bill that senators of similar
belief will support In an effort 10
block what they characterize as an
attempt by British interests to exploit
America. That the Senate will take
a keen interest in anything affecting
aviation IN this country Is indicated
by the action of the Senate military
affairs committee which recently
raised the appropriation for the army
air service from s27,250.000 as pass
ed by the House, to $40, 600, 600. Sec
rotary Baker had asked for 100000
900.
The very critical condition in which
the army air service finds itself
was illustrated by Senator Wadsworth'
chairman of the military affairs COM
mittee, on the floor of the Senate a
few days ago. when he said:
with the exception of five expert
mental planes. all tho airplanes now In
possession of the army of the United
States are two years old. Most oil
them are DeHaviland As manufac-
tured during the war, which proved TO
be of bad design, and several of which
have been remodeled In order mat
the American flyer. II he comes 10
grief In the machine, nay have some
show for his life. They are out OF
date as compared with the machines
OF other countries.
1--WE also have q few German
Fokkers, which constitute our share
Z tho division Of the airplanes which
the German government
undo the armistice. We also pur-
chased at the end of the war a Few
British S T. 5's. All those Machine
are two years old; comparatively they
are out of date. The best testimony
that the military affairs committee
can get is hat by the end of another
year they will all be worn out and VIII
not be safe for flying, and by h a
time the army Of the Republic VIII
have no airplanes at all worthy of be-
ing called serviceable and up to date
Though no official announcement
has been made. 1t has been learned on
rood authority that q company re-
gently Incorporated under the laws OF
Delaware with an authorized capital
of $40. 900 expects to opel ten
aerial express ines in this country
within the next year, using severa
hundred big Handley Page bomber
and DeHaviland machines purchased
from the British government soon
after the war by a syndicate. The
Handiey Page Ltd, owns the controll-
ing interest in the syndicate, and
Frederick Handley Page. England's
foremost airplane builder. is now In
this country, having opened a suite OF
offices in New York.
No passenger are to be carried by
this air service during the first year.
but one of the large express companies
ID understood to be interested In the
enterprise, and as some of the big
bombing machines have a cargo ca
pacity of more than q ton and a half