The Arvada enterprise., 1922-08-17

progress has been made and rapid strides hive
beea taken In the development Of this science.
Many foreign nations. cOsnxant Of the necessity
and importance Of aircraft. have Initiated mlltoFy
programs and programs Of mall and passenger
ransportatioa In the air far superior to the pres
ent policy Of our government. and have done much
to encourage the general development Of aeronau-
tics through governmental aid to commercial In
dustry. Great Britain particularly. very soon after
the war. reached the conclusion that the dOml-
nance Of the air 10 ut least OF equal importance
with thst Of the seas and set about to plan def
Mite policy Of aerial development aud the co-oedf
nation II her aircraft activities, leading tO the
establishment of separate ministry of air, which
has taken the lead In practically every phase Of
aerial development.
national defense demand that the United States
Immediately formulate 4 defnite comprehensive
and Intelligent policy for the development Of every
phase of neronnutics and Of actively encouraging
the aerial transportation industry, which Is vitality
essential the future progress and prosperity Of
the nation. tn neglect longer the establishment
Of nn Intelligent policy II inexcusabe.
"Because Of the absence Of any well defined
sympathetic program on the part of oar govern.
,ent since the nrsnstIce. the American neronautl.
cal industry, built up At such great expense Of
money and effort during the war. In rapidly dis.
appearing. The almost nntagOnIstlc attitude of
our government toward this industry Ms ,liscour.
aged business men. and under the circumstances
they were entirely Justified In withdrawing their
money fru,n this held. Niaety per cent of the
nvIusi"n industry created during the hns been
l,Quitiuied. and unless more sympathetic and
definite policy Of cooperation 10 established with.
out deiny. II Ia Inevitable that the remaining 10
ler cent will niso disappear The future develop
ment "f aerial navigation generally s In way
limited to military and naval functions. and the
closest possible cooperation must at ail times
exist between the neronnutic agencies Of the gov
erru.ent and the commercial Industry engaged In
the production and development of aircraft.
"ln July. l0lO. an American aviation mission,
which, wus formed at the instance IT the then
secretary II to invesiGat and study NIL forms
Of Organization. production and development OF
this science. submitted 4 report TO the secretary
of war OUTLINING the results Of their
This report presents the results IT the only avta.
,lou investigation made for the United Stntea
government The findings of this commission were
extremely unpopular with old army and navy ON.
GERS and the conclusions and recommendations
ns Incorporated In these findings are apparently
l,eing entirely ignored by the present they
By the pnxt administration. They are frowned
pon by the general STATS Of both army and navy.
In spite Of the fnct that they are even more sound
today than In ln1o. when the report was made.
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