Evening star., 1925-10-27
lair SERVICE SURE
| OF CONGRESS- ADD
Poll Shows Most Members
Favor Increased Funds to
Develop fhhg.
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.


More generous provision for avia-
ton will probably be made by the
incoming Congress as q result Of Col.
Mitchell's criticisms and the result
ant discussion. II is indicated in In
terviews with many members OF
Congress. Even those who question
Mitchell's conduct and those who are
not satisfied with the way present
appropriations are expended feel that
insubordinate speech or unwise ex-
penditure ought not TO prejudice
Congress against making adequate
allotment of funds, SO that the Air
Service. military as well as CONNER
cial, may be abreast of, II not supe-
rior to, any other air organization in
the world.
In commercial aviation the United
States must lead, members OF Con-
gress feel. and the question Of mill
tary aviation development involves
essentially the proposed reorganiza-
ton of the War and Navy Depart
ments, and possibly their consolida-
ton. Accordingly, the question of
encouraging commercial aviation and
aeronautical science and of providing
adequately for building up an efficient
military air service will be discussed
from many angles during the coming
session.
Favored by Capper.
Il think the time has come when the
nation must make more generous
provision for aviation" said Senator
Arthur Capper of Kansas, q Repub-
lean member of the military affairs
committee.
We should have an air corps. Just
as we have a Marine Corps, and it
should have a flyer at Its head" en-
phatically declared Senator Capper.
In no branch of governmental activ-
ity are highly trained skill and knowl-
edge and experience SO essential to
progress, particularly at this time.
Commercially. the United States
must soon lead all nations in the air.
This Is bound to come because OF our
wide expanse of territory
Senator Kenneth Mckellar of Ten
nessee, who as a member OF the ap-
propriations committee will pass d.
rectly upon the question of larger
allotment OF Federal funds for the
development of aviation. and as
member of the post offices and post
road committee, Is deeply interested
in the question from the commercial
side, since the Post Office Department
Is today the biggest user of airplanes
for commercial purposes:
Il believe says Senator Mckellar,
that it would be we'll to consolidate
the Army and Navy In one depart
ment, and aviation should be a sepa-
rate bureau in that department"
Senator Frank Willis Of Ohio, Re
publican. is member of the com
rerce committee. concerned with the
development of commercial aviation,
and Is a member of the committee
on expenditures in the executive de-
partments. He keeps we'll Informed
on how appropriations made for avia-
tions are spent.
while I am In favor of generous
provision for aviation" Senator Will
lis says. lust now / am more inter
ested in the development of more
economical program for the spending
Of the money Congress appropriates.
Sheppard in Line.
Senator Morris Sheppard. Democrat,
OF Texas. member of the military
affairs and commerce committees,
says: Yes, there should be a more
generous provision for aviation" So
also does Representative Roy G.. FItz
gerald. Republican. Of Ohio. Repre-
sentative Fitzgerald is an enthusiastic
aviator and has persistently urged
more adequate appropriations.
Senator Cole l.. Blease, Democrat,
should be more generous provision for
aviation.
Representative w. B. Bowling Of
Alabama, Democrat, Joints the chorus,
saying: II am heartily in favor of lib-
eral appropriation for the development
Of our air service. When was a men,
Der of the committee on post ONCE and
post roads 1 heartily supported the plan
to establish air mails. believing It to be
q wise policy not only as furnishing a
speedier transmission OF the mails,
but as an encouragement to CONNER
cial aviation. the training of pilots,
the development Of aeronautics in gen
eral."
Representative Aiming s. PralI,
Democrat. OF New York, who is on
the committee to investigate the Air
Service, holds that there should not
be a more generous appropriation for
aviation. The amount appropriated
by Congress-" he says, 'is sufficient
The fault Is not in the amount appro-
priated. 1t lies in its expenditure
More intelligence in spreading 1t out,
less duplication OF efrort-concentra-
ton on the big idea-idle and foolish
experimentation should be stopped"