Evening star., 1928-10-04
WORLD AVIATION
CONFERENCE SET
NotabIes in Aeronau.icS to
Convene in City as Tribute
to WrightS.

Aviation notables from every part of
The world will assemble here for the
first International Civil Aeronautics
Conference December IL. 13 and IA.
The State Department has invited 81
nations to send delegates at the request
of the Department of Commerce, which
is sponsoring the event.
Each country is expected to name its
own delegation, and many of these are
expected to include world-famouS flyers
and distinguished figures in aeronau-
tics, both commercial and military.
The American delegation, which will
include some of the country'S foremost
air leaders, will be selected soon, ac-
cording to Leighton w. Rogers, execu-
tive officer of the conference,
The conference, first suggested by
President Coolidge as a fitting way to
observe the twenty-fifth anniversary of
the firSt flight of a power driven air
craft by the Wright brothers at Kitty
Hawk, N. c., is to provide an inter-
change Of views on problems relating
TO aircraft In commerce and trade.
List of Nations.
The list Of nations included in the in
Vitation list follows: Albania, Argentina,
Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bull
garia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia,
Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Den
mark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador,
Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Ger
many Great Britain and the British
dominions, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti,
Honduras, Hungary, Irish Free State,
Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Lux
emberg, Mexico, Netherlands Mica
ragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay,
Salvador, Kingdom of the Serbs Croats
and Slovenes. Siam, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Turkey, Uruguay and Ven-
ezuela.
The executive committee of the con-
ference has been named as follows:
Chairman, William P. MacCracken, jr.,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
Aeronautics; Francis White, Assistant
Secretary of State; Trubee Dawson,
Assistant Secretary of War for Aero
nautics; Edward P. Warner, Assistant
Secretary of the Navy for Aeronautics ::
w. Irving Glover, Second Assistant
Postmaster General; Col Paul Hender-
son, vice president, Aeronautical Cham
Der Of Commerce; DR.. G. M. Lewis,
director, National Advisory Committee
for AeronauticS; Capt. E. S. Land, Gug-
genheim Fund for the Promotion of
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president, National Aeronautic ASsocia-
ton; A. T. Stewart, United States
Chamber of Commerce, and Leighton
w. Rogers, executive officer.
Other committees which are now ar
ranging for the conference were an
nounced as follows:
Program-Chairman Starr TruScott,
National Advisory Committe for Aero
nauticS; James c. Dunn, Department of
State; Maj. Ira Longanecker, War De-
partment; Lieut.. Conner. George F..
Chapline, Navy Department; Mai. Clar-
ence Young, Department of Commerce,
and George P. Tidmarsh, Aeronautical
Chamber of Commerce.
Finance-Chairman Harry Guggen-
helm, Guggenheim Fund for Promotion
Of Aeronautics; William McNeir, De-
partment of State, and E. P. Howard,
Department of Commerce.
Entertainment and transportation
Chairman, Maj. Clarence Young, De-
partment of Commerce; j. C. Dunn,
Department of State; Capt. E. E. Adler,
War Department; Lieut.. Comdr. D. c.
Watson. Navy Department; j. F. VIC
tory, National Advisory Committee for
Aeronautios; A. T. Stewart, United
States Chamber of Commerce; Daniel
Shaeffer, Aernautical Chamber of Com
merce, and Henry Berliner, National
Aeronautic Association.
Glover Heads Printing.
Printing - Chairman, w. Irving
Glover, Post Office Department.; Harry
H. Blee, Department of Commerce, and