Evening star., 1928-12-08
PREDICTS ALL MAIL.
OF 1ST CLASS BY AIR.
Glover ForeseeS Accomplish
ment Within Next
Five Years.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, December 8.-All first-
class mail will be carried by air in the
United States within five years, accord
ing to w. Irving Glover, Second Assist
ant Postmaster General In charge of
air mail
Just as the Post Office Department
has been quick to utilize every means
of transportation known to man in get
ting mail to the most remote parts of
the country with the upmost of speed,
SO we have decided that the airplane
must replace other means Of transpor-
tation for all first-class MAIL" Glover
told members of the American and for
eign delegations to the International
Civil Aeronautics Conference, who were
feted at banquet last night.
PAN American Routes Near.
Glover also announced that the re-
Gently expressed wishes of President.
elect Hoover for regular air routes from
the United States to countries through
which he is now travelling will become
reality next year.
THE Post Office Department has been
working out the details of route along
the Pacific Coast of South America
from Colon, Panama, to Santiago,
Chile, and will advertise within a few
days for bids to carry mail over that
route" the Assistant Postmaster Cen
eral said.
Next month the mail of our 110,-
900 900 customers will be carried by air
to all principal points in Latin and
NnNin hn niv tra
blazed by Lindbergh as far as San Juan
in the West Indies and Colon in Pan
anna. 1t would be safe to forecast that
the route to Santiago, Chile, through
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Chile will
be in operation next july" Glover said.
The airplane as a dominant factor
in new era of diplomacy was visualized
by William P. MacCracken, Assistant
Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics
THE diplomatic representatives of
all nations will find their work easier
through the aid of the airplane," Secre-
tary MacCracken said. Nations which
have had little in common because of
the old barriers of distance will be
brought together by air: better under
standing of world affairs Is certain to
result, and new era of diplomacy
built up"
F.. Trubee Dawson, Assistant Secre-
tary Of War for AeronauticS, and Ed
ward P. Warner Assistant Secretary of
the Navy for Aeronautics, pledged the
continued support of the military eStab-
lishments to commercial aviation, which
they pointed to as the peace-time mis-
sion of the Army and Navy.
The foreign delegates en- route to the
International Civil Aeronautics Confer
ence called by President Coolidge will
leave Chicago in a feet of tri-motored
airplanes tomorrow for Dayton, where
they are to participate In civic cele-
bration to honor Orville Wright, the
first man to fly. Some of the delegates
planned to 60 to Dayton today. They
are due in Washington Wednesday for
the opening of the conference.
British General Speaks.
The Nations efforts to link her air
and rail facilities into one vast trans
portation network Is viewed by Brig
Gen. Lord Thompson, former British
minister of air, as one Of the greatest
stimulants to aviation ever devised by
a nation.
The harmonious cooperation of rail-
roads with air transport companies
marks a new era In business methods,
in strict contrast with the jealouSies
existing for centuries between businesses
already established and newcomers,
Lord Thompson said last night.
AS head of the British delegation to
the Civil Aeronautics Conference, Lord
Thompson addressed a large gathering
of American and foreign notables in
aeronautics.
IF the world should follow its usual
methods in dealing with new COM
petitor, such as aviation threatens to
be for the railroads. we should expect
the deeply entrenched rail lines to
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