Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-27
A|RPLANE INDUSTRY
SLOW TO DEVELOP
Education of "Air Mind
Necessary to Promote
Growth of Travel.
BY JOHN f. SINCLAIR.
Special Dispatch to The Star,


NEW YORK, December 27.-Aviation
circles are known to be disappointed
with the growth in air travel during the
past year. No industry has received
anywhere like so much free advertising,
but the hesitancy of people to leave the
ground is very pronounced.
The 'air mind" has yet to be created.
Today 1t is held back, due to fear, which
In turn is largely result of wide ad-
vertising of airplane accidents.
In flying to California recently we
came down one night about l o'clock on
the landing field at Iowa City. About
100 people were on the field. Some had
their dinner pals with them, and ap-
parently were workingmen going to or
coming from work.
Interested, got out of the plane and
went over to one of these men.
Going on the plane?" inquired.
Nope; I just came over here to see
That's the story in a nutshell-"no
accident so far"
Charles L. Lawrence, vice president
OF the Curtiss-W Wright Corporation, re-
fers to flying in this way:
ITO the man on the street. flying Is
all right for the other fellow, but not
TO- him. He has lived in a world of two
dimensions, and the third looks too dam
gerouS for him. If we can overcome
that feeling, aviation industry will be a
power in the future"
In time this fear complex will dis
appear. But it can't be forced.
John j. Raskob, chairman of Demo-
IL Atrl1pa 1n
blot on our civilization that today IS
per cent of all men over the age of 65
are dependent.
He holds that pension plans which
have been worked out so far have been
found more or less ineffective, because
they take money from the workers to
invest In low yield securities. mot the
way to attack this problem" he says.
workers need the opportunity to reap
more fully the rewards of profit of
American business itself"
Mr.. Raskob Is believer in common
stocks of sound and conservatively man.
aged companies. America, he says, will
move forward during the next decade.
It will prosper. So will good common
stocks of well managed companies.
To-day miraculous mechanism can
produce enough for all. 1t needs fur
ther adjustment, however, toward in
creasing the workers share of owner
ship of profits, endowing him with more
time to use and enjoy the profits" says
this former General Motors executive.
And it is on this ground that he looks
forward to another social development
"a device whereby the American
worker may be guided to better in
vestment Of his money-in good COM
mon stocks in companies where lead
ership is sound
Surely It's better time now than It
has been in several years for the aver
age man to do this thing.
Some of the best fishing in the United
States is to be had in the far Western
States. There the outdoor life appeals
to the people and they see to it that the
sport end is not neglected.
The report of H. Mitchell, superin-
tendent of the fish hatcheries of Oregon,
that 100000 chinook salmon are be-
ing raised in that State this year to
stock the fishing streams, shows the
efforts made by Western officials to
keep up their fishing streams.
The chinook salmon is used by Mr..
Mitchell because he is able to keep
dates more accurately en- that fish than
on any other Exactly on october IL
last, in the Mckenzie River (there were
about 100000 of these chinook
take" from eggs this Year, the chinook
stops spawning. That's the dAte-Oc-
tober r. Just why the scientist has
not yet fully answered
But Supt. Mitchell is careful man.
He works on exact figures and dates
and gets results.