Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-03
CAPITAL AIRPORT
CALLED u. S. NEED
MaCCraCken Calls for Ma
tional Support in Behalf
of Local Project.

Establishment of model municipa
airport for the National Capital is ont
of the greatest aviation necessities il
the United States today, William P
MacCracken, jr. Assistant Secretary O.
Commerce for AeronauticS. told mem
perS of the National Association o.
Commercial Organization Secretaries a
an aeronautical luncheon in the New
Willard Hotel yesterday.
The plea of Secretary McCracken fol
national support Of District business
r-,n and aeronsutical people in tbs
their campaign for a first-class airport
was made before a DISTINGUISHED gather
ing Of national aeronautical leaders who
eere guests Of the association. which is
composed of secretaries of chambers OF
commerce and boards Of trade in all
parts of the country.
''Wf4ilA SaGny Sirports have been es-
taollshed," Secretary MacCracken said
there is need for more airportS every
where and for improvement of those We
already have. There is not a perfect
airport in the United States today.
Need Model Airport Here.
"Above and beyond all this, however,
stands out the need for an adequate air.
port in the District of Columbia. Aero
Eautically speaking, what we need more
than anything else in this country to-
Gay Is aIDOEG IOr Lfle
National Capital"
Mr.. MacCracken told the commercial
organization officials that they will rem
der the Nation a public service if they
Will organize pressure upon their re-
Spective Senator's and Representatives
- vote for the creation here of the
Snest airport it is possible to design and
>Sslild.
Senator Hiram Bingham of Connecti-
Hiif nrnCiAanf nf ho Mot
nautic Association and chairman of the
joint congressional committee on airport
legislation for the District of Columbia
Endorsing the statement of Mr. Mac
Cracker, declared that he is confident
Congress will soon enact legislation pro-
viding for the creation of a model air
port here.
He said he is confident that members
OF his committee are willing to report
legislation providing for building of the
country's finest airport here and ex-
pressed the belief that the construction
of such an airport will be started soon.
Aviation Aides Present.
Among the prominent aviation people
present at the luncheon, in addition to
Mr.. MacCracken and Senator Bingham,
were: w. Irving Glover Assistant POST
master General, in charge of air mail;
F. Trubee Dawson. Assistant Secretary
of War for AeronauticS; Col. Paul Hen
derSon, former Second Assistant Post
master General in charge of air mail
and now vice president of Transconti-
mental Air Transport; Capt. Ross G.
Hoyt chief refueling pilot on the worlds
record endurance flight of the question
Mark; Miss Amelia Earhart, first woman
to cross the Atlantic by air; Miss Elinor
Smith, 17-year-old New York schoolgirl,
who recently set new worlds airplane
endurance record for women: Rear ADJ
miral William A. Moffett. chief of the
Navy Bureau of AeronauticS; c. S.
Casey Jones, famous pioneer aviator
and vice president of the Curtiss Flying
Service; Lieut.. Lester j. Maitland, Army
Air Corps, pilot of the first plane to
cross the Pacific Ocean; Richard F.
Hoyt, chairman of the board of directors
of the Wright Aeronautical Corporation;
former Representative Allen j. Furlow,
wartime flyer and author of important
aviation legislation; William G. Young.
manager of the aviation department of
the Goodyear Tire g. Rubber Co., which