The Washington times., 1929-12-27
AVIATION GREAT
FOE To WAR,
SAYS rick
By JAMES L. KMGALLEN
International News service
Copyright, 1879, BY International New

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International News service
Copyright 1879, By International News
NEW YORK, Dec. 2T-Eyery-
body's prosperity would be en-
HANGED in 1880, II the United
States seriously set about the
task Of further developing the
peace-time possibilities of the air
plane, in the opinion Of Capt.
Eddie Rickenbacker, vice president
Of the Fokker Airplane Corpora ],
ton Of America, in an exclusive
interview today. X
Il am in favor Of taxing the
people to develop the airplane in.
this country" said Rickenbacker.
II believe practically all the mail
should be transported by air. It
would help speed UP business.
1.-THE airplane benefits every
community. Its business is every
body's business. It's success en-
hanceS everybody'S prosperity. i +
am confident President Hoover APP
preciates the Importance Of the
development Of aviation"
In Romantic Stage 10
Rickenbacker declared that the
airplane Is passing through the
romantic stage"-the glorifica-
ton OF pilots and all that--and
graduating to the position where
It viii have the substantial, utilit- {
arian value Of the automobile. He
believes the development OF the
airplane should be one OF the
major achievements Of the COM
ing year.
ssThe automobile was not q big I
success until after the war;
Rickenbacker pointed out. From
1000 900 cars in 1921 the produc-
ton mounted to 5000, 900 cars IN I
1929.
"The generation that grew up
with the automobile was not the
generation that owned and drove
automobiles.
"The generation that creates is
not the one that commentaries.
It's the following generation that
does. It is the young generation
Of today that win drive airplanes
tomorrow. The youth OF the ma
ton is tremendously alive to the
possibilities Of aviation.
Brings Lands Together
Rickenbacker spoke enthusiast
tically Of how the. aiTplane Is
bringing cities and countries
closer together. 1t requires three
| weeks to 60 from Rio de Janeiro
by ship and only seven days By
plans. Rickenbacker said that
brings Rio up as close as Mexico
city comparing on the basis OF
train travel"
walking to a big map with as
/ lot Of red lines indicating air
lanes, Rfckenbacker said:
with air service the Pacifsc
Coast is brought as close to
| New York as Detroit, Mich is bys
| train. -.Iiami by air is brought.
as close as Richmond, Va Is by
train. Why, the airplane can
/ make New York to Los Angeles IN
III hours. It takes the fastest
/ train "a hours to traverse Texas.
from East to West.
/ Aviation is the harbinger OF
world peace, according TO Ricken-
! hacker, who expressed his views
i thus:
The great air court, aviation
/ is the greatest league Of nations
i ever created. BY bringing peoples
Of the world closer together It
| eliminates intrigue and petty mis-
understanding and automatically
eliminates war.
No Need For War
seThere is no need for war. All
disputes between nations can be
settled Just as they are within
nations. knowledge of each other
4 is the foundation for the settle
| ment Of all disputes. I believe IN
i the protection Of my own fam.
iIy, and also believe in the pro
lection OF the families Of China.
THE airplane and the radio IS
wiping out internationaliSm. They
are promoting better understands
| ing everywhere.
The world evolves on trans
| portation and communication. :.
The time is fast approaching
when internationalisn1 win be
eliminated"
Rickenbacker does not disap-
prove transatlantic hops, regard
; ing them as necessary step In
the progress of aviAtion. The
Il dirigible, he believes, will be first
used on q practical scale for
carrying passengers over vast ex-
panseS of water because of their
greater carrying capacity and
buoyancy.' And he added. the
1 airplane viii follow,