Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-02

i Il went out on his own. His des-
tiny led him straight into the
most romantic adventure OF modern
business.
An afternoon in 1911; Walter Hines
Page, brilliant editor in chief OF THE
Worlds Work" magazine and later to
become our Ambassador to London. was
I'm leaving the magazine, Clement,
and I have named you as my successor.
You shall be editor"
Clement Keys went back to his desk
and thought it over. He returned to
his boss.
ITS a great job, I'll admit" he said.
IT would be at the top, as far as could
go. But it isn't far enough. I'm only
thirty-four I've been studying finance
for years. It's my speciality. Guess I'll
stick to it. I'm resigning."
That was Is years ago.
Today C. M. Keys Is the E. H. Harri-
man of aviation.
Hartman had vision of railroad ex-
pansion. He had the confidence Of the
money powers. They gave him credit
built I'D vast railroad systems. He
speeded up business and industry. He
quickened the country's growth and he
paid dividends. He was the dominant
figure in an age of steel and steam.
Keys has his dominion in the air.
His vision is one of winged machines
carrying people and things through
space faster than any bird in its mad
dest fight. He is building up net
work of air transport lines and aerial
service systems. He plans to have
them soon spraying all over the coun-
try.
Has Moneys Confidence.
Like Hartman he has the confidence
of money. Wall Street supports any
project he launches: Shareholders show
faith in anything he manages. More
than a hundred leading bankers, capt.
talists, industrialistS and business men
are associated with him in his enter
prises.
Keys has financed more than $780,
100000 worth of airlines, airplane
plants, flying services, holding COM
panies and investment trusts. Yet he
is just beginning.
TITS a new era" he says. people
have more money, more courage. They
are willing to pay for speed"
His private Office is on the thirty-fifth
floor at 80 Broadway. New York. From
his windows he can gaze across the
North River, into New Jersey and see
the trunk line railroads coming in from
the South and West. But he doesn't
do it.
His back is turned to that scene. It
represents the past. A ten-foot map of
the United States confronts him. 1t is
a permanent fixture set in panel on
the wall opposite his desk.
He walks over to 1t as he discusses
his plans. He PAGES back and forth be-
tween the Atlantic and Pacific. A
finger traces new air routes up and
down and across.
Every community will have its air
service. The trunkline systems will
have hundreds Of feeder lines. There's
no limit
only one letter out of every thou
sand, in some places two thousand, now
takes the air mail. We shall develop
that service until one letter oft Of
every five is flown.
Perhaps 100000 pounds of light
freight and express were taken over
the thirty-eight air transport lines in
the United States during 1928. Soon
hundreds Of millions of pounds will be
flown annually.
Possibly $4,000 passengers paid their
fares and travelled from one destination
to another in airplanes in this country
last year. Our own lines are just be-
ginning to seek that kind Of patronage.
We have spent many months organic
ing. We shall soon be flying thousands
of persons who now travel by motor
bus and train.
Instead Of one or two planes over a
route during the day we shall have
them lsay!pg the terminals every hour