Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-24
Assistant Secretary Of Navy
DepIoreS Lack of Facilities
for Planes Here.
D0UGHERTY ALSO MAKES
ADDRESS TO CONVENTION
National Conference to Be Held
Through Two Days at
Local Hotel.

Declaring that airports are the most
essential needs of aviation today, David
S. ingalls,, Assistant Secretary of the
Navy for AeronauticS, characterized the
Districts lack of 3 municipal airport as
"a shame" at the opening session of a
national municipal airport conference
at the New Willard Hotel this after
noon.
THE District has no airport worthy
OF the name" Mr.. ingalls, said. Boil
ing Field, the Army Airport, is re-
'strlcted to military operations and often
Is flooded. The commercial fields are
small and certainly are not worthy of
the National Capital"
District Commissioner Proctor L.
Dougherty, in his address of welcome,
also deplored the lack of a municipal
airport here. He said that although
the problem is complicated by the ne
cesslty OF providing airport facilities for
the Federal Government services, there
should be no delay in establishing an
airport for the National Capital.
Large Gathering.
One of the largest gatherings of air
port experts and civic officials directly
concerned with airport management
yet held III the United States opened
a tWO-day conference at the hotel today
under the auspices of the city officials
division of the American Road Builders
Association and the Aeronautical
Chamber of Commerce.
The conference opened informally,
following the registration of delegates
this morning, with a buffet luncheon
in the Willard at noon. Following the
luncheon, the conference was opened
by Capt. H. c. Wnitehurst, chief engi-
neer of the District of Columbia and
president wi
of the road builders.
An address OF welcome was delivered
by District Commissioner Proctor L.
Dougherty and the response was made
by Maj. Frederic A Reimer president
Of the road builders
Papers were 10 be presented this after
noon by nationally recognized experts
on alrporl construction and design,
B. Russell Shaw OF ST. Louis will as
cuss airport layout and planning; Ken
meth FranZhelm, airport archlCect, of
New York, Will deal with airport
structures, and G. A. Hogentogler,
senior engineer of the Rareau of Public
Roads, VIII speak on airport drainage.
The conference banquet will be held
in the Willard at Z pm. today, with
Charles M. Upham, engineer director Of
the road builders, as POSTMASTER. Mai.
Gen. John j. Organ, president of CO.
1Oliidl AK L Idt1SpUTl, VIII describe The
commercial future CT aviation, and there
viii be addresses by Senator Hiram
Bingham of Connecticut, president Of
the National Aeronautic Association; F.
Iruebee Dawson, Assistant Secretary of
War for Aeronautics, and w. Irving
Glover, Second Assistant Post Master
General, in charge of air mail.
Two Sessions Tomorrow.
Business sessions will be held tomor-
row at $3.50 am. and 2 pm, with an
informal lunchean at 1890 pm. Col
Blee will preside at both sessions.
At the morning session c. N Conner,
engineering executive of the road build
ers, will speak on airport surfaces; A. p.
Tallaferro, chief of the field service sec
ton Of the aeronautlcs branch Depart
ment of Commerce, will discuss prob
lens OF airport management and N. e.
Duffy, manager of the Buffalo Airport,
will describe airport progress in this
country.
Tomorrow afternoon Col U. S. Grant,
Sd, director of Public Buildings and
Public Parks of the national Capital,
will tell of the relationship between the
airport and the public parks and the
possibility Of combining airport and park
arrangements; Col. Clarence M. Young,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
AeronauticS, will tell of his trip last
Summer over European airways and will
describe European airport practices, and
the conference then will close with a
general discussion.