Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-15
viii Oppose Site Located
in Either Virginia
or Maryland.
LETTER OF PROTEST SENT
TO SENATOR BINGHAM
Jurisdiction of D. C. Government
Held Necessary to Success
Of Aviation Project.

Strenuous objections will be made TO
any move to develop model airport
for Washington outside OF the boun-
daries Of the District of Columbia il the
taxpayers of the city are to be expected
to pay the jor share of the cost, 1t
vas decided today at an emergency
meeting of the executive committee Of
the Washington Board of Trade.
Acting on press reports that the con-
gressional joint airport commission was
giving serious consideration to plans to
build the airport in the region of Camp
Springs, Md, about 1919 miles from the
center Of the city, the trade body ex-
ecutives voted def1nitelyTto oppose such
a proposal. insisting that testimony of
competent witnesses showed that an
airport second to none" could be pro-
vided within the District boundaries.
The position of the trade body spokes-
men was taken, not as in opposition
to an airport for which District tax
payers would be asked to bear their fair
share, but to the suggested expenditure
OF funds derived for the most part from
District tax revenues for the develop
ment Of port outside Of the District, 1t
was stated.
Fear Complications.
Members of the executive committee
of the Board OF Trade, which had been
empowered to act for the organization,
voiced fears that serious complications
would arise If the airport were con-
structed In the jurisdiction Of neigh
boring State and over which, it vas
contended. the District government
could not have entire control
Under legislation now being forr1u-
lated, according to reports, the Federal
Government would contribute $500, 900
an the remainder of the cost of the
port, which. it is said. might run be-
tween $4,000, 900 and $5,000.0oo, would
District, including the contributions
made by the Federal Government as
effective at the time of the enactment
Of the legislation.
In a letter which z. j. Murphy, pres
ident of the trade body, was authorized
to send to Senator Bingham of Con-
necticut, chairman Of the congressional
Joint airport commission, the Board of
Trade voiced opposition to the suggest
ed plan to develop q port beyond the
boundaries of the District, but did not
insist on any particular site In the Dis
trict.
Text of Letter.
The letter is as follows:
The Washington Board of Trade has
viewed with great disappointment the
apparent trend regarding airport legis-
lation, as indicated in the press.
This organization feels that it should
express the views of its 1900 members
in this regard. We feel that any air
port located entirely outside of the Dis
trict Of Columbia is not truly a National
Capital airport; and, further, we would
be compelled TO voice strenuous objec-
ton to any airport legislation which
provides for the expenditure of the
money of the citizens of the District of
Columbia in any large amount for an
airport outside of the District and out
of the jurisdiction Of the District gov
ernment.
Particularly would we object to any
such expenditure of District funds when
the testimony, as printed In the record,
overwhelmingly brought out the fact
that an airport second to none can be
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