Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20
MOVE FOR AIRPORT
WILL RECEIVE AID Nj:
Conference Here This Week
ISExpected to Give I'M
petus to Project.

Impetus will be given the National
Capitals campaign for a model munich
pal airport at a municipal airport con-
ference to be held at the New Willard
Hotel Thursday and Friday under aus
pices7 Of the city officials division Of
the american Road Builders Associa-
ton and the Aeronautical Chamber Of
Commerce.
Papers dealing with the principal
problems of airport establishment and
maintenance will be read and discussed
by the foremost airport and aeronauti-
cal authorities of the country. invita-
tions have been sent to 10000 city ON
Gals. engineers and leaders OF the
aeronautical industry.
The Federal and District govern
ments will be represented prominently
in the conference, all members OF the
'air cabinet" composed OF the assistant
secretaries of the Governments aero
nautical policies, taking active part In
the program.
LuncheOn Opens Conference.
The conference will open with
luncheon Thursday noon in the Willard
Hotel, following the registration and
informal gathering OF the delegates ana
guests. The conference will DO opened
by Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, CHIEF engl.
need Of the District and president OF
the citv oficials' division of the road
builders. who has appointed Mai. DON
aid A. DAWSON, assistant District Engl-
neer Commissioner, as head OF the mu-
nicipal airports committee.
Al, address of welcome will be de-
Iivered by District Commissioner PROC
tor L. Dougherty and the response ny
Mai. Frederic A. Reimer, presloent %
= The NFNAntnR ADDRESS
of the conference then will be delivered
bv David S. ingalls,, Assistant secretary
Of the Navy for Aeronautlcs.
At the opening business session TnuTS-
dav afternoon at 2 o'clock Col. Harry
q BIee. chief of the division OF ar
norts and aeronautic Information, De-
nartment of Commerce, Will presioe.
Three papers will be presented tna'
afternoon.
THE opening paper, on airport layout
and planning. will be read by b. RusSen
shaw of st. Louis, regarded as one OF
fine foremost airport authorities OF the
country. He will be followed by Ken.
meth Franzheim of New York, noted
airport architect, who will deal with air.
port structures. Airport Drainage
will be the subject of paper by G. a.
Hogentogler. senior engineer OF tne
United States Bureau of Public Roads.
Banquet Thursday Evening.
Thursday evening at o'clock there will
he a banquet In the Willard ballroom,
at which Charles M. Upham, engineer.
director of the American Road Builders
Association, will be toastmaster. Speak
ers will be Mai. Gen. John j. Organ,
president Of Colonial Air Transport, who
will describe the commercial future o.
aviation: Senator Hiram Bingham OF
Connecticut, president Of the National
Aeronautic Association; p. Trubee
Dawson, Assistant Secretary Of War for
Aeronautics, and W. Irving Glover,
Second Assistant Postmaster General In
charge Of airman.
Col. Blee also will preside at business
sessions at $50 am. and pm. FIJI
day.
At the morning session c. N. Conner,
engineering executive Of the road build
ers, VIII present q paper on Airport
Surfaces"; A. P. Taliaferro, chief of the
field service section, aeronautic branch
Of the Department Of Commerce, viii
speak on Airport Management" and N.
E. Duffy. manager Of the Buffalo Air
port, will speak on Airport Progress"
Lunchenn will be served at 1880 pm.
The Afternoon session will be opened
with adiScuSsion by Lieut., Col o.. 9.
Grant, Sd. director of the once of Pub
lie Buildings and Public Parks Of the
National Capital, OF the relationship
between airports and public parks. Col.
G. M. Young, Assistant Secretary Of
Commerce for Aeronautics, who made
an exhaustive study this Summer of
European airports and airways, win
describe European practices. The ses-
sion will close with general discussion
Of problems in connection with munich
pal airports.
Dawson Heads Committee.
Arrangements for the conference
are being made by a committee COM
posed of Maj. Dawson, chairman; Col.
Blee, E. A. Schmidt and Lyle A. Brook
over, with the aid Of q cooperating
committee from the Aeronautical
Chamber of Commerce composed of
Harry Schwarzchild, Z. A. johnson and
B. E. Fulton.
The reception committee is COM
posed Of Capt. Clarence M. Knox,
Frederic Reimer, Capt. Burdette 8.
Wright, Capt. H. c. Whitehurst. J. 3.
B. Parker, James H. Macdonald,
Nathaniel Duffy, Bert Wait, w. w.
Kellett, William Ogden, Russell B.
Shaw, William r. Hopkins, T. T. Hide
brandt, Maj. D. A. Dawson, Paul H.
srattain, Col. H. H. Blee, E. A.
Schmidt, Lyle A. Brookover, Repre-
sentative Simmons, Of Nebraska and
Senator Townsend Of Delaware.
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