Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-26
DELEGATES URGED
TO BACK MOVE FOR
CAPITAL AIRPORT
National Conference DeveI-
ops Wealth of Material fcs
Districts Guidance.
GRANT HEADS APPEAL
FOR NATIONS SUPPORT
Action by Congress Is Asked to
Speed Project-Meeting Dis
cusses Varied Subjects.

Many guideposts for the District of
Columbia in setting up model munic-
ipal airport here are contained in the
minutes of two days sessions of the
National Municipal Airport Conference
under auspices of the city officials divi-
sion of the American Road Builders
Association and the Aeronautical Cham
Der Of Commerce, which closed at the
New Willard Hotel late yesterday.
Airport designers, builders and oper-
ators, drainage and paving engineers,
aeronautical leaders and city officials
OF municipalities operating or building
airportS made of the conference clear
ing house for all manner of airport
problems and their discussions are full
of facts, based upon experience in this
new field Of civic activity, to commun1-
ties undertaking the construction Of
supports.
Airport Here Advocated.
The necessity for immediate construc-
tion of model airport for the National
Capital was touched upon by a number
Of the speakers, and Lieut.. Col. u. S.
Grant, Sd, director of Public Buildings
and Public Parks, during the course OF
reading a paper upon the relationship
of park and airport management, paused
to urge delegates to the conference to
appeal to their representatives in Con-
gresS to enact the necessary airport leg
1slation for this city.
washington" Col. Grant said, "is
different from most other American
cities in that 1t has no municipal air
port. We hope you will feel as we do
that something should be done about 1t
Immediately"
Civic and business organizations Of
the National Capital, Col. Grant said,
are agreed without exception upon the
necessity for an airport OF the finest
possible type.
"The delay in providing such an air
mort here" he continued, lis due to the
fact that we have not been able to OBJ
tain the necessary action from Congress.
The matter is out of our hands now and
there apparently is nothing more we
can do about it that we have not al
"You undoubtedly have great I'M
fiuence with your Congressman and we
hope that you will do what you can to
assist us in getting an airport"
Discuss Navy Problems. 49,.
During the sessions of the conference.
experts threshed out problems Of air
port drainage, grading, layout, paving
Of runwayS, design and construction OF
hangers and buildings and a multitude
of other more or less technical problems
upon which, by virtue OF the youth CT
aeronautics, there has been no oppor-
tunity to build up anything like q
standard code of practices.
This mass Of information will be
studied with a view to the working up
Of Recommendations which may be fol-
lowed in the construction of new air.
ports and the undermining of older
felds. A report on the results Of the
conference will be compiled by the
nnunicipaI airports committee of the city
ofIcials' division of the road builders,
under direction Of Maj. d. A. Dawson,
Assistant District Engineer Commits
sioner, chairman. This report will be
submitted to the American Road Build
ers' Association at its annual meeting
In Atlantic City next January.