Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-18
YOUNG ASKS TIME
IN AIRPORT QUIZ
Witness Indicates Informal
ton Is Confidential When
Being GriIIed..
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he heard mentioned as having an in
tereSt in the airport site were on that
committee. Again Mr.. Young answered
that he had not heard these names
discussed.
well" said Senator vandenberg, as
the hearing drew to a close, you have
absolved IL members of the Senate and
left "a under cloud"
Mr.. Young told the subcommittee the
only information he had received was
that the persons referred to were
stockholders.
When the witness said he had been
told these things in confidence, Senator
Jones took over the questioning, ask
ing Mr.. Young why he should have
such information in confidence ana
why he gave out statement about it.
Senator Jones said he was willing to
give the witness time to seek advice,
but thought he should answer the ques-
ton as to the source of his information.
Senator Vandenberg took the same view
and Mr.. Young was told to return to
the subcommittee at 10 o'clock tomor-
row morning.
Airport Officers Comment.
officials of Washington Airport and
Hoover Field said today there Is no
secret regarding the names OF officers
or financial hackers of either company.
Albert G.. Ober, jr., vice president OF
Washington Air Terminals Corporation,
operators of Washington Airport, de-
Oiared that the list Of stockholders in
the airport contains no Senators or
relatives of cabinet Officers.
"A former Senator and the son-in-
law of a cabinet officer are connected
with the company, one as president and
the other as q director, but neither has
any financial interest in the company"
Mr.. Ober said
The president of Washington Air
Terminals Corporation is Howard
Sutherland, former Senator from West
Virginia and alien property GUS
todian. Associated with him on the
board of directors are c. Bascom Slemp,
former Representative from Virginia
and former secretary to President
Harding; David K E. Bruce, son-in-law
of Secretary of the Treasury Andrew
Mellon; James o. Watson of Hamble-
ton g. Co., Delaware; M. c. Cooper, Fed
eral Aviation Corporation, New York;
Mr.. Ober, Robert E. Funkhouser, T..
Howard Duckett and Hugh Reid.
The majority stock in Washington Air
Terminals, which is the holding COM
pdOY
and the Washington Flying Service, OPP
Grating at the field, is owned by the
Federal Aviation Corporation. A small
block of stock is owned by several for
mer owners of stock Gin United States
Air Transport, Inc, former operators
of the Washington-Eew York Air Line,
whose assets were taken over in an ex-
change of stock. None of these minority
stockholders is Senator or relative Of
a cabinet official, Mr.. Ober said.
Hoover Field Set-up.
Hoover Field is owned by Interna-
tional Anyways, Inc, a company organ
lied under the laws of Maryland. The
holding company is Atlantic Seaboard
Always, Inc, and the operators Of the
Potomac Flying Service. Ownership of
these companies and of the field has
been acquired by Reuben Reiffen, man
aging director of the New Standard Air.
craft Corporation OF Paterson, N. j.,
and president Of the Westside National
Bank of Paterson, and Fred r. Heuttig
of Paterson, a director of the New
Standard Corporation.
Young was frequent visitor at the
hearings conducted by the Public Utili-
ties Commission last Summer on the
application of the local street railways
for 10-cent fare.
SIlauLlan FaITlCk OF the EuDllc OLLl-
ties Commission permitted Mr. Young
to present evidence and arguments
against the 10-cent fare proposal and
also to croSs-eXamine witnesses. On
numerous occasions he had difficulty in
framing his questions so that the wit
neSses or members of the commission
could comprehend the nature of the in
formation he sought. Often members
OF the commission helped him put his
questions in language more easily I'M
derstood by the witnesses.
Although he and the commission fire.
quently had tits over the nature of his
questions, Mr.. Young seemed to keep his
temper and usually accepted the prof.
fered help of the commission in franz
ing his questions with the utmost good
humor.
Mr.. Young is president of the WASH
ington Glider Club, organized last Fall
to build and fly primary gliders and
soaring planes, but which has not yet
completed its first glider. He claims
the distinction of having made the first
glider flight in the District of Columbia,
more than 20 years ago.
This flight was made, he said, on the
site of the present Lincoln Memorial
rejecting pool, the glider being towed
behind an automobile. Young was
president of the first aeronautical club
in this city and was one of the leaders
in the first aeronautical show here, held
in Convention Hall in 1909, with one of
the Wright planes as the central fea-
ture.