Evening star., 1934-09-25
UNIFIED FEDERAL
AVIATION CONTROL
URGEDAT HEARING
Creation of Air Reserve and
u. S. Maintenance of
Ports Also Asked.
SPECIAL REPORT FILED
FOR VIDAL BY MARTIN
Improved Mail Service and Mill
tary Training for Pilots Among
Major Recommendations.

Consolidation of all Federal aviation
activities, civil and military, under
control of a Federal aviation commits
sion; creation of civilian air reserve
corps, and Federal maintenance of all
alrports were among proposals SUBJ
mitted to the Federal Aviation Com
mission today during its second day of
public hearings in the Commerce De-
partment Building.
Rex Martin, acting director of air
commerce, IN the absence of Eugene
L. Vidal, who is i'll with influenza.
submitted a special report containing
many recommendations for improve
ment of the civil air activities of the
Federal Government.
Creation Of new special dispatch"
alrmall service, establishment of
more frequent air schedules. elimina-
ton of all airmail subsidies except on
United States foreign air transport
lines, Government development of
transport airplanes and engines and
a gradual coordination of air lines
and ground transportation were
among the recommendations he sub
mitted
Military Duty for Pilots.
The report advocated regular active
military duty for all air transport
pilots and one year service as air line
co-pllots for all Army combat fvers
ms would permit interchange of
experience, revealed as essential by
army experience in handling the air
mall last Winter, it was said.
Inc importance of Government CO.
operation IN promotion of private fy
ing was characterized as difficult to
eXaggerate' in the report. which
pointed out the approach of a new
industry rivaling the private automo-
bile industry
The Federal report also advocated
the granting of R. F. c. loans to indi-
ViouaI aviation operators.
Inwood Submits Report.
Martin was followed by Louis r.
1nwood, executive secretary of the In
dependent Aviation Operators of the
United States, who submitted a report
which he said had been approved by
85 per cent of the Nations aviation
personnel.
He advocated Federal maintenance
of all airports.
lnWood opposed aviation control b.
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
which he said is not technically
trained in this field. All civil aero
nautics control should be vested in
the Bureau of Air Commerce, he said
hot h4
are IN favor of consolidation of all
aviation activities of the Government
to obviate the present necessity for
the various flying activities to COM
pete with each other for congressional
favor and appropriations. He asked
Tor creation of a Federal Aviation
Commission of five members. three
OF whom would be the Assistant Sec
retary for Aviation of the War, Navy
and Commerce Departments.
Airport Aid Asked.
Belief that the Federal Government
should foster aviation DEVELOPMENT in
the interests of the average citizen by
aiding the industry in the development
of cheap, safe airplanes and by a pro-
gram of Federal aid airports based on
the Federal highway plan was voiced
by two Bureau of Air Commerce wit
nesses appearing before the commits
sion yesterday afternoon.
John S. Wynne. native of Washing
ton and son of the Postmaster Cen
eral in Theodore RooSevelt'S cabinet.
now chief of the airport development
section in charge of the emergency
works airport program, asked the
commission to sponsor Federal legisla-
ton establishing a Federal aid air
port program as permanent policy
and also legislation providing for con-
troll of obstacles in the immediate Vi
cinity of civil air terminals
The Federal airport aid program
should include airway development
and the airmarking of cities and towns.
Wynne said. He recommended a long
range airport construction program for
the Nation and suggested that a regu-
lar program of annual appropriations
be made for the purpose, starting with
$40 1000. 600 for 1895 and like amount
for 1896.
Light Planes Possible.
1nlS. ne Salo, Is Federal duty
to the same extent as the construction
of Federal aid highways is a Fedora.
duty"
John H. Geisse, chief of the develop
ment section of the Bureau Of All
Commerce, voiced the opinion thai
Federal aid in developing a light
cheap, safe airplane for private flying
Is legitimate function. He said the
industry is financially unable to carry
on the research work necessary tc
the production of a suitable airplane
without Federal sid. He said there is
no existing airplane suitable for opera
ton by the average automobile-dri
, ing citizen, but that it is entirely prac-
ticable to design and build such an
airplane in light of the present de-
VplOOmpnt 0f the art