Evening star., 1934-03-16

ceived any gifts from aviation COM
panies," he said. II received some
stock from T. A. r. and some war
rants to purchase stock from Pam
American Airways."
In response to questions by Nickel
lar, he said the warrants entitled him
to buy American stock.
Let me say" he smiled, "that I
have invested more In Pan-American
than have received"
O'Mahoney asked If the warrants
were not generally used ito buy stock
at less than the market cost"
Il don't know" Lindbergh said,
II am not a stock manipulation"
Opposition Is Definite.
Prior to today's testimony, Col.
Lindbergh had gone on record three
times in definite opposition to Army
mail flying. On the first occasion, it
was a strongly worded telegram to
the President himself. His second ex-
preston Of criticism came in a COM
munication to Secretary Dern We'd
nesday declining appointment to a
committee which is to survey Army
flying in all its phases.
Yesterday, in turning down a sec
ond appeal from Secretary Dern to sit
with the committee, the flying
colonel" said:
Il want to thank you for your tele-
gram and to assure you that I deeply
appreciate the honor Of being asked
to serve on the committee.
II do not feel that I can take part,
directly or indirectly, in the opera
ton by the military forces of Ameri-
can business and commerce.
The Army is now being used to
operate the commercial airmail sys-
tenn. Consequently I regret extremely
to reply again that 7 do not feel
can serve on a committee which is
charged TO study and report upon the
performance by the Army Air Corps
in its mission to carry the airmail
and directed by executive order"
Subject Still Explosive.
The airmail subject in general con-
tinued an explosive one in both the
Senate and House. with word of new
attacks and counter attacks to come.
Senator Fess of Ohio. the Repub-
lican whip, served notice he would
answer an attack by majority leader
Robinson, who assailed both Fess and
former Postmaster General Walter
F. Brown in a speech yesterday. He
accused Brown of "connivance" In
fraud.
Robinson intimated that II the Re-
publicans desired to make a campaign
issue out of the airmail contract
Democrats would accept the issue
Indications came from the War
Department of some of the uses to
which the President intends to put
the s10,000,0o0 special Army aviation
fund voted by the Senate and now
awaiting House approval.
Officers quoted Maj. Gen. Benja-
min D. Foulois, chief of the Air
Corps, now on an airmail inspection
trip, as saying considerable money
would be used in developing Army air
safety devices.
Projects Recommended.
Among definite projects recon-
mended by Foulois to come from the
fund were:
Development Of mechanical instru-
ments or other methods of preventing
and eradicating ice forming on wings
and propellers, one of the major
causes of air accidents in Winter
weather.
Expansion and continued develop
ment Of weather forecasting and
broadcasting, with special reference
to aviation requirements.
Development of mechanical safety
davices.
At the start Of Robinson's Senate
speech. Senator Fess drummed on the
edge of his chair, but when Robinson
mentioned Fess' son, Lelr Fess, in
connection with the air mail episode,
the Ohio Senator moved over and took
seat only a few PAGES from the
Arkansan.
I'VE have the testimony of Col. Paul
Henderson. vice president Of the
United Aircraft & Transport Co" !"
Robinson said, that he had engaged
Lehr Fess to expedite the passage of
the Watres bill, under which Post
master General Brown had sought to
escape the obligation to submit con-
tracts to competitive bidding, and we