davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1934-12-30
Truck Markets

Carlot shipments Of entire Unit
Cd States reported Friday. Dec. %:
Grapefruit: Ariz. l, Calf. /, Fla.
o.. Texas IL, total 81 cars.
Oranges: Ariz. 3, Calf, Isl, Fla.
I07, total US 267 cars.
Mixed citrus: Calf. 4, Fla. 20. TO-
tal US 80 cars.
BEANS: None.
Beets: Texas 2. total Us 2 ears.
Cabbage: Calf. /. New York 80,
Ore. /, So. Car. 5. Texas ~, Wise.
10, total US 102 cars.
Carrots: Calf n, New YORK Z.
total Us 81 cars.
Greens: Calf. 5, La. /. So. Car.
q, Texas 8, Va. 8. total US q cars.
Mixed vegetables: Ariz. 2, Calf.
rs, Ia. 2. La. o. New York 4, So.
Car. l, Texas /, total US 81 cars.
Peas: Calf. 5, total US 5 cars.
Mexico l car
Peppers: Fla. /, total US / cars.
Spinach: Texas IS, total US Is
cars
Tomatoes: Fla. 8, Texas /, total
Us 4 cars. Mexico ? cars.
Lower Rio Grande Valley ship
ments forwarded Saturday morn
ing, Dec. %:
Grapefruit IL, tangerines I. cab
bage AZ. potatoes /, beets ?. beets
and carrots 2. broccoli 2, radishes /,
mixed vegetables 80. total So cars.
Total to date this season - citrus
1887. vegetables 973, mixed citrus
and vegetables 2, total 24i7; TO same
date last season citrus 705, vege-
tables 554, mixed citrus and vege-
tables 3. total 1865 cars.
Representative prices to truck
ers for Valley citrus and vege-
tables, Dec. %:
Grapefruit: Boxed US comb. las
$50, small sizes lower; pinks 40
2.25. Bushels US comb. 65-85c; Us
No. &C 55-65c.
Oranges: US comb. 1.95-200. few
2.I0; seedless high as AIS. Bushels
US comb. mostly LIS; unclassified
1890, few higher.
Beans: Blu hampers Stringless poor
10 ordinary 10000. few best AIS.
Beets: per doz. punches iced i6-
zoe; dry l6-l8c.
Broccoli: per doc. punches around
Use: pea crates l.25-l50.
Cabbage: Bulk per ton ~$20-$22.50;
crates ~1.l5-1.25; half crates $4,000.
Carrots: Per doc. punches iced
1920: dry l5-lSc; half crates rs
o0c.
Eggplant: Blu. baskets very few
Gales mostly CSC.
Greens: Per doz. punches turnip
and mustard few 1920.
Parsley: Blu. crates bundhed
a-ound LIS.
Peas: Blu. hampers 2-2.50, fair to
ordinary 10000.
Peppers: Blu baskets poor to fair
65-75c. few best 85c-$l; crates $50.
Potatoes: Bliss Triumphs 5o-lb.
sacks US No. Is mostly 100. Ia In
min. $500.
Radishes: Blu. csates punched
1l5-125.
Spinach: Blu. baskets around 75c.
squash: Blu. baskets white S.
7bc. yellow T5-eSc.
tomatoes: Lugs green wrapped
generally poor quality l00-l25,
Jew 85c.
, 1934-12-30
CONTROL
BILLS MAPPED

N0AL4A8A " -
SAN BENITO, Dec. 29-F. 8
Robertson, secretary Of the Valley
Water Conservation association was
due 70 leave Sunday night 0 "a
Paso TO continue plans for having
congress take over the Valley food
control system as a federal prolecp
and provide the money with which
to complete 10.
He Is going to El Paso to discuss
legislation which Is 10 be presented
to the next congress. international
Boundary commission attorneys ln
III Paso have been drafting the pro-
posed legislation.
n Il possible that the state de-
partment. under which the Doun-
Diary commission operates. may
submit the legislation instead OK
Valley interests aS nc first propoS-
ed. III is thought now that ~ may
be best 70 submit the bill providing
for liberalization OF the project as
mn administration measure rather
than n local one.
Nature OF the legislation Is not
NADNANtA w ~ 1AAAAAAtA A1M@@4A~m~
OF who will sponsor II before con-
gress.
Some s2.Oo0.0oe would be neces-
sary In order TO complete the pro-
ject but the principal advantage in
having the federal government take
over the project would be IN main
tenance which otherwise would cost
the Valley about $4,000 a year. It
Is felt that the government should
take over this responsibility due 70
international aspects Of the flood
control problem.
The Public Works Administration
provided the $4,000 900 now being
expended. All monies on hand prob
ably will be spent by some time I'm
the spring and II work Is TO con-
tinue. additional funds will be- nee
eSsary.
, 1934-12-30
.Lovett And Kirk To
Operate In New Home
Especial 70 The HernldD

NSpfclhi 10 Inc hcrnldl
SAN BENITO. Dec. 20. - The
local plant OF Lovett and Kirk.
whose building on Rowson So. was
destroyed by fire some weeks ago,
Is expected 10 be in full production
by Wednesday at the new loca-
ton In the shed formerly occupied
by the EtchisOn Produce co.
New machinery has been install
ed at the new location. G.. ID. Kirk.
member OF the firm. said.
Fruit packed by this firm since
the fire has been handled through
other OF its Valley plants.
The old plant will not be rebuilt
at present since the site Is in the
fire zone and any new building
would need 10 be OF fireproof and
therefore more expensive construc-
ton.
, 1934-12-30

able short selling and realizing In
these issues, advances were made
by American Gas, Niagara Hudson,
Electric Bond and Share and Amer
lean Super Power. A steady tone
prevailed In alcohols and leading
industrials with advances made by
Swift Int, Penn Road. Hiram
Walker, Distillers Corp-Seagrams,
and American Cyanamid "B".
Parker Rust Proof and ALUMNI
mum Co. led ~specialties in a brisk
rally with gains around 2z points
each. Others selling a point or SO
higher included Pratt a. Lambert,
Novadel Agene. Nachman Spring.
and Bower Roller Bearing. Sher-
win Williams ran into some profit
taking after extending the gains OF
the previous day and after selling
as high as 88 yielded a substantial
part Of the advance.
, 1934-12-30

band viii face the Bronx carpenter
the state charges engineered. alone.
the most notorious abduction
murder in many years.
Mrs. Ilndbergh. daughter OF the
late Dwight w. Morrow. former
ambassador to Mexico. Is shy and
retiring-as chary OF public appear
ances. court room and otherwise, as
her aviator husband
The possibility that he might
call 10 the stand j. Edgar Hoover,
head of the Department OF Justice.
and Colonel u. Norman Schwarz-
kopf. head or the New Jersey state
police. has been suggested by Ed
ward J. Reilly. chief OF the defense
counsel.
Apparently awaiting prosecution
moves. Reilly said he might call
Hoover IF II proves desirable or
necessary and Schwarzkopf IF the
prosecution does not call him."
Another witness will be Betty
Cow. dark-haired Scotch lass who
as nurse TO 20-month-old Charles
Augustus Lindbergh. tucked him In
his crib the night he was abduct-
ed. March l. 1892. She was the
last member Of the Lindbergh
household who saw the infant alive:
she was the first person to iden-
tify its body.
John Hughes Curtis has offered
TO testify against Hauptmann. He
is the Norfolk. Va. shipbuilder who
was convicted OF obstructing justice
after he had led Colonel Lindbergh
on a wild chase over the high seas
in pursuit OF n boat which he said
carried the %kidnapers. The craft
proved To be as elusive and un-
substantial as the mythical Flying
Dutchman.
Then there will be DR.. John ".
CJafsie) Condor. the Bronx educa-
tor who as intermediary for Col
onel Lindbergh paid $4,000 ran
som money In the darkness OF a
Bronx cemetery.
The nature Of DR.. Condon's tes-
timony. and the manner In which
he will give II, are being anticipated
eagerly. Sometimes he Is garrul-
Gus: again. close-mouthed.
These persons are only a few of
the witnesses who will contribute
70 the legal drama. Alienists,
criminologistS, photographers. will
be among the more than 800 II is
indicated will be called by prose-
cution and defense. There will be
obscure persons from proSaic walks
OF life projected into the cast
through the strange pattern Of cir
cumStance.
, 1934-12-30
Lindbeyh to Face
Hduptmann in Court
When Trial Begins

NEW YORK. Dec. 20. Rr-Col-
onel Charles A. Lindbergh and his
wife. Anne Morrow Lindbergh. will
head the army Of witnesses at the
trial OF the man accused OF muir
dering their kidnapped baby.
The disclosure that Mrs. Lind
bergh win testify when the suspect
Bruno Richard Hauptmann. goes
on trial next Wednesday at Flem-
ington. Nv. r.. came Friday.
In the tiny Hunterdon. Nv. j.,
county courtroom she and her hus-
, 1934-12-30
Average Potato
Planting Is Seen

SAN BENITO. Dec. 29-Potato
paintings are going TO be about aver
age. judging by the amount OK seed
potatoes received here. according 10
"A. j. Carey. local agent for the Mis-
sour Pacific Lines.
Unloads OF seed potatoes for No
vember and December total l05 cars
and II Is estimated about 20 more
will arrive in January. This Is about
the normal amount although last
year only 100 carloads were receiv-
ed in this area.
, 1934-12-30
FORT WORTH LIVESTOCK

FORT WORTH, Dec. .. HI-tU.
S. D., A-Hogs 500: truck hogs
steady: truck hog top 700 to pack
erS: good TO choice 1920 ID truck
hogs 685-700: better grades light
Lights e.O0-75: packing sows steady.
mostly COOS.
? Cattle 100 commercial, 1900 gov
ernment: calves $50: commercial
500 government: nominal. For week:
Slaughter yearlines and lightweight
steers mostly CSC higher; bulls ana
butcher COWS Strorg: cutters ano
low cutters steady: stockers and
feeders nominal ti..DuprruA slauEh-
ter calves mostly SOC higher. Weeks
tops. fed yearlings ESQ., FED steers
, 1934-12-30
MARKETS AT A GLANCE
NEW YORK

Stocks steady, leaders resist
profit-taking.
Bonds firm: secondary rails
again advance.
Curb improved; specialties In
demand.
Foreign exchanges mixed; gold
currencies firm
Cotton quiet; local and trade
buying; lower cables.
Sugar higher; Cuban buying.
Coffeet quiet; steady Brazilian
markets.
CHICAGO
Wheat lower; sympathy with
corn.
Corn weak; month-end liquida-
ton.
Cattle nominally steady.
Hogs strong to 10 higher; top
s7.25.
, 1934-12-30
MARKETS


on 2 year old order 6.25: few fat
COWS 500; odd head weighty bulls
up to 2.50: piac.iCal top heavy fat
calves 4I50. Bulk prices better grades
fed yeariinRs and 2 year old steers
SIS -6.25; butcher grades under
500; butcher cows 200-50l sausage
bulls ,75-225; heavy slaughter cal
YES 325-425.
Sheep 100; nominal. For week.
Fat lambs 125-150 higher; fat year
l.ngs 75c-1O0 higher; feeder lambs
lO0-higher: fat wethers untested;
medium TO good fat lambs $50 10
7.50: good fat yearlings mostly 625;
aged fat wethers mostly medium
grades $50 down; feeder lambs AIS
SIS.
, 1934-12-30
Centennial Program
Planned For Monday

SAN BENITO. Dec. 20. 49, "A free
program in the interest Of the Tex
as Centennial will be presented az
6:45 o'clock Monday night In the
high school auditorium under direc-
ton OF p. II. Gribble OF the local
adult education faculty.
Songs. a debate. readings. stories
and poems will make up the pro-
gram.
, 1934-12-30
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO. Dec. %. R-Sharp
breaks Of corn quotations late Sat-
urday pulled all grains lower at the
last.
Sudden enlargement Of month
end liquidating sales on the part Of
holders Of December corn contracts
had a disturbing effect. Consider
able Of the selling was of a stop
loss character.
Corn closed weak. / cent to 2 So
under Fridays finish, May 80 3-s
to l-2. wheat Ia to "a down. Nav
8 5-8 TO 81. oats i-2 10 ga off. and
provisions IS 10 80 cents I'D. Lard
touched a new high price record
for the season.
, 1934-12-30
Services Arranged
For Mrs. c.. E. Diehl
Especial 10 The Heraldl

NCpcClhl 10 Inc hctaAdf
HARLINGEN, Dec. %. = Funeral
services are to be held from the
Stotler- Burdette Mortuary at $3.50
o'clock by Rev. lynn v. Long. Pres
hyterian minister for Mrs. George
II. Diehl, II, who died az her home
at $50 o'clock Friday evening.
Mrs. Diehl Is a past worthy ma
tron OF the Eastern st : and an &C
tive member OF the p. Z. o. She
has been a resident OF the Valley
for nine years.
Surviving are her husband. a son,
DR.. G. w. Diehl. Harrington; and
four sisters. Mrs. w. ID. Percival,
Mrs. Eva Beach and Mrs. Myrta
Eiler Of Omaha and Mrs. w. o.
Smith, OF Freeport. III.
, 1934-12-30
LLOYD GEORGE CLOGS
TO WARM COLD FEET

LONDON. Up David Lloyd
George, Great Britain's war time
prime minister. has taken up clog
dancing. by accident.
He discovered that a little ex-
pert foot work would warm his
feet after work on his farm at
Churt.
A 7l-year-old shoemaker made
the new clogging shoes.
, 1934-12-30
San Benito Airport
To Get New Hangar
Especial 20 The Heraldl

SAN BENITO. Dec. 29.-The han
gar purchased from the City Of Cor
sicana was being unloaded here Sat-
urday for erection at the municipal
airport which has been leased 70
the Vermilya-Huffman Flying Ser
vice or Cincinnati and San Benito.
Foundations for the hangar are
being poured by III. ID. Livingston.
An earthern floor will be used az
first.
The city also Is seeking TO OBJ
tain a federal grant for constructing
two runways and crawling a road
leading TO the airport.
, 1934-12-30
Minstrel Planned
AS Nursery Benefit

HARLINGEN. Dec. %. = Plans
for the minstrel 10 be sponsored in
January for benefit OF the day
nursery are 10 be discussed by the
Junior Chamber OF Commerce di-
rectors at their luncheon Monday
noon at the Madison Hotel.
II is hoped to enlist the best tai
ent from over the Valley and 10
draw patrons from over this entire
section.
The minstrel Is 10 be directed by
Ray +. Byfield. secretary Of the
junior chamber. who has had ex-
perience in this field.
, 1934-12-30
NEW YORK CURB

NEW YORK. Dec. %. P)-Prices
an The Curb Exchange were gener-
ally higher Saturday in quiet trad
ing. A number Of Specialties were.
bid up ! to 2 points and a bett&
tone developed In utilities, oils AID
metals. following the improvement
in these groups late Friday.
With a few exceptions. active
utilities e bought in fairly sub
stantial volume, and while brokers
'~ lorted there was stll consider
, 1934-12-30
CHICAGO

CHICAGO, Dec. 20. LP-CU. s.
Dept. Agr.)-Potatoes. steady, sup
plies moderate. demand and trad
ing light; Idaho ruSsets US No. z,
1880, fine quality los: Wisconsin
round whites US No. 1, IS; Colo
RADIO Red McClures US No. /, 2.05.
, 1934-12-30
NEW ORLEANS FUTURES

NEW ORLEANS. Dec. %. (P)-
Cotton futures barely steady clos
ed at net advance OF l to 2 points.
Open High Low Close
, 1934-12-30
RETURNS

Manuel Saldana, immigration
border patrolman. returned to
Brownsville Saturday after a holi-
day trip 70 San Antonio.
, 1934-12-30
NEW YORK U

NEW YORK. Dec. %. tPl-Cot-
ton futures closed very steady, I'm
changed 10 4 higher.
, 1934-12-30
GRAIN CLOSE

CHICAGO. Dec. %. tPl-
Open High Low Close
, 1934-12-30
BOND AVERAGES

Bond averages. Copyright. 1884.
Standard Statistics Coz Dec. 90
onT.Ir pnnr- CnTTk- c0TrEf
, 1934-12-30

Stock averages. Copyright, 1884,
Standard Statistics Coz Dec. 60
rnr-sr aNnw- rnrYt~ 0nT1tf
, 1934-12-30
NEW YORK STOCKS

IIy2b average equaIS IUUJ
Evening star., 1934-01-22
R.E.C IS EXTENDED !
UNTIL FEB. |, 1885
Bill Approved by Roosevelt
Yesterday Fixes Spending
at S85O,OOO,O 900.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Reconstruction Finance Corpora
tion today took q new lease on life.
following the approval yesterday by
President Roosevelt of the bill to con-
tinue the R. F. C. until February l.
1885
The bill authorizes total lending by
the corporation up to s850.o00. 900. but
the President, in a letter to Jesse H.
Jones, chairman of the R. F. c.. said
it was his understanding that the ex-
tension of the life of the corporation
automatically makes available to it the
amount of any repayments received
during the period of such extension.
Text of Roosevelt Letter.
The President. in approving the bill
attached to it the reservation made for
expenditures by each governmental de-
partment, fixing a maximum amount
beyond which an executive order would
be necessary for withdrawal from the
Treasury. In the case of the Finance
Corporation Mr.. Roosevelt fixed $780,
600 900.
The text of the Presidents letter to
Jones follows:
Il have approved the bill, S. 2l25,
Seventy third Congress. Second Session,
to continue the functions of the Re-
\"
provide additional funds for the corpo-
ration, and for other purposes.
1T is my understanding that the
bill does not confine the total lending
authority of the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation to the sum of $3.50, ,000,0 600
specified therein. but that the extern
sion of the life of the corporation auto
matically makes available to 1t the
amount of any repayments received
during the period of such extension and
that you may make commitments and
expenditures under the indefinite pro-
visions of the Reconstruction Finance
CORPORATION act 1t is noted that the
bill does not confine the payments on
account of commitments and agreements
entered into by the corporation to the
period ending February /. 1885. but
provides for payments over period OF
one year after the date OF such COM
mitments and agreements.
$500. 900 900 Limit Fixed
In order to confne all additional
expenditures required to be made in
1885. which were~not expressly provided
for in the budget. to the amount indi-
Gated in my budget message, l find it
necessary to advise you that my ap-
proval of this bill is given with the dis
tinct underSta nding that the cash with
draWals from the Treasury by the cor
poration for the fiscal year 1885, includ-
ing any debentures issued for the pur-
chase of preferred stock and capital
notes of banks and exclusive of the
funds which you may be called upon
to allocate to other agencies of the
Government as provided by law. will
not, without my prior approval. exceed
the sum of 100000 0O0 and that no
commitments or agreements shall be
made so that expenditures may be made
thereon after June 80. 1885. Your esti-
mates of repayments for the fiscal year
1885 indicate that this total authorized
expenditure of $500, 900 900 may for the
most part be made out of repayments"
Evening star., 1934-01-22
COLUMBIA INSTITUTE
ASSISTS 2O4 BLIND
Report to Community Chest Says
Records of 491 Persons Have
Been Obtained.

During the past year the Columbia
Polytechnic Institute for the Blind
served directly 204 persons. either sight
less or with only partial vision. accord
ing to report made to the Community
Chest by Ralph H. Campbell, executive
secretary.
Campbell stated the institute is anx-
ious to list the names and addresses of
all blind persons in Washington. In
this way, last year. it obtained records
of 491 persons In its work among the
blind. The institute was able to help
IA persons who were considered indus
trially blind recover large percentage
of their vision.
A group of blind and partially blind
boys have organized an orchestra at the
institute and are anxious to reach others
so as to complete their orchestra. They
plan to play professionally and furnish
additional work for blind persons.
Evening star., 1934-01-22
SOUTHERN HISTORIAN,
YALE TEACHER, DIES
DR.. Ulrich Bonnell Phillips Won
Book Prize in
1929.
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW HAVEN. Conn. January o.
DR.. Ulrich Bonnell Phillips, professor OF
American history at Yale University and
an authority on the history of the South,
died yesterday at his home. He was 56
years old.
He had been suffering from a cancer
of the throat, but continued to meet his
classes until two weeks ago.
native of Georgia. his entire youth
was spent in the South. and it was in
the economic political and social his
tory of that section that he gained dis
tinctiOn.
A graduate of the University OF
Georgia. he won the Justin Winsor prize
of the American Historical Association
in 1901 and received the degree OF
doctor of philosophy from Columbia
University the next year.
In 1902 he joined the faculty OF the
University of Wisconsin, where he
taught until 1908.
For the next three years he was pro-
fessor of history and political science at
Tulane University From 1911 to 1929
he was professor of American history at
the University of Michigan. He was ap-
pointed to the Yale faculty in 1929.
His Life and Labor in the Old South y
won a s2.5O0 prize In 1929 for the best
unpublished work on American history.
He married Lucie Mayo-Smith OF New
York February 20. 1911. She ana
three children survive.
Evening star., 1934-01-22
PUBLISHERS GROUP
O. KS RADIO PLAN
Southern Association Gives Ap-
proval to Agreement to I'm
prove Industrial Relations.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS. January 22-Ofi-
GERS and directors of the Southern
Newspaper Publishers Association con-
cluding their Midwinter session here
yesterday approved the plan of the Pub
fishers National Radio Committee for
a working agreement between the news
papers and broadcasting industries.
The text of the resolution indorSing
the plan follows:
Whereas for years controversy has
existed between the publishers and radio
industries which seriously threatened
the relations between these two indus
tries. and.
Whereas. the Publishers National
Radio Committee has succeeded in
working out a plan agreeable to said
publishers committee. to the two prin-
cipal broadcasting chains and to the
press associations,
"Therefore. the board of the Southern
Newspaper Publishers Association in
annual Midwinter meeting assembled
express their appreciation and hearty
approval of the action of the Publish
ers National Radio Committee and the
members thereof, in their efforts toward
bringing about peace between these two
great industries and express the belief
that the proposal drawn up at the Bilt-
more conference on December 12,' 13
1888. is forward step toward the So
luton OF the problem involved"
The board selected Asheville, N. C..
as the meeting place for the associa-
tions annual convention, to be held
May 81. % and %. j. L. Mapes OF
Beaumont (Texas) Enterprise and Jour-
nal is president of the organization; j
G. Stahlman. Nashville (Tennessee)
Banner, chairman of the board; w. C.
johnson, Chattanooga (Tennessee)
News, treasurer, and Cranston Williams
Chattanooga, is secretary manager.
Evening star., 1934-01-22
NAVY FEARS PRICE RISE
MAY UNBALANCE BUDGET

BY the Associated Press.
The Navy. with more than 10000
mouths to feed, is just q little bit ap-
prehensive about this price-raising
business.
Here's the way Secretary Swanson
put it to the House Appropriations
Committee during hearings made pub
lie today. He said by way Of preface
that "Candidly. the Navy had hopes for
more money than was allowed. ;"
adding:
Il am of the belief that. generally
speaking. the Navy Department has
been very fairly treated by the budget
and that the funds supplied will be
sufficient to meet the needs Of the
Navy Department. with the very impor-
tant exception, that. namely, through
out this bill no allowance has been
made for increase in the cost of rations.
increase in the cost Of fuel, or increase
in the cost Of other materials, and,
frankly, I do not know what the Navy
Department will do should any or all
of these commodities rise in price"
Evening star., 1934-01-22
AVIATION FOES HIT
IN A|RMA|[ PROBE
Head of Eastern Air Trans.
port Sees Plot to Throt-
tie Industry.
,sos,,ss aArt~Ay fA,t
Certain foreign governments and some

Certain foreign governments and some
Of the surface transportation interests
in this country are seeking to take ad-
vantage of disclosures before the Senate
Airmail Investigating Committee to
throttle aviation development in the
United States it was charged today by
Capt. Thomas B. Doe, president of
Eastern Air Transport
These foreign governments and COM
petitive transportation interests. Doe
said, want the present hearings to re-
suit in suppression Of our commercial
air transportation system because of
rivalry"
THE problem Of an Army. Navy or
business concern is to be stronger than
its rival-to have the most men at the
point of attack There are two ways to
accomplish this. One is to build up
your own forces. The other is to destroy
or undermine the opponent"
The transport executive said the air
transport industry of this country has
SO far surpassed the rest of the world
in every phase of developing a well
equipped service that it has aroused the
apprehension of other nations and of
competitive domestic transport systems
Il have hoped" he said. that this
investigation would be complete enough
to thoroughly clarity the situation.
1T is possible that one of these days
our military leaders will require every
large commercial plane in the United
States to transport troops. supplies and
munitions to the Pacific Coast. We can
never again hope to have 100000 men
stand between us and the enemy for
two years while We design and build
planes and motors
When the emergency comes, we
must meet it with the equipment that
is ready to fly: and 1 sincerely hope it
will not be the obsolete secondhand
and inadequate equipment that Of ne
cessity would result from awarding air
mail contracts to the lowest bidder"