Evening star., 1934-02-16
Brown Denies Conferences Discussed Mail Route Division
NssuNrou rrAmrxs
UDIED PASSENGER LINE AID.

however, as had serious misgiyings
with respect to It's practicability and
soundneSs. I invited the Judgment Of
the operators with respect to the plan
suggested. and told them In q general
way our ideas so far as they had been
formulated for extending the airmail
service throughout the country and
invited their opinions as to what air.
mail and other aircraft operators in
the language Of the original prOViSo
Of the McNary- -Watres bill had euui-
ties with respect 70 any of the routes
then in existence or under consider
alton.
WadSwOrth Memo Quoted.
I then turned the meeting over to
the operators. Later in the day I
was informed that they had recessed
for the purpose Of consulting their
counsel and executives. Mr.. Earl
WadsWorth, superintendent of airmail,
VINO was present at the meeting made
a memorandum Of the proceedings, aS
follows:
The Postmaster General invited
representatives of passenger air lines
to meet with him In conference at 2
pm. on May 10 for the purpose of dis
cussing the provisions of the Watres
Dill in so far as 1t offered aid to the
passenger lines.
Inc following persons were pres
ent; Messrs. Russell, Hanshue, Wool
ley and Bishop Of Western Air Ex-
press; MeSSrs. Mayo and Patterson OF
Stout Air Lines; MeSsrs. Maddux.
Sheaffer, Cuthel, Furlow Of T. A, T.
Maddux Air Lines; Messrs. Coburn
and Hinshaw Of Aviation Corporation:
MeSsrs. White and johnson Of United
Aircraft Corporation; Messrs. Doe and
Elliott Of Eastern Air Transport; Mr..
Henderson of National Air Transport; :;
MeSsrS. Marshall and Denning Thomp-
son OF Aeronautical Corporation:
MeSsrs. Robbins and Hahn of Pitts
burgh Aviation Industry; Mr.. Van
Zant; Mr.. Lou Holland of United
States Air Transport; Mr.. Ted Clark.
representing Earl Halliburton, and
Lawrence King, from Detroit.
Suggestions Were Asked.
'"The Postmaster General opened
the meeting by discussing the general
provisions Of the Watres bill aud in
vited suggestions from those present
as to the ways and means Of assisting
the passenger operators, inasmuch as
1t is understood none of the so-called
strictly passenger lines are breaking
even and it is apparent that they will
need some assistance If they are to
continue. The Postmaster General
expressed the desire to know whether
it is going to be possible for the So
called pioneers TO agree among them
selves as to the territory in which
they shall have the paramount inter
est. He outlined certain prospective
routes that were in contemplation
somewhat as follows: A Southern
transcontinental route from Los An
eeles to San Diego thence to Fort
Worth and Dallas; also a route from
New York to St. Louis and Kansas
City and Los Angeles from st. Louis
to Tulsa and Fort Worth; from st.
Paul to Winnipeg; possibly from st.
Paul and Minneapolis to Omaha; pos
sibly q route south from Cheyenne,
and possibly one from Albany to Bos-
ton. He referred to the plan men,
toned below.
"Col. Henderson said. I believe 1t
Is quite possible for this group to work
out a plan He asked for instructions
from the Postmaster General as TO
some policy. He mentioned extensions
and then assigning such extensions to
some operator who has no mail con-
tract. He indicated the airmail con-
tractors would be willing to agree to
such a plan.
mfr. Maddux feels that II they do
not receive an sirmail contract they
could not live and he hoped the bill
would take care Of this. He would
rather see the plan worked out as
mentioned above than competitive
bidding. He said That Ia the view Of
T. A. t.
'Mr. Mayor said 7 think the
suggestion is a good one rather than