The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-03-23

must stop. he Or
dered that the carrying of air mail
cease except ION such routes, under
such weather conditions and under such
equipment and personnel conditions as
will insure, as far as the utmost care
can provide, against constant recur-
renee of fatal accidents"
General Foulois, Brig. Gen. Oscar
Westover, chief of air mail operations,
and various Post Office department
officials built a revised safety" route
with the trans-continental line from
Newark to San Francisco as the main
line, other routes feeding into it. The
intention was to reduce the number
of trips on all schedules and to permit
less night flying.
Colonel Lindbergh aroused interest
by visiting Washington for two days
and comforting with Secretary of War
Dern. Soon after the secretary named
the colonel, Orville Wright and Clar
ence Chamberlain on a committee to
investigate the army carrying of the
air mail.
General Foulois has been working
on a plan by which army flyers could
Join with commercial pilots in receiv.
ing training. The step follows sug.
gestion by Mr.. Roosevelt that because
military lessons have been taught us
during the last few weeks" army avi.
ators should train with those who
'later on will fly the mail" in might
flying, blind flying and instrument
flying"
Meanwhile committees of both
house and senate were working out
legislation along the lines of the
Presidents request that the flying of
the mails be returned to private COM
panies under a new contract system.
The Presidents prompt action in the
air mail matter, virtually admitting an
error had been made, took some of the
wind out of the sails of his opponents
but did not entirely stop the attacks,
Hiram Bingham, president of the Ma
tional Aeronautic association and for.
merly Republican senator from Con-
necticut, demanded in public state.
ment that Mr.. Roosevelt tell who had
misled him as to the fitness of the
army air corps and its planes to carry
the mails. Both General Foulois and
General Macarthur, chief of staff,
were quoted in interviews as saying
the army was equal to the task, but
Bingham said that, so far as he could
learn, the President had not consulted
either of them before ordering the air
corps to undertake the assignment.
TWO hundred and thirty-one Demo
i cratic members of the house kicked
over the traces and, with the aid of 5s
Republicans, passed the Patman bill
calling for the immediate payment OF
the veterans bonus with greenbacks
The President has repeatedly ex
pressed his opposition to the measure
and indicated that he would veto it II
IT got through congress. Its passage
by the senate was considered most
doubtful.
There were only two reasonable ex
plantations for the revolt of the Dem
ocrats. One was put in words by Rep
resentative John Y. Brown of Ken
lucky, Democrat, who was in oppo
sition. He said: you are buying
veterans votes. You are holding out
this piece of bait to get veterans votes
this summer. There is not man In
the house who believes this bill will
ever become law, and yet you SIT
here and vote for it for your own po
litical welfare"
The other explanation was that
many of the Democrats are resentful
of the rubber stamp" label that has
been put on congress and welcomed
an opportunity to break away from
dictation and, as one Of them said
vote as their consciences directed
Fred Britten of Chicago, Republican
charged that the Democrats supported
the measure with the secret under.
standing that they would not vote to
override the Presidents veto.
CRIMINAL action for alleged eva.
~ sion of the federal income tax law
was ordered by Attorney General
Cummings to be brought Immediately
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