Evening star., 1934-10-14
'ADOO TO HEAD
AVIATION GROUP
Accepts Bingham Post With
Association and Will Ar
rive November |.

Senator William G. McAdoo will ar
rive in Washington about November
l to take over the Office of president
of the National Aeronautic Associa-
ton, American governing body for
record and sport flying, to which he
was elected unanimously yesterday
afternoon.
The McAdoo election came as an
utter surprise after the association ap-
peared in danger of a deadlock.
Bernarr Macfadden, New York pub
Usher and aviation enthusiast, with
drew in favor of McAdoo at the last
moment when it became apparent that
if he ran the conservative" elements
in the association would attempt to
draft the retiring president, former
Senator Hiram Bingham Of Connectl-
cut, for another term. Bingham had
announced he was not a candidate
for reelection.
McAdoo was not in Washington
when his name was proposed but ac-
cepted by telegram, announcing that
confer with Bingham and to assume
active charge of the association.
Active in Aviation.
Senator McAdoo, wartime Secre-
tary of the Treasury, has been actively
interested in aviation for many years.
He formerly was a competitor for
airmail contracts on the Southern
transcontinental route and for several
years has owned his own airplane, in
which he travels almost exclusively.
He has made scores of transcon-
tinental flights during the past few
years and is regarded as the Senate'S
leading practical authority on aero
nautical matters.
Senator Bingham, retiring after six
years as president of the N. A. A,
was a lieutenant colonel in the Army
Air Service during the World War and
commanded the great flight training
center at Issoudun, France
Maj. James H. Jimmy" Doolittle,
regarded as one Of the worlds 10
greatest pilots, was elected vice presi-
dent of the association to succeed F.
Trubee Dawson. former Assistant Sec
retary of War for Aviation.
Mrs. Thaden Secretary.
Mrs. Louise McPhetridge Thaden,
one of the country's outstanding
woman pilots, former holder Of the
worlds airplane duration record for
women, was named secretary, succeed
ing Robert F. Garland.
John F. Victory, treasurer, was the
only officer reelected. Mr.. Victory,
secretary of the National Advisory
Committee for Aeronautics, has been
identified with the N. A. A. for many
years. In retiring, Senator Bingham
congratulated the association on the
election of Senator McAdoo.
The association adopted resolution
providing for the appointment of a
committee to confer with Orville
Wright in an effort to bring back to
the United States from a London
museum the worlds first airplane.
Congress was asked to establish an
adequate aeronautical museum in
Washington to house the Wright plane
and other aeronautical exhibits now
owned or to be acquired.
Declaring that national defense Is
jeopardized by an inadequate air re-
serve, the association urged a sub
stantial increase in appropriations for
flight training Of Reserve officers of
the Army, Navy and Marine Corps. 1t
also called for increases in ground
facilities and personnel for defense
air bases, and for Federal assistance
to civilian fixed base" aviation opera
tors as an aid to defense.
Immediate Alaska Service.
Immediate establishment of air
mail service between the United
States and Alaska was requested. 1t
was proposed to the Federal Aviation
Commission that the system of pri-
mary airmail routes recognized by
law be limited to transcontinenta
routes and that limitations on the
number of secondary routes which
could be held by single airmai con-
tractor be abolished.
The associations Contest Committee
was instructed to work out plans for
fostering participation of American
pilots and the industry in interna-
tional air meets and exhibits.
A four-year-old dispute over prize
money for the women's transcontinen-
tai air derby from Long Beach, Calf,
in 1880, was referred to the Contest
Committee for study and report.