Evening star., 1934-04-09
|A|RMAL CONTRACT BODY Of DROWNED
RESTORING Asked BOY, FOUND HERE
Three Republican Senators
Would Have Fraud
Charges Adjudged.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Senator Austin, Republican, of YER
mont, today introduced q substitute
for the McKellar permanent airmail
bill to compel restoration OF the can
celed contracts to private operators
pending adjudication Of Postmaster
General Farley's charges Of fraud.
The substitute, Joined in by Sena-
tors Davis, Republican, of Pennsyl-
vania, and Barbour. Republican. of
New Jersey, would fix rates at mills
per pound-mile and cary an outright
subsidy to encourage development of
commercial aviation.
Airmail legislation is expected to
be taken up by the Senate as soon
as the tax bill Is out Of the way. The
Post ONCE Department has asked for
bids on q temporary basis under
terms requiring the complete reorgan-
iZation of private companies whose
contracts were annulled, but has init
mated that If permanent legislation
were enacted in time the temporary
service would be abandoned.
Rickenbacker Quoted.
The three Senators said regarding
competitive bidding:
In the words of Capt. Eddie Rick
enbacker, to ask any one of these
companies to bid on another route
Is as impracticable as asking the
New York Central Railroad to bid
to carry mail over a route such as
the Santa Fe System
Austin was q member Of the Black
Air Mail Investigating Committee
Davis and Barbour are members Of
the Post Office Committee.
TT is beyond question:" they said,
that commercial aviation, as fostered
and supervised by governmental au-
thority, is vital to our national secur-
ity and has already become an essen
tial service for the business of the
country"
Their substitute, they added, "at-
temptS to assure the future status of
the airmail operators and remove un-
certainty and insecurity in order to
encourage longtime planning"
The administration bill provides for
leturn Of the airmail to private op-
orators under regulations requiring
competitive bidding and reorganiza-
ton of the companies which the ad-
min1stration charges combined to Sc
cure contract extensions through COL
lusion.
Give Aims of Measure.
The aims Of the substitute, the
three Senators said, are:
ITO preserve the benefits obtained
for the public under the McNary-
Watres act and to prevent the setting
hack of the industry to conditions Of
five years ago.
ITO assure the people that their
Government Is honest and honorable
as a contractor with citizens.
ITO re-establish justice and re-
affirm that no person shall be de-
pr1ved OF property without due process
Of law.
ITO maintain the control Of the
Postmaster General over the operation
| Of airships, with due regard to safety,
efficiency. labor relations, service
standards, economical management
and the amount of compensation.
To preserve the control OF the
Government over combinations for
the purpose Of preventing reduction
or elimination of competition on the
one hand and ruinous competition on
the other.
TO frankly provide a subsidy by
way Of additional pay based upon i'm
provement of efficiency, DEVELOPMENT
Of safety. additional space for car
riage Of passengers and express, and
promotion Of the national defense"