Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-01-24

fronted with a necessity for some def
mite outline of his plans and an as
surance that he will adhere to those
plans. Without such. the situation as
suredly is that he will not have the
confidence of the business structure.
It seems Illogical even to suppose that
he can gain the cooperation of bust
ness in expanding it's activities, there
by re-employing workers, unless he
takes different tack than his pro-
nouncements thus far indicate. At
least, such is the conclusion Of vast
number Of thinking people.
l heard a visitor to Washington say
the other day that he would like to
ride airplanes, "but
Night the confounded things
FLYING fly most Of their
schedules at night"
The individual is q man Of great
wealth and his time is of great value.
He insisted he was sincere In his state
ment that he would much rather save
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daylight schedule.
The statement aroused my curiosity
to the extent that / conducted some
inquiry into the situation. found the
night schedules Of the air lines to be
due to the fact that they are fixed by
the Post Office department. If a line
desires to caDry mail 1t has to subject
itself to the dictates Of "Big JIM Far
ley, the postmaster general His Office
can and does say to an air line that
1t will fly ship leaving New York at
p. m. or else It does not get the mail
contract. The result is that the plane
leaves New York at p. m. or it leaves
Chicago or Washington or any other
city on time stated by the Post Office
department.
Many persons feel that such policy
is taking undue advantage of private
industry. It is true that the Post
Office department is paying for carry
ing the mails at rate probably well
above the rate it receives in postage on
that mail. It is, therefore, a subsidy,
But this government has for years
maintained policy of substituting new
industries and that course is RESPONSE
BILE for the success attained by the de-
velopment Of the transportation sys-
TENS of this country.
The Presidents special commission
named to study the airplane problems
Of this country and to make recon-
mendations heard much testimony and
received much data showing that the
airplane industry in the United States
had placed this country in the number
one position In the air among all ma
lions Of the world. Individual men,
bers of that commission have stated
they regard this as highly beneficial.
| Some of them at least maintain that
| development Of an air Industry was
one Of the greatest steps taken in ma
tional defense preparation. They ap-
| peared to consider this one end as JUS
| flying the course without even con-
sidering the maintenance of great in
dustry within the borders Of our ma
| ton as a commercial unit.
But while this has been going on,
and while many authorities on econom-
ic matters continue to urge develop
ment of the air industry, we find an
| other agency within the government
| placing handicaps on that same seq
ment Of the economic structure. The
least that can be said is that the
| courses cannot be reconcied.
The administration is determined to
control oil production. If 1t cannot do
so by Executive order
Inc Ou and the Supreme
Case Court of the United
States has decreed 1t
cannot do so in that manner-there
will be laws predicated upon the in
| terstate commerce clauses of the Con.
stitution which will permit the execu-
tive branch of the government to keep
| its hand on the valve of oil wells.
President Roosevelt apparently was
| not much concerned over the Supreme
court decision which invalidated that
part Of the recovery act, giving the
Chief Executive authority to allow or
prohibit interstate movement of oil as
1t decided best. The President ap-
peared to feel, in responding to ques-
lions by news correspondents, that the
rebuff was only temporary. He an
ncunced at that time determination
to control oil production in one way
or another to avoid what he describes
as criminal waste of a great natural
resource.
The oil case, the Supreme court de.
cided. had its origin in regulations and
executive orders issued under what the
administration believed to be authority
accorded by the recovery act Those
regulations and orders prescribed
quotas allowed to be shipped from each
Of the several oil producing states
The motivating spirit was desire to
avoid accumulation OF vast surplus
of crude oil with the consequent de
pressing of prices until crude OIL was
worth little or nothing. But, like many
other prohlbltory laws and rules OF
conduct, individuals resented being told
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