Evening star., 1936-07-18

ternational film deal, and Juan T.
Trippe, fashioning and annealing the
fusion of operating interests by which
the Imperial Airways and Pan-Amer-
ican Airways will establish their
Bermuda air service, as possible
preliminary to trans Atlantic service.
Mr.. Trippe is a shining example Of
the ultra modern business diplomacy
which seems TO be overShadowing po-
litical diplomacy. Pioneering CON-
mercial aviation, he worked wonders in
South America. getting his air lines
established against stiff European COM
petition and making headway in the
Latin American countries where his
more insular compatriotS had been
thrown for a loss. One thing that
helped him a lot was his habit Of
taking two or three hours for lunch.
They like that in South America, and.
again, he didn't mind waiting around
a few weeks letting nature take its
course, when he had a business deal
on. He is a new type Of genteel inter-
nationalist in business.
His career seems to have been en-
tirely premediated and assays a low
content of chance or accident. Years
ago, he. Charles A. Lindbergh and
Andre Priester sat up all night, mapped
the world and set it aside as their
oyster. South America came first. Mr.
Trippe managed that nicely with his
first big clipper ships. Then came
China, with a similarly deliberate and
methodical conquest. And now Europe.
His ancestors were sea captains, who
knew how to veer and tack, but keep
on going. John Trippe, his great
great grandfather, was commander of
the Viven against the barbary coast
pirates and was awarded a medal and
a gold sword by Congress. One OF the
famous rum chasers of the prohibition
era was the U. S. N. ship John Trippe.
In Yale when the World War began
Juan Trippe Joined a naval aviation
unit, which stimulated his life interest
in flying. Returning to Yale, he or
gani5ed the Yale Flying Club, finish
ing in the class Of 1920. In Wall
Street he was Schooled IN banking. and
is one of the few leading aviation
pioneers thus to combine highly spe-
cialized technical and financial train
ing.
In 1926 he organized the Colonial
Anyways, flying between New York City
and Boston. and in 1927. he. C. v.
Whitney. William H. Vanderbilt and
William A. Rockefeller organized the
Aviation Corp. of America. with a
capitalization of 5000 600 This be-
came the holding company of Pan
American AirwayS, capitalized at $50
o00,000 In 1928 he married Mis- Eliza
beth Stettinius, daughter Of the late
Edward Stettinius of Morgan & Co.
Like many deliberate and thought
full men, Mr.. Trippe is a pipe smoker.
He likes to lounge in his cottage at
East Hampton. Long Island. and figure
things out with regard to long range
probabilities.
There have been hints, but no def
mite news. that Col. Lindbergh has
been taking a hand in the British
negotiations, Britain does not hold
her Bermuda air base lightly, and the
conclusion of the agreement for the
new service is regarded as highly i'm
portant in its bearing on Americas
prospect for a transatlantic southern
route in the near future.
These moves seem to leave the fu-
ture northern route to Germany, whose
outresch in the air has been an i'm
portant of-stage consideration Of the
rapid charting Of the world air lines,
which has been going on for the last
year or two. Germany's aggressive
ness is not to be discounted, but 1t is
clear that, at this stage of the game
young Mr.. Trippe and his allies have
not allowed her to steal the show.
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