Evening star., 1937-06-19

Y VOLUME l, No. TOR TINS
" week. Or, that = to say. the
" weeks new periodical, IA
' American Aviation. This u
= magaAne which announces itself -
"the independent voice Of American
aeronautics." It u to be published
twice monthly, on the first and fif-
teenth, and has its editorial ofnces in
washington. Its editor Is Wayne w.
Parrish and It's news editor. H. lAtAne
Lewis, I'd. American Aviation states
that for It's FIRST two Issues no adver-
tising was solicited.
The purpose Of the new periodical
seems to be to cover the subject Of
aviation from all possible angles. It
gives space to new mechanical de-
velopments, new schedules and ships.
the political angle, news Of pilots,
Army and Navy air items and fener-
ally gets around over the field. It
would seem to be . useful publication
for every one who has An interest in
fiying-and that OF course, u . con-
stantly growing section Of the poDula.
ton.
The leading editorial In the first
issue indicates. however. that the new
magazine 10 going to be = fighter as
we'll A. news carrier. The editorial
is called "Pawns in the Game" ana
It takes up the situation surrounding
the McCarran-LAa bill and the new
airmail contracts to be advertised
by the Post once Department. 1t Is
heartily for the bill. which. 1t says.
Is distinctly in the best Interests OF
the airlmes and badly needed. On
the other hand, the editors 60 on
record as opposing the proposed Mead
legislation on aviation rs the least
constructive and least progressive
= since the airmail act OF 1884.
Az to the new airmail contracts,
American Aviation states that they
are being used by the Post once De-
partment as "pawns" to force through
the Mead bill, and crittcizes the low
fipure on cents 4 mile) which 1t de-
clares. Is the maximum the Post Once
will accept.
Whatever the merits OF the case
may be there would seem to be some
value in bringing all issues into the
open, and this, at least. appears to
be the purpose Of the new MAGAZINE.
As has been said, people interested IN
aviation ought to follow 1t with con-
Germ.
AN 1h1u,r1IarNT t.st.fui little
publication Is Globe. and. OF
course, the reviewer has said as much
before. But in = day in which every
thing-be 1t permanent waves o.
literature-can be relegated to types
= magazine which seems to have nc
model and no imitators CAS- YETI de.
serves (conservatiyely speaking)
modest second mention. SO there you
are. An intelligent and tasteful pub
lication Is Globe.
1t calls itself. without particular dis.
tinction, An intimate journal and
goes on to indicate that its special in.
timacies are travel, romance. adventure
and world interest What 1t Is tryini
to say IL that it contains articles BY
good writer's from odd spots in thu
world, and some unoffensive fiction
which Is about all you can ask ol
fiction In these commercial days. II
isn't smarty, It isn't stodgy. it ISM
sensational. That sentence alone putt
1t in class by itself. For most maga.
zines today are one of the three.
The July Globe has among It's con
tributors Careton Beab writing abou
Peru and the Andes, Lansston Hughe
writing about samarkand, Bradfor,
Smith writing about Japan, 0eore
Schuyler writing about Monrovi
| (which. in case you do not know,
the capital OF Liberia), sisley Hud
dleston writing about the Riviera An,
Franklin RoudybNh writing Abou
Washington, d. c.. and its diplomati
corps. All these articles are goot
They are individual. having ~ Nttl
OF the typical in them ~ ia humanl
possible today Globe u pocket -siset
but beyond that the reviewer car
with her best efforts. think Of nothin,
harsh to say about It, It u hopefu
sign among current magazines.
IN CONNECTION with an Articl
= by H. v. Kaltenborn called "Whe1
Does President Become = Dictator?
| the July Commentator prints the fol
lowing list Of powers which. It aayi
are in the hands Of the Presiden
today.
The President, 1t says, could:
Print and distribute additional bill
lions Of paper dollars.
Raise or lower the dollars vAhl
in terms Of gold.
BUY vast quantities Of silver fror
other countries at better than marke
prices. He alone controls half tn
worlds supply Of gold.
Control bank reserves, dspoitl
credits, operations.
Close all stock exchanges or Allo,
them to run only On 4 CASH and
carry basis.
"Subsidise farmers If they do q
they are told, penalizing them II the
refuse.
| Spend many millions on relief an