The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-23
SEEKS TO HALT
CANP'SPR|NGS
PLAN QUICKLY
InterferenceWith New
Radio Station Is
Objection

An effort to spike the recon-
mendationS Of the District Air.
port Commission, even before
they are placed before Congress
in the concrete form Of legtSla-
ton, will be made today.
Representatives of the Navy
Department are to appear before
q House Naval Affairs Subcom-
mittee to protest against the To-
cation Of the proposed new air
port at Camp Springs, Md, as
recommended by the Airport
Commission. The protest will be
based on the Nays contention
that to locate the air field at
Camp Springs might cause con-
siderable interference with the
$1,O0O,000 radio station which
the Navy Is building at Chelten-
ham, Nd, only a few miles from
Camp Springs.
Have Committee Aid
Indications are that the House
Naval Affairs Committee mem
bers are in sympathy with the
position of the Navy Department,
which ia understood to feel some
what unfriendly toward the Air
port Commission because the lat
ter group did not consult the
Navy before submitting its re-
port.
Representative John Delaney
CD.), of New York, chairman OF
the subcommittee which is hold
ing the hearings, said that as far
as he knows only the representa-
tives of the Navy Department will
be heard. He said:
eve are not concerned with
the merits or dement's Of the To-
cation Of the proposed airport at
Cannn Springs. All that we shall
attempt to decide Is whether or
not the establishment Of an air
port at Camp Springs will inter.
fers with proper reception at the
Nays radio station at CheItem-
ham.
"If we find that the Nays
protest is well founded, we shall
recommend to the full commit
tee that it recommend to Con-
gress that the proposal Of the
Airport Commission for eStab-
Iishment Of the airport at Camp
Springs be rejected.
"If we determine that the 10
cation Of the airport will mot in
terfere with the radio station
we will let the matter drop"
Meanwhile, none of the House
members who served on the airport
commission appeared eager to in
troduce the bill carrying out the
commissions recommendations.
Declined to Sign
Representative Jack Nichols CD
of Oklahoma, secretary of the Air
port Commission, who declined to
sign its report because Of his
desire to include a recommends
ton for the development Of the
Washington Hoover airport as well
as for the establishment Of the
Camp Springs field, said that he
would just as leave give Repre-
sentative Mary T. Norton Cd,
of New Jersey, another member
of the commission, the "honor"
of introducing the bill.
1t is understood, however, that
Nichols refuses to introduce the
measure because he feels that he
would be inconsistent if he re.
fused to sign the report and then
introduced the bill. He also wants
to be free to fight for amendment
of the bill to provide for the dual
airport scheme.
Although Representative Norton
said she probably would be glad
to introduce the measure, she eX.
planned that she has been out OF
the city and has not yet had op
portunity to study the bill. She
was surprised to learn that the
War and Commerce Departments
have been engaging in a con
troversy as to which should have
Jurisdiction over the construction
and control Of the proposed air
port, and it is understood that
she does not desire to get into
a dispute with either Of these
agencies by introducing the bill
in which she definitely would
have to name the one which would
have control.