The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-06-14
Observations
Aviation May be
Subject of New
Conference
BY Charles p. Stewart

The next international confer
ence apropos postwar world rela-
tionships is likely to bear upon the
subject OF aviation.
Next peacetime's major ayiatori-
al powers naturally will be the
United States and Great Britain.
However, all the other nations.
even II they do not do much actual
flying Of their own, each viii have
its convenient little patches for
our own and John Bulls planes to
altght on, and these ports will have
10 be bargained for.
The dickering will be in compe-
tition between ourselves and the
British, with the governments Ne
will be rivals TO make terms with.
In a couple or three generations
perhaps we will have today's Axis
aviation companies trying to horn
in on what will then be our pretty
well established Anglo American
monopoly, but they will amount to
nothing Immediately al the wars
end, For one thing, their coun-
tries Will be licked into financial
quiescence and submission. Sec
ondly they will have no CONNER
cial equipment for a long time 10
come, and we are building ours
now TO move our supplies of fight
ing material-aircraft that can be
converted in short order into pass
enRer-carrying and freight-carrying
utility.
There will be no delay as be
tween ourselves and the British.
though.
In two respects there are whis-
pers that the Britons are consider
ably ahead OF US
Overseas monopoly was one of
their great advantages before the
United States ever was invented
It was surface navigation but It
was overseas, anyway. So they
have experience. centuries OF H.
Overseas is overseas. whether over
head or simply on top OF them. at
sea level
Secondly. from all accounts the
transatlantic islanders are Great
ing their air establishment largely
al our expense.
They are doing It on lease-lend
basis. We are footing the current
bills The theory is that we will
be repaid ultimately, but everybody
knows how international obliga-
tons string along, as they evapo-
rate into futurity.
Not even an expert. 70 be sure.
can calculate how. in the long run,
inter-oceanic and inter-air will pan
out in opposition TO one another.
Surface raneportationists say
they are not worried and aviators
are, with their claims. conserva-
tives-in so far as it is possible for
an aviator TO be a conservative.
II appears that passenger.toting
by plane is admittedly more expen-
sive than riding in a smoking car
unless you are in quite a hurry.
Aviation does not dispute il. Bag
gage, though, can wait a bit Yet,
OF you are in heck OF a rush il is
readily conceded by the surface
folk, that they cannot keep up
with the astronomical outfit Ditto,
scrapiron and piglead are more eco
nomically moved close TO the ter
restrial surface
In wartime nothing matters-but
this discussion relates TO postwar
days.
The next international conference
will see il paved over.
1t may be as secret as the Hot.
Springs, Va discussion II will be
more business-minded in its ma
ture. lndustrialists will boss il.
and they are more practical than
politicians.
Their aviation discussion may
shape the ultimate heavenly world
for US
II is likely TO shape the terrestrial
world. also.
It is a discussion that is impeAd.
ing
The food question is not any
hotter than that one is Every lit
tie peewee Of country is hit by II.
And the big ones? Gosh.