Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-09-16
ID. {. Exclusion
lin Airport Bill
Stirs Protests
Randolph Pledges
Effort to Extend
Program to Capital

Ss0u ~ NoPstOt
Protests were raised yesterday
over the specific exclusion of the
District from the terms of the air.
port development bill as it was
passed by the Senate, and from
both Democratic and Republican
sources came suggestions for neces-
sary changes when the House takes
up the measure.
While it was agreed that devel-
opment of major airport facilities
within the boundaries of the Dis
trict appeared unlikely now, friends
of the District were quick to point
out that the need for a number of
small air parks or landing strips in
the District seemed reasonable or
even likely.
For this reason. 1t was suggested,
the District should not suffer the
handicap of being specifically ex-
cluded from the benefits of use of
Federal funds on a matching money
basis which will be made available
to the States and other municipali-
ties.
Aviation Leaders Protest.
Chairman Randolph OF the House
District Committee announced he
would give the question immediate
attention and would consult with
those in charge of the bill on the
House side.
Aviation leaders here also pro-
tested exclusion of the District from
the airport development bill and ex-
pressed the hope that the House will
remedy the situation.
An aviation enthusiast and spon-
sor OF the first legislative proposal
for Federal aid for development OF
airports over the country for the
postwar period, Mr.. Randolph said
Washington probably will need
80 small airports in the future, to be
located in the Metropolitan Area
Of the National Capital. 1t is
reasonable to suppose, is almost q
foregone conclusion, that these
would be located in nearby Mary
land and Virginia.
Will Study Bills.
ut might we'll be, however, that
it will become necessary or desir-
able to develop number of small
air parks or air strips within the
boundaries of the District. For this
reason, I will make a check on the
provisions of the McCarran bill as
passed by the Senate and the Lea
bill reported by the House Inter-
state and Foreign Commerce Com
mittee."
Mr.. Randolph indicated he would
propose an amendment to include
the District in the provisions of the
bill If the question was not settled
before the measure is called up for
action in the House.
A fiat declaration that the meas.
ure should be changed to include
the District along with the State.
and the possessions of the United
States was voiced by Representative
Stefan, Republican, of Nebraska.
Matter Of Fairness.
"As a matter OF equity and fair
ness, as we'll as the question of Just
what airport facilities the District
will need in future years, the Dis
trict should be put into the bill.
said Mr.. Stefan. who is ranking mi
nority leader of the House Appro-
priations Subcommittee which writes
the annual municipal supply bills.
THE District is going to need
other airport facilities" he con-
tinued. For one thing, it already
has been suggested that an airpark
for small planes be developed near
by the proposed stadium for the
District. There is no reason at all
to exclude the District from the
provisions of this enabling act"
Typical of the feeling of District
aviation leaders on the subject was
the comment of Robert Kinkead
president of the Aero Club, the
Washington chapter of the National
Aeuronautics Association.
Capital Should Be Model"
The District, as the Nations
capital, should be the model on
which the rest of the country can
plan its air development programs,
Mr.. Kinkead declared. ut is un-
thinkable that the District should
be excluded from such a program
We should take the lead in the
postwar aviation expansion pro-
gram"
The Aero Club has suggested that
an air park be constructed next
to the proposed National Stadium
site. The air park in effect woulo
be a landing strip with parking
facilities