Evening star., 1950-06-24

PTeStQeuL 1TuUldH SpteCH ~
day at the dedication OF Friend
ship international Airport. near
Baltimore:
I am happy to participate in
the dedication of this great air
port.
Friendship International Airport
is the elimination Of the vision,
plans and efforts of many people.
1t is the creation Of men who look
ahead and have faith in the future.
This great new airport is a SYM
boil of what local government and
the national Government can do
when they plan together and work
together for the Improvement OF
the country. 1t is great salts
faction to me that the Federal
Government, through the Federal
aid airport program. has been able
to assist local communities such as
Baltimore to expand and improve
their facilities for air transport.
Air transport is becoming more
and more an essential part of our
way Of living and our national
economy. A great industrial and
commercial city-such as your city
of Baltimore-will have increas-
ingly greater need for facilities to
handle q growing amount of air
traffic. This airport will meet this
need. 1t has been planned for
the future.
Always People Who Scoff.
There are always people who
scof at any far-seeing plans for
the future. Every internal i'm
provement in this country's his
tory has had its shortsighted op-
ponents. There were people who
scoffed at the building Of railroads
through the uninhabited area OF
the West. There are people today
who scoff at the building of dams
and the creation Of new hydro
electric power resources. But the
history of all these improvements
is that they have increased eco
nomic opportunity and fostered
the growth Of the country.
And this, I am sure. will be the
history of Friendship Interna-
tional Airport. This airport will
aid the economic development OF
Baltimore. It's traffic will increase
as the growing industries OF Bal
timore make use of it. This air
port has been planned on the
sound assumption that our econ
omy will continue to grow and
expand.
l believe that this assumption is
correct. / am confident that our
economy will continue to grow
and expand. OF course, this will
not happen automatically. Our
economy will expand only if We
plan for expansion. All Of us
make some plans for the future.
Individuals. families. businesses
governments-all make economic
plans. If we base these plans on
the belief that our output will
remain static, on the expectation
that incomes will fall. or on the
assumption that changes in the
present situation will be injurious
to existing interests-then we
may expect the economy to de-
cline and contract. If, on the
other hand, we base our plans
on the assumptions of increasing
output, growing efficiency anC
higher real incomes, we can make
continued economic progress.
Cites AviatiOn's Struggle.
In a growing economy there is
need for all types Of modern
transportation. The aviation in
dustry has had a long struggle to
attain a proper place in the trans
portation system Of the country
1t has had to overcome not only
foolish prejudices and fears. but
the opposition of those who did
not want it's competition. How
ever. If we had listened to the
mossbacks who complained about
competition, we would never have
given up the stagecoach. Compe-
tition between different kinds of
transportation is one Of the things
which goes to make our economy
vital and effective one. We
must have and we will have in
this country a modern and eff