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Chief Chiel Ch Outlines Ou tim es Airmail A irm a ii Comper Compensation Co nip e n sati 1 n Plan Pla n Yardstick for Rates Rates' Paid to Plane L Lines nes Proposed by Brown Ie Io Postmaster t G General era I IW W Would 0 u 1 d Equalize Payments CLEVELAND D 0 O- Jan 11 AP AP- AP The entire rat rate scale and alt airmail mall system of ot the tte department would woud bo changed by outlined here toda today by Postmaster Postmaster Postmaster Post Post- master General Genera Brown For tho first time the postmaster j er l gave 1 his yardstick of oC air air- mall compensation which would supplant a Q system In which one carrier carrier car car- rier ncr n receives receivE's Zi as UI low v a as ns 8 S cents cent and aid another mother a as high 9 as 3 U a pound Numerous conferences between postal authorities and all air mall maU contractors contractors con con- tractors ha have been beell h held lcJ during the thc past few months In Washington with a a. view to to working out a a. rate rato yardstick ard Under the system eUi suggested to today today today to- to day by Brown the de department do- do would concentrate Its Us cx- cx al aid on cs essential routes route th those e that thal ba have ba been traveled by byox byox ox team pony express railroad and auto and would use uso planes as a. It now flow uses trains at fixed rates per Pille for definite weight spaces SKETCHES GROWTH Declaring Cleveland cland an appropriate ate place to take ta-ke an Inventory fn o of oC aviation of or toda today and to hazard a guess uess for tho the future the tho postmaster general D ral sketched the growth of the theair theair air lr mall mal to Jt its Itc present Two hundred planes and ani ex expert ox- ox pert pilots engaged 25 5 5 contractors oi over o er th the rt regular gular routes aggregating 1 1368 milts miles flying approximately tely mIles S s each 24 t hours about 60 per cent of which is 18 flown lown at ni night ht The postmaster en general told of oC the accompanying acceleration in the commercial flying business and its HI apparent serious results The public poured Jt its hundreds of ot millions of dollars ollars into t the be 8 aviation ala ala- tion Industry li he said Factories sprang up 11 and air all lInt lines Unes wern Inaugurated ul rome pome In accord with the best besl practice others less lets welt well clI con considered But the experience of all in 19 was sas substantially the same sam m With a a. paying paying pay pay- In ing load of only 16 to 40 o per cent of or capacity all ill clo closed ed the year with operating deficits so LO o. o great t the tha VeT er very life lite of ot the tho passenger transport In Industry Industry In- In toda today Is in In th the balance TOO ENTHUSIASTIC He lie declared this this' wa ru tho llio Sir nir enthusiasts ts forgot that children must mut cre creep p before th th they y walk and must toddle from froni chair to chair be before before be be- fore or th thy they fn engage in marathons marathon The American m public he said was provided pro pro- vided ded with facilities ft for flying from coast to coast before any considerable consider consider- able number of people had hart made sightseeing ing trips oyer their native e towns He lie added however howyer that the situation situa situa- tl tion n is on one that properly occasions th the the- deepest deepe l public concern and sot set t forth his opinion as to what the post postoffice postoffice office oUke department nt should hould do a solution In 11 our judgment the method of ot determining the compensation of air airmail mall mail contractors must be revolutionized re rc he said eald The system of paying b by the pound regardless of oC distance traveled tra is manifestly un- un Gound Mund Such a system comp compels 18 the contractor to gamble amble on the volume of ot mall mail be he will wJ carry and creates s an inducement for lor him to swell his oJ ume by unethical practices He is IN obliged to make malce his flight whether th the department furnishes him hh him with one pound or a a. thousand pounds of mall and he should therefore therefore therefore there there- fore bo paid paM a 3 Just consideration for his 1115 readiness to serve a as el AS A for fort service er performed URGES AMENDMENT H He lie then set lIet forth a definite recommendation by the tho postoffice department amending the tho air all mall mail act to authorize the postmaster general to contract for the transportation transportation trans trans- of mall mail at fixed rates per pel mile for d definite W weight lt I spaces the base bas rate not to exceed Jl 1 I per pel mile mUe for fol 1500 pounds of mall mail capacity H He lIe suggested u ested the establishment of ofa ofa a Ii schedule providing pro perhaps for fot forthe forthe the payment of oC 30 cents per mile fOr lor a 0 weight space of pounds with increasing compensation for in increasing increasing In- In creasing weight spaces until the maximum of U 1 per mile mil for 1500 pounds of ot weight space apace is Js reached Ho Ito advocated adding a 11 proper factor I Ifor for nh night ht 1 living fl firing over moun- moun I and flying over o territory frequently ftc fre tre-I tre covered b by fog fOE This system h he ho said would greatly increase air all nULl mail service eenice to the th public by permitting the dispatch dispatch dis dig patch p of oC air airmail mall mail on regularly scheduled scheduled sched sched- passenger flights It would also enable the postoffice department to give S Immediate assistance to the air all passenger carriers on such routes as ns I deemed d essential b by paying for carving tho the malls a substantial sum based baselJ on definite weight space pre pre- the postmaster general 1 added It d |
