Show Air Official Asks Stale Siale to 10 Match Federal Monies Listing in federal funds available for airport construction and improvement in Utah if matched by state stale funds Joe Bergin Bergin Bergin Ber- Ber gin director state aeronautics commission Tuesday recommended legislation enabling the state to match these funds before expiration expiration expiration tion date of June 30 1947 1941 in ina a report on the biennium ended June 30 1946 filed in the governors governor's office The directors director's recommendations included a year five-year program which would increase airports in inthe inthe inthe the state to as compared with the present total of 50 Under this program Salt Lake City would be served with five airports instead of oC the two It has hag at present In recommending matching of oC state with federal funds Mr Bergin Bergin Bergin Ber- Ber gin pointed out that the federal government has a al allotment allotment allotment al- al per year for lor seven even years for airport construction of which Utah could obtain The 1945 state stat legislature set up a state fund to participate in the program but due to the slow operation operation operation oper oper- of the federal law only only a meager part of it has been used and is still available in federal funds he said The report listed 19 air accidents accidents accidents acci acci- dents in Utah during the year two-year period in which a total of oC 18 persons persons persons per per- sons were killed Taxes on aviation gasoline collected collected collected col col- for a three and a year half-year period totaled which was expended for airport improve improve- ments |