Show PRIVATE A TE AIRMAIL MOVE BEGUN Proposed Amen Amendment dment t 1 Emergency Bill Will F Fac Fase i 1 Stiff Opposition LIMIT PUT ON ON DEBATE DEBAr f Committee Votes for Price I. I Per Pound S e p. p 11 Br Associated Freu WASHINGTON D D. D C. C It CU It was WM announced at a press pre conference that the president was drawing plans plana for on airmail contracts with 1 private industry WASHINGTON Feb 23 A 23 A program pro gram brewed bi in the house of representatives today to put the airmail pouches ba back k In private planes Rep Republican bUcan quarters hinted tha that L when the emergency airmail billis is- is called in the house pr probably bably before nightfall an amendment will I bt be of cf If approved the am nt would take the army of off oU the mail mail- flying job quickly ten Such an amendment however faces plenty of trouble The administration administration admin odium indicated it would oppose such action Mead lead GI Gives es Indication The emergency bill i itself pr provides merely for a switching of ot funds and equipment for temporary army hauling haulIng hauling haul haul- ing o of airmail Debate has been limited limited lim urn to an hour and a a half The bill however is open to amendments ax and I L there were expectations many would be offered From another source however has come cone an even clearer evidence of a strong eU effort rt to turn the job of mail flying back to private carriers Chairman Chairman Chairman Chair Chair- man Mead of the house committee said that the committee probably will adopt an amendment permitting contractors whose contracts con can tracts have been canceled to come comeback comeback comeback back in the government services under under un tin der very severe stipulations and restrictions re rc e C eThe The house post postoffice committee committe voted to establish a fixed price p per r pound for airmail eliminating atin co com competitive S bidding Expects 2 2 Mill Figure The figure Chairman Mead said aId will be fixed probably at around around- 2 Z I mills per pound mile as u against th the 42 2 mills average for tor 1932 t i Under competitive bidding b hS told newspaper men we are su up posed to have had a number of com companies panics getting together and agreeing who should hould make the lowest bid and what his bid should be That brought us rates averaging 42 mills per pound pound mile Under the new system the automatically would be around 2 mills per pound-mile pound with the best avail able carrier selected selected t Representative Kelly R It Pa Par author of the bill now before the committee said this change would result in a reduction from the 19 19 spent for tor airmail in 1932 Jt to t around |