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UTLEYTH UTLEYT UTLEYHL'SE UTLEY UTLEYHHESE HL'SE HLSE ' SC have been hectic hectI-c hectI c heetLe - davg d'sys dsys d'1 d1 ' s tor for torthe forthe forthe TH T HHESE the air minded m.nded mnded . Reports , rec- rec recommendattons rec rec- recommendations recommendations - ommendations ommendattons and suggestionsforgovernmental suggestions suggestionsfor forgovernmental for go governmental , ernmen tal policies pollcles to\\ to tonrd toward towardaviation towardaviation \ nrd nrdaviation aviation have ha\"e ha "e e \ " poured Into congless congress conglessfaster congressfaster congiessfaster faster than proposals for new govern governmcnt governnieut governmeiit mcnt nieut bureaus bureausA A new plan camn calling ! ; ' for co ordination ordinationf ordination.t .t t . f all aU ( forms orms of transportation transport'ltlon transportltlon transport'stlon transportstlon ' under underfederal underfederal underfederal federal control lias has been ; suggested euggested by byJoseph byJoseph byJoseph Joseph B Eastman astm:1n astm1n : , federal co ordIna ordInator ordinator ordlnator tor of transportation The fedelal federal fedelalaviation federalaviation fedeialxriatlon aviation commiSbion cornml.lon cornmllon commission & . lias has sugJested suggested sugJestedthnt suggestedthat suggestedthat thnt that a n temporary air commerce com corn cornmission commissIon cornmission missIon to bear the same relation to air airtransport airtransport airtransport transport that thnt the Interstite Interst'1te Interst1te Interstate ' Commercecommission Commerce CommercecommissIon Commercecommission commissIon beais bems beats to the railioads r:1lltoads r1lltoads railtoads : becreated be becreated becreated becreatedPresident created createdPresident President Roosevelt Ptoosevelt , In a n messagewith message messagewltb messagewith wltb with which he presented the recommendtttons recom recommcnd'1t1ons recommcndatlons mcnd'1t1ons mcnd1t1ons mendtttons ' of the federal a\ a alation aslation aslationcommission aviationcoiiimisslon \ lation lationcou.misslon cou.misslon coumisslon commission . , which was created June June12 12 of last icar year . ) cur to make mahe a study ofaviation ofaviation of ofTlatlon Tlatlon aviation , agreed \ with wlth Ith the premise tllat that tllataU thatall thatall aU all forms of transportation must be coordinated co- co coordmated co-ordinated co ordinated - - . ordmated ordinated under one regulatory con control controt conrol trol trot ( , but disagreed dIs1greed . ' directly with the theI'II.tO theplan theplan I'II.tO III.tO IIItO plan ' . of establishing estabUshlng a separate com corn comJOerce corncoerce cornxierce JOerce coerce commission commlsslon ( for or the air lines Hnes . . . The Tile aviation commission recommende recommended recommende4 recommend ed e4 < tliat that the Interstate Commerce com corn commIssIOn cornmission cornmission mIssIOn be gh ghen Shen en Immediate authorIty authorityto to re regulate lllnte , , up or don dow do\\ do doss \ n , the rates which whichthe whichthe whichthe the Post Office department pa pavs pass . ) s the air airtransport airtransport airtransport transport companies for earning carrsing carn Ing the themallthe themailthe themall mall-the mall the mail-the mail - the rateshich rates \ which \\hich hich wlllch tn\e tn e h'1\e h'1 h1 h'sse hsse ' \ come comeever comeever comeCTCT ever so near to ruining some of the thecompanIes thecompanies thecompanies companIes InvolvedThe involvedThe Involved InvolvedThe The same commission recommended recommendedthat recommendedthat recommendedthat that the government go\ernment go ernment gosernment \ startork start \ work \\ork ork ssork ae aC a : soon soonas soonas soonill as pos possible lble on a n nedirigible new ne\\ ne ness \ dirigible airshIp airslilpas , . as the forerunner of an American intercontinental Inter Intercontinental intercontinental continental air transport s system ssstem , stem , , either eitherto eitherto eitherto to Asia ASI'1 ASI1 Asi's Asis ' or to Europe urope , , perhaps perlmps P'1t P1t pit P'1tterned pitterned'sfter pitterned ' terned terned'sfter ternedsfter ' after 1fter the tra\ tra travel trael trace \ el ) service of the theGrnf theGraf theGraf Grnf Graf Zeppelin , , ss \ which \ hIch makes scheduled scheduledtrips scheduledtrips chedllle trips between beteen betsseen bet\ bet \ , een rrcdcrlchsh 'rederlchsh rederlchsh frederichsh [ ' ifen , Ger Germany Germany Gcrmany many , . and Rio RlO de JanleroLcss JanieroLess Janlero Janiero JanleroLess Less Lcss tinn th'1n th1n th'sn thsn ' a"Ieeb a vVoek "Ieeb Ieeb week " . later Inter the Unlteel United UnlteelStates UnitedStates UnitedStates States dirigible lrIglble Macon the most mod modem mo modern ern em lighter than air craft e existent etislent l tent and andthe andthe andthe the pride of the navy n'1\"Y n'1 n1 "Y Y ' \ " , . foundered nnd and nnddlsappe'1red anddisappe anddisappeared disappe dlsappe'1red dlsappe1red ' fired Into tlie the calm Pacific Padfic with withtwo \ withtwo ith itht t\ t t0 two , \ 0 of its crew of S3 83 menSubmits men menSubmits Submits Three PlansCo Plans PlansCo Co ordinator ordmator I.l&tm I.ltm Iltm l.astrn lastrn l . . i&tm itm & in IU suhmltted submitted submittedthree submittedthree three plans plane ; to con congress ress for tlie the unlfica unifica unlficatlOn unification unlfication tlOn tion of tiansport tlltnSport transport , , but on only Iv one of or themhad them themhad themhad had his apIlro approval approsal , al the others beln being of of- offered of.fered offered . - rerell fered merely merel- merel merelto . ) - to ehowht ; show ehow whit \\h\t h t ssh'it sshit \ \ ' ' \ tlie the nlterna alterna nlternaUt'cs alternatires altcrnativcs Ut'cs Utcs tires ' are nre All of them . , while sslille , \ hlle nlTectlnb affecting nlTectlnbavIation affectingaviation nu'ectin nuectin nu'ectinarlatlon ' arlatlon avIation " we-e we e "e"e ee were " ' - aimed nhlled principally prmcipally nt at atrescue ntrescue atrescue rescue of the railroads from their current cur current reRt rent planIncludes phnIDclude pi'snIncludes financial plight pllJht pligtit Tlie The Tune favoied fmoted fasored phn pi'sn pisn ' IDclude Includes ( (1) 1 ( ) extension e\tenslon e tenslon : \ of federal fcderal con control controt control trol trot under the ICC to co cos cover , er all forms formsof formsof of f transport itlon lUon atton , (2) 2 ( ) 1 ' association msoclatlon soclatlon ofplanning of ofplanning ofplanning planning prevention preentlO1 presentlon pre\ pre \ entlO1 [ and und co ordln'1tIon ordln1tIon ordin'stlon ordinstlon ordln'1tIonwith ordin'stlonwith ordinationwith ' with the regula regulatory tory functions ; (3) 3 ( ) a adIsmlM.u adismissal adismissal dIsmlM.u dIsmlMu dismissal ' . I compeii compon-atlon compon atlon compeln\tlon compeln tlon - ation \ s\ s sv&tem svtem stem system \ & tem pIlls plus pIllsretIrement plusretirement plusretirement retIrement pensions pens.ions . so tliat that the raIl raIlr railroads railroads r roads nds without Infrineiiig InrrlnJIU Infringing upon labor laborrights laborrights laborrights rights can cnn take tnl.e tnle . advantage aelvantnge of mechan mechanleal mechanIcal medianleal leal Ical hnpro improvements lmprosements , ements and nnd libor I1Jor I \1Jor 1Jor thor \ S'1 S1 saving s'sling ssling ' ' Ing de- de do deTIces de-Tices de Tices - - TIces vices (1)financial 1financial to reduce 1ibor Ilbor I ebor costs , , and (1) 1 ( ) financial reorgani/atlon reorgani atlon reorg.lOI/atlon reorg.lOIatlon reorg.lOI reorglOI reorganlintlon reorg.lOIatlonThe reorganlintlonThe reorganiatlonThe . / The tlr first t altennthe alternitise altern lth e plin phn plan combined combine combinedtho combinethe combined0 d tho the ? 1 I astman nstman piD plan pi in \D D \ with "Ith Ith sslth " the compulsorv compulsory compulsorvconsnllclatlon compulsoryconsolidation compulsoryconsolidation consnllclatlon consolidation of American Amerllan rallro'lds rallrolds rallrond rallro'ldsinto rallrondInto railroadsInto ' s into seven seHn sesen b systems . } stem'J stemJ ' t two " 0 In the Cnst East Cnstt Easttwo Easttwo t\\ t tCI two \ CI in tlie the South outh and tliree three In th thWest the theWest theWest e West . . . ' Hie 'Ihe Ihe liie other advocated alhncnted adsocated out and andGut and andout andout 1 Gut out government govermnent O\ O Oernment \ ernment purchase and owner osvner osvnerchip ownerthip 5111(1 51111 chip ( ( of If all railroads raltroais ( ; this . , in Mr 'Ir Ir 11r ' . Eastti 1'1st 11st East 1'1sttl Eastrn [ ' tl rn in's ins m's ms en's ens ' opinion orlnlon ) held the greate greatest t opporunity oppor tunlty unity ( opportunlty ( for or good and the gre'1test gre1test gre'stes grestes gre'1testchunles ' t chunles chances greatestdinnces gre'steschances for inrm h1rm Iiurm lie IIe did not thin think thinkthat thinkthat ) t that the American people v . were ere read ready y to accept It noand now no\\ no \ , , and ( did lid not tl1\ tl1 tl1or fasor fasorthe favorthe \ or orthe the addition to the already gigantic 115t list listof 115tof listof of government gosernment go , ernment expenditures e\-pendItures e pendItures ependltures ' \ ' , - at the thepresent thepresent thepresent present tlmeIn timeIn time tlme timeIn In approving nppro"lng npprolng , " the unification unlfic'1tIon unlfic1tIon unlfic'stion unlficstion ' of tt'tnspottation h'1ns h1ns tt'tns tttns h'1nspOl tiinspoitatlon ' ' pOl pottation tatlon , , the Piesldent President PI esldent recalled rec'1l1ed rec1l1ed roe-lied roe lied ' - that that"when that"when thatwhen "when when " " hen the Interstate Commerce com com- commission commission . - mission mIsslOn " was "as as sas created in 1887 1587 , , the raIl raIlroad railroad railroad road \ was ssas as practically prnctlc\lIy prnctlc lIy ' \ the plIndp'll plIndpll pilnclp'sl pilnclpsl plIndp'llmethod pilnclp'slmethod pilnclpalmethod ' method of rapid Interstate tr tnnsportation transport's transports transport'stion lDsport'1 lDsport1 lDsport'1tlOn ' tlOn tion Since that time this tlus monoIloyof monoIloyoftr monopoly ] of oftransportation oftnnsportatlon tr lnsportatIon transportation enjo enjoyed ed by the rnllroad railroad railroadto , , to a very important degree , , has been beenllmfted beenlimited beenlimited llmfted limited by the de des development , elopment eloprnent of the auto automoblle automobile automobile moblle mobile and good interstate Interst'1te Interst1te ' roads"necentl roads"Recently roads roads"Reccntb "Reccntb Reccntb "Recently Recently "necentl necentl " . ) ' wafer 'H\rc.r Hrc.r 'H H rc.r rcr ssafcr \ . transportation transport'ltlon transportltlon transport'stion transportstion ' bylake by bylahe bylake lahe lake , by rl\ rl river rler riser \ er , by canal and bv by oce'1n oce1n ocean oce'1nhas oceanhas oceanhas ' has , , lar largely ely through the construction constructionof of the Panama canal C'1n'll C1nll c ' in's1 ins1 ' and our Inlnnd inland inlandw Inlandwaterways w \ aterwa aterwa3 . } s , definitely brought ships shipsand shipsand shipsand and shipping into tne the gener'1IIntelstate gener1IIntelstate gener'1IIntelstatefield general ' Intel Intei state statefield stateOdd field More recently still air transpor transport'1tion transport'ttion transportation t'1tion t1tion t'ttion tttion ' ' has become an element " Dwelling Dwellln6 more upon the aeronauticalelement aeronautical aeronauticalelement aeronauticalelement element of the reports , the PresIdent PresIdents'1id Presidentslid Presidentsaid s'1id s1id slid ' : "There There " are detailed detmled questions . . . . , that require early action atlon ( Our Oureteneled Ourextended Ourextended e\teneled e teneled extended . " ' \ : mail m'1l1 m1l1 nrul ' contiacts contracts contI acts " with "Ith Ith airhnes airlines airhnese airlinesespire airlinesexpire e espire plre on or about March 1 I , , and e\Ist e Ist etist eIstIng etistIng existing " ' \ : Ing legislation leglslatlOn dealing de'1hng de1hng de'sling desling ' with "fth fth " prlm'llY prlmllY prlrn'tty prlrntty prlmaiyor prlm'llYor prlrn'ttyor ' ' or secondary routes should be re\lsed re lsed resised relsedbefore resisedbefore revisedbefore \ before that time"The time"The time time"Tlie "Tlie Tlie "The The " commls commission < ; lOn suggests that the theInterstate theInterstate theInterstate Interstate Commerce commission commIss1On be betemporarIly betemporarily betemporarily temporarIly gl\ gl gas given glen \ en the power to lower loweror loweror loweror or inciease Inclease increase air mail mall rates as warranted warrantedin warrantedn In ] n their judgment after full 1m Ins investlgation estlga estiga estlgatlon estigation tlon tion The purpose purpo.e purpoe . of this Is to pre prevent prevent provent vent the tbe destruction of any nny efficiently efficientlyopem efficientlyoperated efficientlyoperated opem operated ted part IIJrt of the present system systempending s systempending . } stem stempending pending < suitable mltable "onsldPiation onsldPiation 'onsidoiatlon onsidoiatlon " ' onsl Pl ation by the thecongress thecongress thecongress congress of \ what shat hat permanent measures measuresshould measuresshould measuresshould should be taken t'1ken t1ken then ' and \ what hat amendmeat amend amendment amendincut ment meat , . , If any nny , , the present general trans transpOl transpottation transpoitatlon pOl pottation tatIon policy of the go gosernment gosernmentshould governmentshould , ernment ernmentshould should undergo unde.rgo undergo'I unde.rgo'I . ' 'I I ' 1 concur in this recommendation of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Federal rederal Aviation commission commls.lon commlslon : . , , pro provIded provided providcd vIded ahva\s ahva s nhas always , . } \ that the grant gr.lnt grlnt . of this thisdut thisduty tillsdutv dut duty . } to th the Inter Intent Intersstite t tte \te te ate \ Commerce cornmission com corn commissIon cornmission missIon be subject to provisions provision : . IJalIlst gatnst IJalIlstunrc'1sonable i ( gatnstunre'ssonnble amstunreasonable unrc'1sonable unrc1sonable unre'ssonnble unressonnble ' profit proflt by any prh prhate prhatec privatecarrier ate atec'lrrler c c'lrrler clrrler ' irrler On account of the fact thatan tb'1t tb1t that tb'1tan thatan ' an essential ecsentlJ1 ; : during this temporary tempor'1ry tempor1ry ' pe pe- perIod period period - - riod Is to provide proslde pro , Ide for the contInuatlOn continuation continuationof contInuatlOnof of efficiently eft1clently operated ollerated companies comp'1rues comp1rues ' and andto andto andto to guard gunrd against Ilg.llnst Ilgllnst . heir Ulelr their ( destruction de.tructlon detructlon . , . it Ia is Iaonly isonly laonly only fair to surest SUJbe.t SUJbet suggest : . that during thIs thIsperiod thisperiod thisperiod period any piofits 11lofits profits at all nIl bv by such com cons companics conspanics cornpanics panics should be a second'1r |