Show single air control Is necessary for army navy and postal service by HARRY S NEW U S senator indiana I 1 believe that the alie aviation question is of sufficient importance to the country to call for the creation of a single department of tho the govern government mant to look after it to tho ilia exclusion of everything else great britain was forced to ilia adoption of una this eighteen mouths or MOTO more ago and alli so 80 was france the united states should do likewise and sooner or later she he must do it jt it Js is merely a question of whether sho elio will do it now and take advantage advant ago of the lie present opportunity to got get ahead or whether she will wait until forced to do what other nations have dono done and then attempt to come from behind with the same old american disregard of expense and lack of appreciation of tile wisdom of preparedness I 1 know that there is ia opposition to the separate department plan on the part of the navy thero is also opposition in certain army quarters but this is ia the result of selfishness and a disregard of the interests of aeronautics in its broad and general sense the navy is concededly competent to look after its ita own aeronautical needs so likewise is the army but neither of them tan can go beyond their own service service tile the attempt to create such a department may bo be successfully resisted for a time althou gli I 1 honestly believe that congress will be wise enough to discount bureau jealousies and do the obviously sensible thing at this but whether it does docs or not it cannot bo be long deterred deferred no man knows what is ia to be the auturo futuro of aeronautics tito tho mar nelous development of the science can bo be best appreciated when wo we stop to think that the first man to fly orvillo orville wright is today but forty eight years old shall america realize all this and shape lier bor nims aims accordingly in time to ici keep abreast of other nations or shall we be permitted to bring up the ilia straggling rear of a rapidly moving procession that is the question to be answered by congress and tile people |