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Show REACHING MATURITY The aviation industry has been working to formulate a program which would provide a sound method for the development de-velopment of both civil and commercial aviation when peace again allows men and women to turn their minds and hands to productive enterprise. Like every growing industry, aviation avia-tion today finds itself faced with a maze of problems which involve intricate legislative questions. Already several measures meas-ures have been before congress seeking to chart a course for the future of the industry. Out of the welter of conflicting opinion, basic facts now begin to stand out clearly: Peacetime aviation should be under an independent civil aeronautics commission; there should be federal safety rules for all air navigation and airports; air-ports; commercial air transportation should be under sound federal regulation; federal regulation of all flying of a private pri-vate character other than commercial transportation, should be confined to safety measures. There must be unification uni-fication of tax questions which affect aviation. There must be a painstaking and intelligent study of all transportation agencies to the end that this nation may have the greatest coordinated transportation system in the world. It will take patience and understanding to perfect our country's aviation program. But a nation which excels all others in transportation development can certainly devise a model aviation policy. |