Show I 1 NATIONAL aal AFFAIRS WRITTEN FOR THE PARK RECORD BY FRANK P 4 one plan of 0 the national administration abich every good american regardless of 0 politics will hail with acclaim lg is the one recently outlined hn d by the newspapers through wh which c h it is ia hoped that within the next tew few months the united states wl will 11 have a regular commercial aviation service operating over established routes transporting passengers express and mail the plans for the service worked out by the department of commerce in conjunction with the army and ana postoffice Post ottice office department were recently submitted to P president r coolidge by secretary hoover er and approved by the chief executive they are said eaid to embrace a complete system ot of air routes including eluding in trunk lines and ana a network of contributing air lines lines which will eventually cover the united states in commenting on the prospects ot of extending aviation in the united states secretary hoover said it is my opinion that in six months time we will have bave a full passenger mail and express service on the tha transcontinental airway I 1 dro dlo not believe it will be long before we have an air service operating on a large scale in the united states which will supply a great reserve it needed in case ot of war the fact that a number of air lines are doing business seems to indicate there Is a field tor for commercial aviation and a real de 2 mand tor for it in the country 41 AD 0 every real american will devoutly hope that secretary hoovers prediction will come true not only will air lines tor for carrying passengers mail and express be a splendid thine from a commercial standpoint in these days datys when it is necessary to save time but they will form another great arm of our military ays system in case we are ever attacked by a foreign enemy I 1 the greatest defenses de tenses of 0 america so far as foreign attack is concerned have always been the mighty oceans which flank us to the east and west they have been our greatest safeguards in time 0 o of trouble but fast steamships and still taster airplanes have rendered these barriers much more valuable than they used to be I 1 0 10 40 it can hardly be denied however that so long as we keep our navy up to the legal standard and it we can bring the development of our aviation up to the world standard there is little dauger di anger of 0 our being successfully attacked by a foreign toe foe it is easy to build ships and aeroplanes aero planes of course but there must be trained men to operate them the two great training elements are of course the merchant marine tor for sailors and a commercial a air r service for tor aviators 1 the postoffice Post ottice office department reports that it Is difficult to get private I 1 companies to establish air mall mail routes for the reason that these do not pay the solution of course lies in the field of combined mail express and passenger aviation and this ol of course can be done more efficiently on a commercial basis by private enterprise properly supervised than by purely govern governmental menEal operation pe ration 0 dut but the fact that the government realizes the necessity of developing aviation from the military as well as ai the commercial standpoint is very encouraging 04 0 course ic e dont want any more wars vars but it if any are ever force 1 I upon us we want to be ready and one way every citizen can help get ready is to encourage aie the movement tor for commercial aviation 1 ion and tor for the maintenance ot of our merchant marine |