Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 130, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 October 1934 — Page 5

OCT. 10,1934.

AVIATION NEEDS FEDERAL HELP. SEYMOUR SAYS American Airlines Chief Warns Clark Howell of Dangers. Congress must come to the rid of the air transportation industry with remedial legislation if the industry is to be saved from destruction. This is the statement of Lester D. Seymour, president American Airlines. Inc., which serves Indianaj> a . as expressed in an open letter to Clark Howell. Washington, chairman of the federal aviation commission. Mr. Seymour's recommendations Include: Legislation readjusting rates tor carriage of air mail to the extent this is warranted by costs and by services rendered. Legislation which will afTord relief to companies whose investments are endangered as the result of limitations in the number of lines they may operate, and the relationship of these lines to officers and directors of holding companies, which companies In some instances are the only source of funds available for continuing operations. Legislation which will permit the federal government to assume ownership and maintenance of all designated airways and aids to aviation, including terminal airports. Subsidy Is Defended Establishment of a permanent federal aviation commission charged with the complete regulation and administration of federal control and assistance to commercial air transport. Mr. Seymour defends a form of air transport subsidy, comparing aviation with rail and marine transportation; criticises the present air mail setup, attacks duplicating regulatory authorities, and urges control of competition. “The history of all ground transportation for public use,” he contends, “indicates quite conclusively, if taken as a whole, that its costs can not be borne directly by those persons who personally happen to make use of it.” He asserts that there is no more reason why the aviation industryshould be required to improve, develop and maintain airways and airports than that steamship lines should be required to carry the burden of dredging, improving and maintaining the harbors at every port their lines chance to touch. Recalls Railroad Aid Referring to the railroads, he recalls the grants of land given the roads in the early days, and the money raised by local communities in bond issues to attract the railroads. Switching to a discussion of last winter’s cancellation of air mail contracts and eventual awarding of temporary- contracts under new regulations, Mr. Seymour defends the grouping of various air lines under large systems as productive of economical and improved operations. “The answer to the question of why companies now carrying the mail bid such low prices when domestic routes were reopened to competitive bids is not difficult to discover,” Mr. Seymour wrote. “They were forced to do so to preserve their investments along the routes which they have been flying, to provide usefulness for aircraft in which they already have large Investments, or to protect undelivered aircraft for which they were committed to manufacturers and the orders for which could not be canceled. High Taxes a Problem Mounting taxes are another problem of air transport firms, Mr. Seymour said, adding that probably the most dangerous of all such taxes are those levied by states on gasoline. In one state, he said, one company is required to pay more taxes (mounting to many thousand dollars) on the gasoline it has to buy in that state, than it receives in the entire passenger revenue derived in the state. He proposes the setting up of a governmental agency to decide what routes, either for national defense or economic reasons, should be eligible for assistance from the government. He attacks the multiplicity of regulatory- authorities which result in extra expense to the lines.

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Cyril Pitts One of the highlights of the meeting, afternoon and night, on Oct. 19, at the Indiana State Teachers' Association in Cadle tabernacle, will be solos by Cyril Pitts, Chicago tenor. Mr. Pitts will at Murat temple at 2 and at Cadle tabernacle at 8.

56 MEMBERS ARESELECTED Jordan Director Announces Personnel; Rehearsals Are Scattered. Hugh McGibeny, Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music symphony orchestra director, has announced the names of fifty-six musicians who will comprise the organization this season. Rehearsals already havt begun for public appearances which the orchestra expects to make this year. Members of the violin section will include Marian Chaplin, Mary Margaret Ruddell, Miriam Hostetter, Cornelia Keuzenkamp, Mary Newhouse, Ruth Van Matre, Harold Kottlow-ski, Lucille Hallam, Madonna Mullenix, Mary Ellen Ewbank, Violet Ambers, Helen Myers, Irma Mae Steele, Lois Le Saulnier, Celia Rothstein, Dorothy Woods, Mildred Stevens, Bonnie* Jean Beale, Virginia Carnefix, Mary Kapp, Margaret Kapp, Margaret Jones, Mary Elizabeth Miller, Magdalene Murk, Martha Rucker and John Horuff. Others in the orchestra will include: Violas, Gene Chenoweth, Ivan Warble, Mildred Phillips, Kenneth Alyea; cellos, Louise Smith, Lillian Starost, Lois McCain, Earle Howe Jones, Betty Schellschmidt, Ruth Hitzelberger, Virginia Leyenberger; double bass, Glenn Dow-ney. Clarinets, Byrl Eltzroth and Roger Riley; flutes, Francis Fitzgerald, Leanora Kohn, Bernardine Scherer; oboes, Harvey McGuire and Harold Fleig; bassoons, John Baird and Gilbert Kellberg; French horns, David Platter and Harry Michel; trumpets. Kenneth Hill, Gerald Bettcher, R. B. Fitzgerald; trombones, Ben Niles, George Carothers, Spencer Lloyd; tympani, John Sullivan,

WHEELBARROW USED BY SUSPECT TO HAUL LOOT, POLICE CHARGE

Pat Johnson, 41, Negro, 1018 North Illinois street, was under arrest today all because tw-o patrolmen became curious over the strange load Johnson was pushing in a wheelbarrow on Eleventh street near Pennsylvania street. Investigation revealed the sin-gle-wheeled vehicle contained a table lamp, an umbrella, two sweaters and a handful of insurance policies and legal documents. A garage proprietor identified Johnson as the man he had seen looting parked automobiles, police said. Kin Seek John Cassell Relatives of John Cassell, a meat cutter, believed to be living in Indianapolis, have asked police to locate him and notify him of the death of his wife in Alexandria Monday.

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