Evening Star Newspaper, September 15, 1925, Page 12

Service under the Curry bill." Bingham Opposes Separation. Senator Bingham, while indulging in frank_ criticism of the Army gen- “lack of sympathy” .fer If Senator Bingham adheres to the eral staff's aviation, testified that he did *not believe in an independent air service.” views he expressed before the House committee, based on his war experi- Col. Mitchell will Recent Hearings in Congress | fase ." iriend at court, as. far "as Reveal Opinions of President’s Body. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WIL .. Every school of aviation thought i represented on the special board of in- | quiry just appointed by President Cool- idge to conduct a searching survey of American air pe some of the leading members of the board are already known. They are disclosed in detail in the five volumes of hearings before the select committee of the House on “the United States air serv Among the men cr the committee were tw known members of the Coolidge bos —Senator Hiram Bingham of Con- nectieut, and Howard E. Coffin of De- troit, consulting engineer and expert in aeronautics. Although he was not heard in pe j. € Harbord, U. S appointees mmittee b . Harbord wa named by th f r, along with Gen. [ now chief of . | thority with the Sec charges of general staff ineptitude re. garding aviation are concerned. Bing- ham declared, among other things, that the general staff “must appre. ciate aviation in future by requiring its officers to fly.” Unless this is | done, he said, there would not be “as | sympathetic an understanding of the | Air ice as of the Infantry and tor Bingham told the House committee of the general staff's at- tempt in 1918 to induce Congress to pass a law preventing military avia- tors from receiving an increase in either grade or pay. The aviator- statesman expressed the opinion that “in future no officer ought to be de- tailed to the general staff who has not the right to wear both spurs and . | wings—i.e., in addition to the regula- v | tion military training, be qualified at least as an aviation observer.” Coffin for Air Service. Howard E. Coffin of Detroit, who conferred with President Coolidge in Washington on the eve of the an- nouncement of the aviation board of inquiry, gave voluminous testimony before the House committee. He de- ared himself unreservedly in favor of a united air service under a secre- |tary of air enjoy »-ord au Mr. Cof- Motto:---““You, A THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, mercial aeronautics must be made the backbone of development of Ameri- can air power.” He added: “It should be obvious also that, x- cepting only those auxiliary services actually necessary In connection with the field operations of other depart- ments of the Government, particular- ly of the War and Navy Departments, all activities in the aid should be grouped under a single authoritative head and the responsibilities for achievement definitely fixed.” An organization chart submitted to the committee by Mr. Coffin provided for a “secretary of defense,” under whom there would serve secretaries of war, air and navy at the heads of cor- responding departments. One 8f the questions bound to pro- voke animated discussion and wide divergence of view when the Coolidge board's inquirfes are in progress, is that of ultimate responsibility for existing conditions in the air services. The Army and Navy, in testimony be- tore the Hogse committee, both blamed the Tack of funds, especially for air- craft, as the chief cause of inadequate aviation strength in the United States. Maj. Gen. Hugh A. Drum of the gen- eral staff bluntly informed the commit- tee that if the ‘“‘Lassiter board report,” formulated by the War Department in 1923, had been approved, America would have come into possession of the “best air service in the world.” Gen. Drum engaged in a spirited passage at arms with members of the committee, who were bent on acquit- ting Congress of responsibility for failure to carry out the Lassiter board program. Drum suggested that the Budget Bureau and Congress jointly were entitled to the blame, but mem- ers of the committee sald that as the zet Bureau had not included the ar and | 1 ter provisions in the budget Con- could not be charged with fail- Army aviation which the Lassiter board recommended. Gen. Drum re- torted that Congress frequently voted money not recommended by the bud- wet. Admiral Strauss, budget officer of the Navy, told the committee how naval aviation had suffered, year after year, in the appropriations bill, never re- celving anything approximating the funds asked for. This year the Navy asked for $3¢.066,204 for aviation and the budget allowed only $18,800,000. There is likely to be minute exami- nation of the figures frequently quoted in Congress—that $433,000.000 has been voted during the past five years for aviation in the Army and Navy. . Mitchell told the House committee ‘Congress has given funds gener- * for aviation. Officials of the sly Army and Navy, including Secretary | Waeks, were at pains to point out that the $433,000,000 total is deceptive, as | only a relatively small percentage of that amount has gone into aircraft | construction, which is the backbone of air power. The Little Tree | Nursery Now is the Planting Season Evergreens, Shrubbery and Plants of all Kinds. RODMAN BROS. 1449 Park Road bove All, Must Be Satisfied”’ D. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 12 - — e — AIR BUARD’S VIEWS posed to what would be a unified Air [fin emphasized the belief that ‘“com-|ure to yote the $25,000,000 a year for | The President is {n receipt of general commendation of his choice of person- nel for the air power Inquiry. It is & board “of all the talents.” Mr. Cool- idge’s_warm personal friend, Dwight W. Morrow, besides representing finance, will serve as the White House's “liaison officer,” and, because of personal ties, be able to keep the President intimately acquainted with developments. 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