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WEATHER. (U 8. Weather Fair, sichtly morrow partly thundershowers a Temperature— = today: lc-vest, 60, Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 No. 30,354, Jostomce ‘Wa AIR LINE T0 EUROPE 10 START IN YEAR PLANNED BY LEVINE Chamberlin to Be Associated With Columbia’s Owner in $2,000,000 Scheme. MULTI-MOTORED TYPE OF PLANE TO BE USED Pilot of New York-to-Berlin Craft | . May Return to U. S. Aboard German Warship. ated Press une 9.—Charles A. Levine | declared today that he and Clarence D. Chamberlin planned a regular transatlantic aerial service, using multi-motored machines capable of carrying 2,000 pounds each. Levine stated that he was ready to put $2,000,000 into the scheme, and that both he and Chamberlin thought it could become operative within a year. The plans envisaged by the two men who spanned the Atlantic from New York to Germany in the Bellanca monoplane Columbia would provide for regular transoceanic lines from America to various points in Europe. Plan New Type Machine. “I am ready at this moment to put $2,000,000 into the scheme,” Levine said, “because I not only believe it practicable, but that it can be realized | * within a year. ‘We have a definite type of machine | 1n mind, which will carry 2,000 pounds and will be equipped with more than one motor.” | Chamberlin said: “The machine we intend to have built is unlike anything known herein Germany.” As part of the development of trans- atlantic aerial lines, Chamberlin thinks floating landing places anchored in various parts of the ocean may be de- sirable for emergency landings, but he does not seem to attach prime im- portance to this feature, which has been discussed in the European press as an absolute necessity. “The main thing,” he said today, “is the constant development of more ef- ficlent machines which can carry a greater useful load in proportion to their weight. During the war we car- ried one pound of mail per horsepower on jumps of from 20 to 30 miles. “Ten years later, we already carry 10 pounds per horsepower on jum of from 500 to 600 miles. That 10 times the former efficiency and shows what the possibilities of engineering development are. “The reason we could cross the ocean was because we carried almost double the weight of our plane. The plane weighed 1850 pounds. And we carried almost 3,600." . He intimated that the transoceanic machines under consideration might even take a form and shape hitherto unused. “Too much horsepower is still ab- sorbed by air resistance,” he said. “To reduce this is one of the chief engi- neering problems.” Describes Emergency Plans. Clarence Chamberlin told the Amer- fcan newspaper correspondents today what he would have done had the en- gine failed or had he, for any other reason, been forced to descend on the ocean. “In the first place,” he said, “we had the landing gear so adjusted that we could have dropped it quickly. “Secondly, 1 planned to let out all our fuel through a valve at the bottom of the tank and then close the valve again. The tank, filled with air, would then have kept us afloat indefinitely, provided the storm was not too bad and the waves too high. As to the mileage covered in the flight, Chamberlain said it was prac- tically impossible to determine exactly, as “the instruments for registering the number of revolutions (of the en- gine) from which distance can.be cal- culated cannot allow for the velocity of the wind—therefore all estimates must needs be guesswork.” He declined to divulge for the pres- ent what periods of his flight were the most difficult. Asked whether at any time he and Levine were in serious danger, he replied: but never so bad that we ould have to give up.” To the question: *“Was this be- tween America and Ireland, or after vou passed the British Isles?” he reflected a long time, and finally said: “That would be a long story. which I am not at liberty for the present to tell.” Discussing German aviation, the American pilot said: “We were frankly surprised to see ¢0 few small flying fields. We have a thousand of them in America, while here there are only the official fields of the Lufthansa (German Air League) =0 far as we have been able to learn. Also, private planes here seem to be Tew, while in America private flying is widely developed. On the other hand, the Germans have developed commercial passenger service in a manner unknown in Americ: Doubts Metal Planes’ Value. He expressed doubt metal planes such as are prevalent 4n Germany were superior to ma enines with wooden frames for the wings. “We can recover our wings with cloth from time to time, which makes them practically new, while once the metal ix worn out, you must build a new plane,” he said to the German correspondents. “But isn't there gre fire with wooden plane: Chamberlin _smiled, and replied: “When gas blows up, it's hot, no matter whether you are on metal or wood.” ‘The transatlantie pilot does not think that a nonstop flight around the world is out of the realm of possi- bility, but that it is a long way off. “That is taking in a lot of space,” he laughingly replied when question- ed as to the feasibility of such an attempt. “We would have to have a million or two dollars to play with o arrange for a flight covering more than 25,000 miles. Money and motors are t is needed, but T do not look for a non-stop round-the-world flight for some time.” Further Honors Proposed. Feted and feasted ever since they janded on German soil, after their flight from New York, Chamberlin and Leyine were on_the threshold today (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) Br the As BERLI whether all- danger of one asked. Bureau Forecast.) warmer tonight; to- cloudy followed by t night. {ighest, 82, at noon at 5 a.m. today. Entered as second class matter shington, D. C. D. Chamberlin and Charles A. 1 (By Cable to The Star enced pilot or navigator. trips we tried to pic ah WASHINGTON, D. €, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1927—FIFTY-FOUR PAGES. s is the first of a series of artic iyht written for The Star and the New York Tines by Clarence BY CLARENCE D. CHAMBERLIN AND CHARLE! DEFECTIVE COMPASS BLAMED FOR COLUMBIA LOSING WAY e Fear of Ridicule if Steps Retraced Deter- mined Pair to Continue—Chamber- lin Knew Secret of Levine concerning their trans- ine. A. LEVINE. and New York Times.) BERLIN, June 8.—For weeks before our flight we had planned for it. This was based on the pronuse made by one of us—Chamberlin—that he would gladly go alone with the other—Levine—instead of a more experi- We took practice spins for testing out our compasses. In these trial < out heavy clouds and go through them to become accustomed to fog and clouds—also to see whether our instruments functioned properly while doing so. The big thing was to keep sccret who was to be the second man—it was always known to Chamberlin who.would be the other He made a promise he would not breathe to a single soul who w; s to be the second man. Our answer to inquiries from newspaper men and others was that the second man had been already selected and that the name was not to be announced until the plane actually was ready to hop off, when he would jump into it. This would give Levine the opportu- nity to do that very thing without anybody suspecting it. CLARENCE D. CHAMBERL New York. Trouble Started Early. The_excitement of our transoccanic flight began right before we had got away from Instead of making a good start we found we could not rise clear of the ground, so we had to go back and start all over again. This was easier said than done. Just after we had started the first time the crowd pour: field in thousands. We had to fly clear of the Byrd plan‘z, \\'Itxliicl?"vt\:s”a‘: one end of the runway, and at the same time to keep from smashing into the crowd of thousands on both sides of us. It was a miracle that our plane got away without killing some one, but it did. . Our chief mechanic, ] line and one of us—Le ohn Carisi, had put in 13 five-gallon - and —Levine—had told hi . e put in either 11 or 15—it had to be an odd m at the time he ought to have num- ber, but 13 would surely get us into trouble. _ Everything was fine for about 100 miles. We then ‘suddenly realized that our compasscs were not agreeing. We noticed this when we found we had missed New London, - Conn. Chamberlin knew this part of the country so well that when we did not see New London he instantly knew there was something wrong. There was something wrong all right. We found our earth induction compas was running wild, this reduced us to using the only other compass we had, an old magnetic compass of the sort you use when flying over a count you know perfectly well and where difficultics' are reduced to a minimum—the kind you use around home, Afraid of Criticism. This got us so far out of the course we should have taken that did not know whether to a little while, One of uy WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WAR CLOUDS LOOM AS SOVIET BLAMES BRITAIN IN SLAYING Situation in Europe Held More Serious Than Any Time Since June, 1914. ! RUSSIA MEANS TO FIGHT, OPINION OF DIPLOMATS Rapidly Reinforcing Forces Along Polish Frontier—Charge Brit- { ish With Terrorist Plots. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. By Cable to The d Chicago Daily News. Cops LONDON, June since June, 1914, have we had a more serious situation in Europe,” said a prominent official of the British for- eign office today. The consequences of the assassina- tion of the Soviet Minister to Poland may be incalculable. It was report- ed today in London that the Polish army has been partially mobilized, while the Russian forces along the frontier are being rapidly reinforced. It is admitted that the economic situation and dissensions between parties in Russia have weakened the position of the Soviet government and it is believed that the severance of diplomatic relations between Great Britain and Soviet Russia will in- crease the split in the parties. Rally to Administration. The murder of Voikov in Warsaw. however, is bound to strengthen th: position of the Ixtremists, with the entire Russian nation rallyin round the administration, in the opinion of British experts. The sentimental side of the murder undoubted will be CHARLES A. LEVINE. when we were a bit beyond Cape Cod we really keep on or turn back. But our doubts only lasted —Levine—said it would be better to be buried in vy Jones' locker than yeturn and face the criticism and hee haws of the (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) LOUISIANA HALTED IN REHABILITATION Reluctant Watefs Expected to Flood Fdrms, Marring Crops, Until July. b BY REX COLLIER, Staff Correspondent of The Star. LAFAYETTE, La., June 9.—Louisi- ana is pulling out of the mud and ‘water, but so slowly that hope of rais- ;ng(a “cash” crop this year is waning ast. For a while the water was draining off sections of the State at a rate that augured well for the cotton and sugar plantations, but the June rise in the Mississippi River and its tributaries has arrested the decline, and fears are held that the flood may return, though perhaps in less serious form. Reports made to Secretary Hoover here today and vesterday ut Monroe indicate that this State, as a whole, cannot begin her reconstruction pro- gram until some time in July, before which time the reluctant waters are not expected to recede. “Sugar Bowl” Wet. Parish chairmen in charge of re- habilitation and reconstruction work in many instances have not been able even to make a suryey of conditions. because of the procrastinating cur- rent, which continues to bathe farms and houses from the Arkansas line southward through the Atchafalaya basin the Gulf. The ugar Bowl,” in other words, still is wet, and just what chances are for its early drying up is a matter of speculation at this time. During the past 24 hours the Hoo ver “Booster Special” has explored al. the recently flooded territory from Monroe, in the north, to this old French town, near the Gulf. It ne- gotiated more than 200 miles of Mis- souri Pacific track now in process of repair after the washouts of the late high water. Gangs of workmen along the right-of-way were interrupted in their work of jacking up sunken rails, putting new supports under bridges or reballasting the roadbed with gravel. Railroads Start Rehabilitation. The Missouri Pacific Railroad, in fac,t is one of the first victims of the flood to start actively ona reconstruc- tion plan, and it is because of the heroic efforts of the transportation authorities that things are beginning (Continued on Page 11, Column 2.) GRENADE INJURES YOUTH. Missile Found on Site of War Camp Explodes. ROCKFORD, Ill, June 9 (®).— Chester Larson, 17, was severely in- jured when a hand grenade, apparent- ly left over from World War days, ex- ploded yesterday on his father’s farm, which is part of old Camp Grant. He found the grenade in a fleld, picked it up and dropped it. As it hit the ground it exploded. His left arm, leg and side were mangled. Pershing Sails for U. S. PARIS, June 9 (®).—Gen. John 3 Pershing, who has been in France sev eral months in connection with work as chairmnn of the Battle Monu- ments Commission, is sailing for New York today from Cherbourg aboard 1 DISTRICT TAX LEVY OF §1.75 EXPECTED Reduction of 5 Cents May Be Given by Commission- ers Tomorrow. The District's tax levy for the fiscal year beginning July 1, prob- ably will be fixed tomorrow by the Commissioners. A rate of $1.75 on each $100 of the full assessed value of real estate and tangible personal property is expected to be adopted. This would be a reduction of 5 cents under the levy for the current year. The tax rate will be fixed on the recommendation of Auditor Daniel J. Donovan, who has worked assidu- lously for the last several days with { th rate making formula he uses in arriving at a figure which will give the District an income to meet its expenses. The auditor has veiled his calcu- lations with the strictest of secrecy, but it is understood that he has re- ported to the Commissioners that a rate lower than $1.75 would not yield sufficient revenue, despite the 20 per cent increase in real estate assess- ments, which_become effective July 1. Report Being Prepared. A detailed report showing the opera- tion of the tax rate of $1.80 for the current fiscal year, the tax rate recom- mended for the coming fisc: a short comparative analysis of the appropriation needs recommended by the department heads for the fiscal year 1928-29 and a probable tax rate for the budget totals for that year, is being prepared by Auditor Donovan for the consideration of the Commis- sioners. This report will be made public as soon as the new tax rate is de- termined. SEEK JURY.TRIAL. Le Paradis Attorneys File Petition in Dry Case. A trial by jury of the question of whether a nuisance is caused by the sale of ginger ale accompanied by glasses of crushed ice to patrons of Le Paradis cafe is asked in a petition filed by Attorneys Simon, Koenigsberger, Young & Brez, representing the Na- tional Cafes, Inc, United States Atorney Gordon and As- sistant United States Attorney Orcutt obtained some weeks ago a temporary restraining order against the company as violators of the national prohibi- tion act. Hearing on the case is scheduled for Tuesday, and counsel for the defendants claim they are entitled as matter of right.to have a jury pass on, the question. Justice Stafford will hear argument on the motion. tomor- row, it is expected. KILLED BY AUTO. ‘William Mayo, colored, 11 years old, 1446 Q street, was killed by the auto: mobile of Joseph Edward Lee, colored, of 2247 Cleveland avenue at Sixth and O streets shortly before 11 o'clock today. He died at Homeopathic Hos- pital 15 minutes after he was injured, from a fracture of the skull. Lee stopped his automobile after the accident and took the injured boy to the hospital. Police of the second precinet detained the driver to await the result ‘of an inquest Coroner J. the steamship President Harding. Dur- ing his visit in Europe Geh. Pershingz went to Switzerland t his son, who is in school there. Ramsay Nevitt will conduct at the {hy 1 year and | exploited cleverly by the Soviet gov- ernment, which will endeavor to, prove to the Russians that a plot instigated by Great Britain and other capitalistic countries has ripened and that non-communistic Europe is ready to attack Russia with a view of bringing back® a c:lpl!al-lsllc ime. reiox:dcn newspapers emphasize the | extreme gravity of the situation and oint out that should armed conflict {"esull from the murder of Voikoff it would be extremely difficult to local- ize it. Germany especially will be in a difficult position, with its nationals seeing an_excellent chance of regain- ing the Danzig corridor, while Po- fand's neighbors to the morth will be ready to take advantage of an oppor: tunity to obtain parts of Polish ter pvitory which they have been claiming for two years. Hold War Inevitable. British diplomats are convinced that the Poles will go very far in acced- ing to the Soviet demands for repara- tions and an apology—as far as Serbia went in 1914 when she received the Austrian ultimatum—but they will never agree to humiliate themselves surrendering the assassin, who must be tried according to Polish laws. General opinion is that Russia means to fight, a war is unavoidable. BRITISH COMPLICITY ALLEGED. Soviet Communique Blames England for Terrorist Plots. MOSCOW, June 9 (P).—Soviet in- dignation at the assassination of the Soviet Minister in Warsaw on Tues- day has turned against England al- most to the exclusion of Poland. The Soviet government has issued a communique alleging British com- plicity in terrorist plots and outrages in Russia, while the entire press this morning, following the tone of the government's declaration ascribing Russia’s counter-revolutionary diffi- culties in the past few years to Eng- lish leadership, directed verbal bat- teries against England. The only mention made of Poland's responsibility was to the effect that her protestation of regrets over the assassination of the Soviet Minister was “the usual procedure of bour- geoisie diplomatic etiquette.” Says Spy Confessed Mission. The government communique makes reference to an English spy, described as Sydney George Riley, captain of the royal air force, who is declared to have confessed to being sent on a terrorist mission to Russia, and that Winston Churchill, chancellor of the exchequer, personally had given him instructions. The communique quotes stories of assassinations and attempts on Soviet officials and declares that a White Russian who was planning to blow up the Kremlin in March of this year was in direct contact with an offical of the British mission at Moscow. Allegations also are made concern- ing various fires in Russia, which the communique asserts were started by foreign business agents of Great Britain. Referring to the shooting of M. Voikoff at Warsaw, the communique says: “The British hand, which, while standing aside, directed the = shots fired by a Polish subject (sic) is here clearly detected.” Calls Assassination Link. The declaration says that the as- sassination of M. Voikoff is but one of the links in a whole chain of events which taken together mean an ever greater menace to the cause of peace. “This menace I3 growing ever more real despite the utmost attempts of the Union of Socialist Soviet Repub- lics government to preserve peace,” the communique says, “and the Soviet inved | B (Continued on Page 5, Column POINGARE WILL ASK FOR ‘BETTER' DEBT TERMS WITH .. Tel's Deputies in Stormy Session He “Hopes” for New Pact. NO CHANGE IS LIKELY, SENATOR SMOOT SAYS Mellon Remains Silent on Report of Further French Fipan- cial Negotiations. E By the Associated Press | PARIS, June 9.—Premier Poincare told the Chamber of Deputies today he hoped to get better debt settlement terms from the United States, and that he intended to try, particularly as he realized that the Irench Parliament would not ratify the accords with America and Great Britain in their present form. The premier said that was why he had made the “provisional” payments on the debt account, so as to keep free to renew the negotiations. His declaration came after he had remarked that “the French rlia- ment does not seem to wish to ratify” the accords, drawing from Jacques Dubois, who was undersecretary of finance under Caillaux, the question, “Are you propusing that the Chamber ratify them?” Presses for Explanation. The chamber suddenly flamed into interest and pressed the premier for an_explanation “I do not propose ratification of the accords,” he said, “because I hope to obtain better terms, and because Par- liament certainly would not agree to bind_the country for 62 years. 1 voluntarily propose provisional payments. so we would retain our freedom of action to nego- tiate on a new basis. But, in order that we may fear nothing and be truly independent of our creditor countries, don't you think it would be useful to have foreign moneys, and particularly money that did not come from those creditor countries?” Debating Match Monopoly. The Deputies, when the debt ques- tion_bobbed up. were debating a con cession of the French match monopoly to Svenska, the Swedish Match Cor- poration, which has offered to loan the government $80,000,000. Premier Poincare whs defending this proposed contract, which he wants ratified. Pointimg out the advantage to the Treasury of having the Sven- ska s $80,000.000_bond, he added: ffoh to'awhich 1 at. tach great importance.” The experts' commission has ad- vised the government to sign the aec- cords with the United States in hope of attaining foreign credit. “Certainly today.” said the premier, “the rise of the franc has permitted the Treasury and the Bank of France not only to re-establish the Morgan fund, but also to procure 1 _stock of dollars and pounds—but Parliament has not yet ratified the accords and does not seem to wish to ratify ther SMOOT STANDING PAT. Thinks Present Terms Liberal—Mel- lon Reserves Comment. Senator Smoot of Utah, chairman of the Senate finance committee and a member of the War Debt Funding Commission, said today that in his opinion no “better settlement terms would be made by the United States™ when his attention was called to the statement of Premier Poincare to the French Chamber of Deputies. “The terms in the present debt set- tlement between the United States and France are just as liberal as any coun- try could ‘expect or Senator Smoot said emphatically. “I do not believe that Congress would ratify any settlement which made greater conces- sions to the debtor nation. Indeed. there will be opposition to the ratifica- tion of the present terms ir the Sen- ate. I feel, however, that the Senate will ratify.” Smoot Awaits Settlement. The House has already passed a bill ratifying the Krench debt settlement, pbut Senator Smoot said he had no in- tention of calling the measure up in the Senate until after the settlement has been ratified by France. As a matter of fact, the bill which passed | the House in the last Congress must be reintroduced and passed in the new Congress. All _uncompleted legislation died March 4 last with the final adjournment of the Sixty-ninth Congress. Secretary Mellon today declined to allow himself to be drawn into a dis- cussion of the French debt. French Offer Accepted. The Treasury in March accepted the French offer to pay $10,000,000 on its unfunded $4,025,000,000 war debt without prejudice to ratification of the debt agreement by the American Con- gress and the French Parliament. This payment was made due on June 15 Inasmuch as the American debt commission has gone out of existence it is not clear here just how a re- vision of the funding agreement could be brought about. Most officials be- lieve some action by Congress would be necessary. Budapest Invites Chamberlin. BERLIN, June 9 (#).—An invitation to Clarence Chamberlin to visit Buda- pest when he flies to Vienna has been sent by the burgomaster of the Hun- garian capital. The American legation at Budapest has seconded the invita- tion, framing, for window displa; Order your copy of tomorrow'’s U.'S., 15c. Single copies of daily morgue at 11:30 o'clock tomorrow MOTDING: o L el ks T LINDBERGH Special Rotogravure Supplement With Friday’s Star A superbly printed portrait of Lindbergh, suitable for y or automobile decoration. Star from your newsdealer today s]Coples of Friday's, Saturday’'s and Sunday Star, By Mail June 10, 11 and 12, mailed to any address in the issue, 4c; Sunday, 10c. * LINDBERGH INSIS The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated service. Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 102,470 ¢ Foening Star. " TS ON FLYING OWN AIRPLANE TO NEW YORK Radios Reception Committee Chairman Time and Place of Landing From Cap- ital Could Be Kept Secret. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 9.—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh today entered the dis- cussion as to whether he should fly from Washington in the Spirit of St. Louis and land at Miller Field, Staten Island, or fly here in .n amphibian plane and land in the harbor. From the cruiser Memphis, which ; is bringing him back from France, Col. Lindbergh radioed the follow- ing message: “Not advisable to ship plane by train. Crowd can be avoid- ed by not publishing time or place of landing.” Grover Whalen. chairman of the mayor’s reception.committee, who pre- had radioed Col. Lindbergh asking him to fly here from Wash- ington in an amphibian plane and to land in the harbor to avoid crowds, shipping the Spirit of St. Louis by BUSINESS ADVANGE SEEN FOR BANKING Moran Tells Colleagues of Opportunity ~ Ahead—Re- sources Jump $3,000,000." BY EDWARD C. STONE. Staff Correspondent of The Star. HOT SPRINGS, Va., June 9.—In his opening address here today, Howard Moran, president of the Dis- trict of Columbia Bankers' Associa- tion, told nearly 300 delegates attend- ing the annual convention that the total resources of Washington banks had increased almost $3,000,000 dur- ing the past year and that these in- stitutions m-1st be prepared to handle the new business to be brought to the Capital through the Government's huge building expansion program. President Moran urged the bankers to work for the passage by Congress of a fraud law for the District in order to give better protection to banks and investors; to seek to bring about earlier closing of banks In the Summer months; to try to secure day- light savings for the Capital while it is in force in other cities, and to co- operate with the District Life Under- writers’ Association with resnect t) life insurance trusts. The Washington) banker 'also sees the need of passage by Congress of a joint and survivorship account bill, uniform fiduclarles act, and an arbi- tration act, these matters already hav- ing been given eareful study by the association’s law committee. Before making these recommendations, Mr. Moran reviewed one of the most suc- cessful years the organization has yet enjoyed. “Our association is growing in prestige and importance,” he said, “not only locally, but throughout the country, as is evidenced by the fact that we now have four members on important committees of the Ameri- can Bankers' Association, in addition to our regularly elective officers to that association.” President Moran reported marked progress by the protective committee, Harry V. Haynes, chairman; by the law and legislation committee, Fran- cis G. Addison, jr., chairman, and by the committee on standard banking forms, Edward J. McQuade, chairman. He also lauded the work of the com- mittee on commerclal activities, Vi tor B. Deyber, chairman; taxation, Robert V. Fleming, chairman; public- ity, F. P. H. Siddons, chairman, and standardized bunking insurance, Lan- ier P. McLachlen, chairman. The ad- vertising committee under Eliot H. Thomson metw ith a great succe:s in its Christmas club campaizn. and th~ unprofitable accounts study, guided by John Poole, brought about the adop- tion of the service charge by several additional banks. McFadden Law Explained. President Moran welcomed the Bank of Brightwood as a new member of the association and praised the great strides made by Washington Chapter, American Institute of Bank- ing. It was also stated that the em- ployment service maintained at the bankers’ headquarters is proving a vital factor in Washington's commer- cial life. One of the highlights at the opening session today was an address by Henry H. McKee, president of the National Capital Bank, on “The Mc- Fadden Bank Act.” Mr. McKee is one of the outstanding authorities of the country on this law and played a matchless part in helping get the legislation, through Congress. In this forenoon’s adress Mr. McKee analyzed every vital feature of the bill and shed new light on many debatable points. “As a result of the passage by Con- gress of the McFadden bill,” he said, “the disintegration of the National Bank system has been arrested and the permanency of the Federal system assured. Hereafter the Federal Re- serve banks and the national banks may continue to carry on business until their franchises are forfeited by a_violation of law, or until Congress ( Sorry to disagree with you. but you will complicate New York's plans if you fly to Miller Field in your own plane, Police commission- er wishes me to emphasize that the police problem in connection with the city's plans for your welcome is a difficult one and joins with me in requesting you to reconsider your present intention to use your own plane.” Aerial Parade Withdrawn. An Invitation to commercial avi- ators to stage an aerial parade in Lindbergh’s honor has been - with- drawn, the committee feeling it was dangerous for planes to be flown above the great crowds that are expected. It _had been planned to have Col. Lindbergh land from the Spirit of St. Louis at Miller Field, Staten Island, but it was_discovered that to protect " (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) LINDBERGH URGES SHELTERS AT SEA First Step Required, He Says, for Regular Air Service to Europe. BY CHARLES A. LINDBERGH. By Wircless to The Star and New York Times ABOARD THE CRUISER MEMPHIS AT SEA, June 8.—While the interest of the American people is centered on transatlantic flying, it is an appro- priate time to discuss mature possi- bilities of a regular air service, be- tween the New World and the Old. 1 have been thinking a great deal about this whole interesting question since the Memphis left for home, and cer- tain ideas have occurred which may be of value to set forth. The fact that the Atlantic has been flown does not mean that the problems con- nected with trans-oceanic flying have een more than touched. Aviation, like any other great industry, must base its growth on a solid foundation, and proper organization of regular air service between the United States and Europe will require some years of careful experiments and study. However, steps have been made and progress should be rapid and reason- ably sure if one takes into considera- A the speed with which aviation has already advanced since the date of its birth. In phophesying the fu- ture transatlantic flying it is nec- essary to take into consideration the improvement of planes and equipment necessary to its successful inception. Any regular long distance flight serv- ices over great expanses of water will undoubtedly be made with flying boats, which will be capable of con- tinuing flight with at least one motor out of commission and will be able to weather rough sea in the event of forced landing. There will be constant radio com- munication with some ground or water hazard, and herein lies one of the great problems which must be given serious and immediate atten- tion. Floating Air Stations. The establishment of flonting sta- tions along transoceanic airways is without doubt the largest obstacle to overcome in connection with sus- tained transoceanic air communica- tions. In the first place, they must be large enough to shelter the air liners and contain all modern equip- ment as well. They must also provide adequate housing facilities for passengers, since there will be occasions when it will be necessary to halt a number of hours. But what is more to the point, these island shelters in the Atlantic must be able to give all these services in the face of the severest storms. To insure the comfort of passengers and further reduce the dangers of the voyage, the islands should be located not more than a few hundred miles apart. Just how this engineering question can be worked out cannot, of course, be gone into just now, but I think it is feasible and I am reasonably cer- tain that the islands will come with the advancement of aviation. As far as ocean air liners themselves are concerned, aeronautical engineer- ing has already reached a stage where their construction and development are simply a matter of intelligent financial backing. All the necessary comforts which go to make travel pleasant can be incorporated into these air liners. That is, as I say, only a matter of the right use of suf- ficient money. Commerce Fixes Costs. The cost of air transportation will naturally be regulated by the volume of the commerce, because the expense of operating the ground organization of an airplane is nearly as great jvith a small volume of traffic as with a miuch larger turnover. Air mail routes in the United States already have proved their value and are constantly working toward higher standards of efficiency. They are op. erating in competition with the fastest trains and often over short hauls. Travel by air is an _established thing (Continued on Page 4, Column 3. “(Continued on Page 2. Column 5. Police and Army Plan Lindbergh Guard to Excel That in London Extraordinary precautions to guard Col. Charles A. Lindbergh during his official reception and stay in ‘Wash- ington will be taken by the metro- politan police and the Army. This was disclosed today after Frank B. Noyes had delivered to the reception committee a warning on this subject from Ambassador Houghton, who has just returned here from Lon- don and who was caught in the ter- rible jam at Croyden Field, England, when a crowd of some 200,000 persons rushed toward Lindbergh after he landed there from Belgium. ¢ Brig. Gen. S. D. Rockenback, com- mander of the Washington Army di: trict and grand marshal of the pa- rade for Lind h, that should the crowd ru vidtion hero while was vilig along Pennsylvania the cluding the Cavalry escort, would surround his car and afford necessary proctection. These same troops, in- cluding some sailors and marines, will form a human chain around the re- ception platform at the Washington Monument, grounds while President Coolidge is welcoming Lindbergh and decorating him with the Distinguished Flying Cross. On the trip from the Monument grounds to the temporary White House the Cavalry Troop from Fort Myer and motor cycle police will form the bodyguard. On Sunday the guard- ing will be left entirely to the police, unless it should be found necessary to call out the troops. ‘With 100,000 Government employes turned loose at noon, the hour Lind- bergh is to leave the Washington Navy Yard, there will be a crush and dash for vantage points along the line of the parade and for the Monument Biounds, N “TWO CENTS. FLYER T0 RECENE LOADS OF AIR MAIL AS CRUISER DOCKS More Than 500,000 Letters to Be Delivered by New to Lindbergh. DISTINCTIVE GREETING BY AVIATORS PLANNED Missouri State Society Reception Sunday and Pilots' Breakfast Added to Program. Lindbergh Appointed Colonel in U. S. Army Air Corps Reserve President Coolidge has_ap- proved a recommendation of the Secretary of War to appoint Charles A. Lindbergh a_colonel in the Army Air Corps Reserve. The commission will- be pre- sented to Lindbergh by Secre- tary Davis at the ceremonies in Lindbergh's honor at St. Louis, Mo. Four important new features were officially added to the national demon- stration in honor of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh in the National Capital at a meeting of the citizens’ executive committee today in conference with Postmaster General New, represent- ing the President’s cabinet committee. Three screeried mail wagons carry- ing more than 500,000 air mail letters of congratulation to the intrepid flyer, who is still an air mail pilot, in brand- new sacks, and each wagon displaying a sign, “The people of the United States by air mail congratulate Lindy,” will be driven to the Wash- ington Navy Yard, where Postmaster General New will formally deliver this mail to Col. Lindbergh. The trucks then will join the parade from the navy yard to the Washington Monu- ment grounds. Special arrangements to have all Army, Navy, Marine Corps, postal pilots and commercial aviators who have been or who are now in the Gov- ernment service extend a distinctive greeting to Lindbergh as he lands from the cruiser Memphis were made today. The Miissouri State Society is to ten- der a reception in the Washington Hotel at 8:30 Sunday night in honor of Col. Lindbergh. The National Press Club announced today that the club's reception to Col. Lindbergh Saturday -night has been transferred from the United States Chamber of Commerce to the Vashing- ton Auditorium, where 6,000 persons can be accommodated, because of the tremendous demand for seats. Will Be Aviators’ Guard. A breakfast for aviators to their brother aviator Lindbergh, sponsored by the National Aeronautical Associa- tion, has been arranged for Monday morning at 7 o'clock in the Mayflower Hotel. The scheduled departure of Lindbergh from Washington in his historic plane, the Spirit of St. Louls, previously announced for between 6 and 7 o'clock, has been postponed un- til somewhere between 8 and 9 o'clock to provide time for his brother avia- tors to do him honor. Postmaster General New announced that the Post Office Department has hundreds of thousands of air mail letters, registered ‘letters and pack- ages addressed to Col. Lindberg which the United States Government has guaranteed shall be delivered to him in person. The Postmaster Gen- eral called attention that the United States mails have right of way, but asked the executive committee how the Federal department and the com- mittee could co-operate for proper delivery of this deluge of mail. It was arranged that all of this ac- cumulation of mail should be put in screened wagons and delivered to Lindbergh at the navy vard and should be a part of the parade in his honor, thus allowing the largest pos- sible number of the American people to participate in this demonstration. Will Be Brought by Plane. Assistant Postmaster General Glov- er, in charge of the air mail service, estimated that at least 500,000 pieces of air mail wilf be awaiting delivery. Already there is a large sack of regis- tered letters, and the accumulation in- cludes photographs, music, gifts of every sort, and he believes much of the registered mail contains money. Pittsburgh alone is sending more than 100,000 letters, Cleveland the same number and Springfield, Mass., more than 25,000. The Army and the Colonial Air Transport Co. are helping the Post Office Department to bring this ex- traordinary quantity of air mail to the Capital in time for Lindbergh day. More than a dozen airplanes will be busy on this job for the next two days. The executive committee today agreed that aviators in uniform, wear- ing the wings on their breast, would be admitted at the navy vard and at the Washington Monument grounds to special reserved places and they would be given an opportunity to salute Lindbergh. William B. Robinson, president of the Robinson Aircraft Corporation, who is Lindbergh's “boss” as air mail pilot, accompanied Postmaster Gen- eral New to the conference today, and was Invited by the executive commit- tee to join them in their official reoms- tion to Lindbergh at the navy yard. Robert Nungesser of Washington, brother of the famous French fiyer, who was lost in his attempt to fly over the Atlantic just previous to Lindbergh’s hop-off, has accepted the executive committee’s invitation to ride in Lindbergh’s parade. The executive committee today appealed to all adults in the National Capital to co-operate with Maj. Hesse, superintendent of the Metropolitan police force, in giving childre the right of way to best positions along the route of the parade. Maj. Hesse recommended that children be allowed to occupy the front places along the curbing and that adults stand back. Denies Selling Tickets. Carl L. Schumenan, Assistant Sec- retary of the Treasury, representing the Minnesota State Society, cor- rected an erroneous impression that that organization was selling tickets at $2 for the Lindberg reception in the Willard Hotel Saturday night. Mr. Schumenan said the reception costs have been underwritten by a few Minnesotans, including Secretary Kellogg and himself, and that thi e re- on Page 3, Columa 34