Evening Star Newspaper, March 10, 1929, Page 14

* THE ‘SUNDAY- STAR., WASHINGTON, D. C, MARCH 10, 1929—PART 1. * OMIRALWOFFET TENURE NEAR EN Chief of Naval Bureau of eronautics Term Expires Wednesday. he term of office of Rear Admiral Wiliam A. Moffett, chief of the Bureau of § Aeronautics, Navy Department, is | sclipduled to end Wednesday. Secretary Adpms, as one of the first of his most imgortant decisions relating to the serv- icof may reappoint this first and only chipf oi the aeronautics branch of the Nagy or may pick his successor from thé “our admirals who are now actively engaged in aviation or from other of- f considered available. aval aviation under the regime of iral Moffett has made notable prog- | xingtol at 5 1 - Xinglen and Saratoga; the PIacing | gEAR ADMIRAL W. A. MOFFETT. regs. Listed among its achievements, nagal officers point out, are: The com- migsioning of the first experimental air- gr;} carrier and later the carriers U. S. of catapults on all battleships an crigisers, thereby putting planes with the flegt earlier than would etherwise have begn practicable; the acquisition of fly- ing fields; the development of air-cooled engines, used by Lindbergh and other famed airmen; standardization of types of# airplanes; developed large flying boats to a point never reached pre- vigusly; encouraged amphibian type air- plgnes and various material develop- ments that have had and are still hav- ing marked effect on industry; metal | prpellers; improved engine cowling; | slgtted wings: flotation gear; airship de- | velopment, including the building of the Shenandoah and the acquisition of the Lok Angeles and the contracting for two new giant airships; mooring masts de- veloped, including the first floating mast on the U. S. S. Patoka; the incor- pdration of aeronautics in the Naval Adademy course; tenfold gain in flight héurs with marked increase in safety: ericouraged commercial aeronautics and enpouraged high morale among the aeronautical personnel. Reappointment Favored. There is a feeling in some quarters of the Navy that Admiral Moffett should be reappointed at this time, citing as reasons the points that the service is now in the midst of its five- year building program; that he was re- sponsible in the main for the airship program which is now forging ahead with the construction of the two giant djrigibles in Ohio and that with his egperience he will be able to lend val- usble assistance in the projected coast defense inquiry. In addition to Admiral Moffett, the af@imirals now engaged in naval avia- tion are Rear Admiral James J. Raby, who has been a patient at the Wash- n Naval Hospital since the middle last month and was formerly com- dant of the Naval Air' Station at nsacola, Fla.; Rear Admiral Albert . Marshall, commander aircraft adrons, Scouting Fleet, aboard U. S. S{ Wright; Rear Admiral Henry V. But- ler, chief of staff of the commander-in- (‘glef‘ United States Fleet, aboard U. S. Texas, and Rear Admiral Joseph M. eves, commander aircraft squadron, ttle Fleet, aboard U. S. S. Langley. $An impression prevails in some cir- ces in the Navy Department that ould Rear Admiral Moffett not be re- pointed, Rear Admiral Reeves will be osen to head the Bureau of Aero- Tidutics. 7 Admiral Moffett will not be retired the service because of reaching e statutory age limit of 64 years for ur years more, for he was born in arleston, S. C., October 31, 1869. g the Spanish-American War, as he served with Admiral tion of Vera Cruz, Mexico, by United naval forces: For _skilfully inging his ship through the inner rbor at night without pilot or navi- tional lights, he received the Con- gressional Medal of Honor, for his ship's , used at a critical time, had a rked effect upon the opposition. World War Service. During the World War he com- inded the Naval Training Station at jreat Lakes, Ill, and for this service He was awarded the Distinguished Serv- ife Medal. Later he commanded the offett as the first chief of the Bureau Aeronautics on July 25, 1921, and has held that post continuously gince. President Coolidge re-appointed to the post in March, 1925, and four-year tour of duty is now draw- ?g to a close. Naval officers say that he is a quali- Ed naval aviation observer, and “has 0 . S. S. Mississippi. b President Harding appointed Admiral Be re air experience in all types of air- es, seaplanes and big airships than v admiral in any navy in the world.” % The law creating the Bureau of eronautics provides that its chief shall appointed by the President “by and th the advice and consent of the nate, from among the officers of the tive list of the Navy or Marine Corps, tho shall within one year after his ap- intment qualify as an aircraft pilot observer, for a period of four years.” TAKOMA GROUP PICKS SPENCER FOR COUNCIL £ e i’ire Captain Gives Association Pointers on Rescue and Pre- vention Work. Charles H. Spencer was nominated r the Citizens’ Advisory Council last Right by the Citizens’ Association®of Takoma, District of Columbia, at its meeting, postponed from Inauguration day, held in the Takoma Park, D. C g Library. Fire prevention, rescue squad | york and instructions on how to turn an alarm were subjects dealt with in the course of an address by Capt. H. A. Chapman of Fire Engine Company No. 38. The association gave Capt. Chap- #nan a rising vote of thanks. % Chairmen of committees were ap- inted by President Horace W. Whit- ker, who presided, and several mat- ters of local importance came before the @ssociation. A petition to the District Commissioners was presented asking for the paving of the alley between Whittier street and Walnut street, en- fering from Sandy Spring road, and iwas signed by some 80 per cent of the Property owners. % A complaint was registered by Harry B. Knee concerning drainage conditions on the alley leading off from 6729 Sec- #nd street and this was referred to the Zommittee on streets and lights. Z This list of committee chairmen was ®nnounced by Mr. Whittaker: Member- $hip, Harvey L. Haight; streets, lights and parks, C. C. King; police and fire rotection, T. K. Burrows; public utili- ies, H. L. Thornton; law and legisla- tion, George E. Sullivan; zoning, S. H. v; subcommittee on playgrounds. J. P. Gunn and D. C. Adamson, joint thairmen, and a special committee on fews and information, to keep the as- ‘ociation advised on current informa- Irs. O. L. Veerhofl. - New members admitted were John P. Gunn, 202 Van Buren street; Mrs. O 4. Vex 604 Aspen street, and C. H RQuimby, 3d, 7219 Blair road. Z Edmonston Citizens Will Meet. . EDMONSTON, Md, March 9 (Spe- “cial) —Several important matters are Zscheduled to come up at the March Term Ending | | | RUSSIAN PEASANTS CRUMBLE AT SOVET Rural Dwellers Demand | That They Be Given Modern Things. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, March 9.—Soviet offictals today, while denying that the rule of Stalin was in danger, admitted the seriousness of the peasant problem, which they traced to increased demand for the products of civilization by the rural dwellers. Reports abroad that Nikaloi Bucharin had resigned the editorship of Pravda and the presidency of the Communist Internationale because of charges that he was preparing a coup against Stalin were characterized as sheer nonsense. It was said that while Bucharin had withdrawn from the editorship he could not, under the rules, give up leadership of the Internationale until the next Congress met. The reports abroad were attributed to the rightist tendency of a group of Communists headed by Bucharin, M. Tomsky, president of the Soviet Labor Federation, by Alexis I. Rykoff, who were inclined to a more liberal peasant policy and Lessening of the Rigors, to which village bourgeoise were subjected. All this was said not to have advanced beyond the limits of mere theoretical diseussion. Peasant Problem Large. Soviet officials said that Bucharin as the foremost theoretician of the revo- Jution had taken issue with Lenin and most of the other leaders, but that he never had been considered a practical statesman, never had held any admin- istrative position and admittedly was unqualified for practical leadership. The peasant problem was said to be looming as big as ever and to have drawn the most intensive attention of the party, particularly since the last crop shortage, and all_consequental dif- ficulties became eviderit. From the mo- ment. Bucharin and less eminent leaders advanced the theory of a much more liberal policy toward the peasant, under the ugg( that the village bourgeoise may grow into Socialism naturally. The authorities interviewed today were not inclined to conceal the cur- rent difficulties resulting largely from the crop shortage. Big investments in industry were inadequate for the sup- ficulties became evident from the mo- population. Commissar of Trade Mikoyan, who recently returned from an extensive across Siberia, in a detailed report of his investigations, dwelt particularly on the ever-increasing demand of the peasantry for such appendages of civil- ization as modern shirts, footwear, col- lars, shaving implements, lip rouge, powder, silk and lingerie. New Tastes Developed. To draw from the rural districts ade- uate allotments of grain, the central authorities last Summer shipped large quantities of ordinary peasant apparel, such as heavy boots, sheepskin coats, heavy fur caps and rough peasant shirts and materials for peasant women. A large part of this stock is lying in gov- ernment warehouses because it appears that peasants have acquired, along with learning the tenets of Marxism and Sovietism, newh ;,isus by the same ropaganda methods. p A?:gg with their developing taste for good clothes, the peasants have devel- oped also a taste for good food. 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