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disclaims. Last year Curtiss stock ped to more than $190 a share. Nine years ago, however, there was | no commercial aviation. No banker would have lent a dollar on aesonauti- | cal securities. Today any bank will | back a decent alrcraft enterprise. The industry credits Keys with having done more than any one else to create that confidence. The day after he bought control of Curtiss h> out in_the financial district and procured $650,000 t> mest the pressing bills and debts falling dus borrowed all of al credit i (Continued From First Page.) 1 | ed the situation. He had been 3 ber of the American aviation mission to Europe i on the other side he had discussed with officials their plans for heavily sub- sidized air lines. They did not depend on public patronage. They were forc- ing aviation. Governments were financ- ing a transport and construction of achines in private plants. In & o: war they would have available tre factories and technical staffs Here evervthing had been let down A few military and naval planes were being It in government plants. That ‘was about all. Proposition to Uncle Sam. Keys went to Washington and saw Newton D. Baker, then Secretary of | ‘War, “You people down here are ruining the industry,” he told Baker. “Europe | 18 far ahead of this Nation simply be- | cause you will not give the manufac- rcrs and engineers a chance to pro- new planes and engines. Now I| a plan’— If the Government would spend money with the manufacturers for new types, he promised that the Curtiss company would devote all it received toward designing and improving equipment until the United States possessed the best machines in the world. One by one the officlals agreed to try that policy. It saved the American airplane and motor industry. That with what fol- lowed put aviation where it is today. Under the Keys policy the Curtiss company did nearly $9,000,000 worth of business with the Army and Navy in five years. All the profits, except $90,000, were put back into engineering and re- search. A quarter of a milllon was| spent perfecting an engine for the fast | fighting planes. A full million went into & variety of other developments. But new engines went into new planes. The Army and Navy com- menced making world's records. In five years America held all records. Fight- ing planes grew out of the record- breaking machines. Ogr air forces could have driven any other power out of the air. A continuation of that government policy financed the development of the | ever breaking even. radial air-cooled engine with which Lindbergh and the others made their long fiights. In many ways it encour- aged other builders to hang on and strive for commercial aviation. The designers thus were able to improve machines. Travels Over Country. Meanwhile, Keys was everywhere, up and down the countr: He attended aviation - meetings. A shy personality with a rather wistful smile and pos- sessing an extremely modest view of his own importance he aitracted lit- ttention at first a large part of the in- dustry ed the habit of seeking his v Keys spoke freely, without | 1 At the same time he was talking confidentially to rich men here and there Four years ago he had a list of sixty who could affo d had agrecd to t 1§ nsport line He hired a staff the possibilities When he help finance a acress of experts to for a trans-continental line. received their reports after months of | work he Jaid aside the plan. Aviation was an outlaw industry. survey No laws safeguarded it. Piots with old war planes were killing themselves and their passengers. There were no air- ports. People could see that flying was dangerous. The seven or eight manu- facturers still alive and some of the new ones, like Ford, were putting money into aviation without much hepe of Those doing_any business to speek of were building Gov- ernment planes. They spent most of their time in Washington bidding for mulitary contracts. It was cut-throat competition They knew that aviation could not| amount to anything until the Govern- ment should take hold of it, pass laws, lay out air routes, put up and main- tain aerial beacons, let air mail con- tracts and provide many other adjuncts to _commercial flying. Keys appeared before a congressional committee in 1925. He was loaded for bear. He got the Government's pet goat. “You are condemning old war ma- chines and selling them to civilians for junk. That stuff is killing people. Stop selling it. Give the industry a chance to build planes. “Establish aerial highways. License pilots and planes, Promote safe flying. We will then operate air lines. Until then we shall do nothing. We shall keep capital out of aviation.” Flying Tide Turns. Keys showed the investigators how the entire industry was situated. And through his efforts and those of several associates he influenced the passage of constructive legislation. ‘With proper facilities assured and a definite Federal policy adopted Keys organized National Air Transport to fly mail between New York, Chicago and Dallas, Tex. His 60 associates in that THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JUNE 1929—PART 2. venture joined with him in putting in equal amounts of money, enough to keep the company running for years without profits. It was the first major undertaking of the kind in this coun- ry. Today National Air Transport is making money. It occupies a strategic position. Somewhere on its route each | one of the other transcontinental sys- tems must cross it. At many of its junctions and terminals other lines must unload their passengers, mail and express and transfer them to the sys- tem controlled by the Keys group. There are now twoscore companies operating over 17,000 miles of aerial highways, with about 5,000 miles more about ready. Keys believes that this mileage is only a small beginning. He | visualizes more than 200,000 miles of erial highways criss-crossing the coun- try and touching every town, He does not worry much zbout the number of separate companies, nor the fact that at least 30 more are being organized. Predicts Consolidation. He believes that many of the air lines will be merged or consolidated in the near future. So he is preparing to finance the merger of a number of air transport companies during the next twelve months. Keys had other plans for air trans- port when Lindbergh flew to Paris just a little more than two years ago. He saw that Lindbergh had electrified the nation, that his flight had actually ad- vanced aviation so that it was popular in the public mind. He realized that the hero would be a tremendous asset to any organization. Immediately after his flight Lind- bergh had hundreds of offers, jobs at unheard-of salaries. He turned them down. The country applauded. Noth- ing commercial could get Lindbergh. But Keys got him. Within a few days after his return to the United States the two sat down in conference. Keys outlined his plans. Lindbergh listened. “I'll take that job when you're ready for me,” said Lindbergh. Keys mentioned the salary he wanted to pay him. “Cut it in half,” said Lindbergh. “I'm not worth that much.” He heads the technical committee of Transcontinental Air Transport. Be- sides Keys and his associates the Penn- sylvania Railroad is financially inter- ested. Four other big groups which followed Keys into air transport are preparing to extend their service over routes which in many places must parallel those controlled by him. In some in- stances competing lines will« traverse the same route, like several railroads operating over one right of way. Keys belleves that they must bring about more mergers. He intends to figure in that reorganization when it comes. He controls a big holding com- pany organized last year. He also is president of an investment trust capi- talized at $25,000,000 to deal in avia- tion securities. 160 Plants in America There_are about 160 airplane plants in the United States. Some of them do not amount to much. Possibly forty Absolutely Exclusively at Kitt’s! RADED VALUE Unequalled! and Judge A. C. All-Electric Freshman Co. and Kitt Co. Full 7 Tubes of Cabinet of choice brown. Great power True-tone qual speaker, without slightest distortion. 10 Puts One KNABE PIANOS - FISCHER W PIANOS guaranteed by the Chas. famed R. C. A. brand. sign; finely finished in the popular English Priced Complete— Nothing Else to Buy In Your Home Check Th(;;e Features for Yourself Set the the de- and ity the A Limited Supply at This Astounding Price. 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In good condi- tion to give years of service and put music into the lives of the “growing ups” and happiness into the lives of the grown. $50,860,875 Our Budget Plan of Easy Payments Applies to All These ¥ BAND INSTRUMENTS are producing good machines. Mostlv of the others are imitators. But while | | they last they are providing work for designers; and Keys hopes that they | will_contribute valuable improvements | to airplanes and engines before they | are compelled cither to merge or retire | altogether. | Those who have watched aviation | ripening with golden promise marvel | at the uncanny foresight which has led | Keys into every phase of aeronautics. | Through recent mergers and reor- | | ganizations he controls a number of airplane plants, each individually equipped for special machines. One factory is working on big multi-engined planes, another on fast mail planes, an- other on light commercial jobs. another | on small craft for private owners. still another on huge over-water machines | | and another on small amphibians. | ~One of his companies is making pro- Another is specializing in ex- | | pellers. | port trade. His pet concern just now is | i the Curliss Flying Service.” It is lo- | cating branches in 25 cities. The com- | pany will continue to expand on the chain-store principle. | Srpplies Own Equipment. | Instead of depending on outside con- | cerns for airplanes, his own factories | will soon be supp! g the transport ! lines. Instead of waiting for others to | perfect navigation instruments, night | flying, lighting and other equipment, he has acquired one of the leading com- | panies in that field—to carry on de- velopment work. /ind something no other operator has | been able to do, he has started a Na- | tion-wide chain of flying schools to| produce thoroughly trained pilots. So with his air transport lines extend- ing from coast to coast and linked to- gether with a vast system of aerial serv- ice companies and feeder routes, Keys | is insuring their future by providing sources of equipment and trained men to_carry on the development. It is that sort of long-range vision that has made him the most interesting personality in the industry. And the manner in which he is bringing all the various elements virtually under the same financial control. is winning him recognition as the most important per- son in all aviation. i To Preserve Rural fnéls\nd. In its campaign to retain the beauty of the country, the Society for the Pres- ervation of Rural England recently held in London an exhibition of several hun- dred photographs showing desecration of ancient landmarks and scenic beauty spots. Among the pictures were those of the disfigurement of the Wariwick-to- Stratford-on-Avon road by signs block- ing out trees and hedges, of the hiding of the ancient castle in Corfe Village by a building, and another showing how the beautiful village of Wigton is plas- tered with signs, one picturesque cot- tage having 12 tire signs and four other enamel advertisements. The campaign is bearing fruit, and an early clean-up of objectionable signs and buildings is predicted. HAITIIMPRESSED BY TRADE SCHOOLS Industrial Education System Fostered by Americans Es- tablishing New Ideals. By the Associated Pres PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti June 1.—/| The old Haitian idea that honorable ca- reers could be found only in “white-col- lar” professions is waning. Not only are those professions overcrowded, but the industrial and agricultural school sy: tem fostered by American administ | tors is bringing new ideals to Haitians. This is especially true when the youths realize that by skillful use of their hands in the shop or on the farm they can earn more than by competing with myriad others as lawyers, doctors, writers or government clerks. The devolpment of a practical school system for the island republic is to be the oustanding factor of the next two years in the American program for fe- habilitation of the country. Peace and order, sanitation and public works have all been emphasized in turn, but today the school plan is being stressed above all others. New System Welcomed. ‘While the treaty of September 16, 1915, was silent on American super- vision or control of education, it did contain a provision for assistance in the development, of Haitian resources. S0 when, eight years later, the “service technique,” corresponding to a depart- ment of agriculture, was organized, full recognition was given to the fact that a system of industrial schools i the cities and of agricultural schools in the rural sections would constitute an im- portant part of the development of Haiti's agricultural possibilities. ‘With an extraordinary credit of $705,- 000 available for this system and a budget of $236,133 for 1929, Dr. George Freeman, director of the service technique, has laid out a comprehensive program. Back of it lies the aim that before the expiration of the treaty in 1936 each graduate of the public schools will step into the world as the master of a trade. The extra credit provides for 12 in- dustrial schools in Port au Prince, two for girls with a capacity of 1,000 and 10 for boys with a capacity of 5,000. In addition the coffee port of St. Marc will join the ranks of Haitian cities that al- ready boasts industrial schools. 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