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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9,

1936.

UNITED STATES MAY

REVIVE CONSTRUCTION OF DIRIGIBLES

Washington, December 1.

Inspired by Germany's success with trans-Atlantic dirigible operations, United States officials are planning legislation which will enable the United States to resume activity in dirigible enterprises.

Commerce Department officials in charge of aeronautics have formulated tentative proposals which probably will be sub-) mitted to Congress at its next session in January, so that a United] States company can enter Zeppelin operating field.

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The Company probably will be It also recommended that as soon the International Zeppelin Transport ns enabling legislation and adequate Corporation, which Вая been in private and federal funds can existence seven years, but was dor-oned" on cust coust mant during the depression and the aliould be constructed for period of public disappointment trans-Atlantic lines; and an airship with dirigibles that followed the built to alternate with 羅 foreign disasters to the Akron, Macon and service, other such ships.

If Congress, extends the

satne

The most active dirigible pro treatment to the Zeppelin company motera expect that the International us to shipping lines, it will enable Zeppelin Corporation will arrange to them to get from the government, co-operate fully with the Ducische beth construction and operating: Zeppelin Reederei for service be-funds. Huwever, it is likely that the tween the two countries.

construction would be undertaken by The first step from the viewpoint adjunct of the Goodyear Tire and the Goodyear-Zeppelin company, an of the American company is to get but some kind of governmental subsidy.That company bullt the Akron and Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio, since the proposed Zeppelin opera Macon. It has an arrangement with tion will not be self-supporting in

the German Zeppelin company re-

He's won two cocoanuts and a bottle of squash! It's the cacoanuts" the carly stages.

garding patents and processes. It turn next. A study at the Kowloon Tong Anglican Church Garden also has many German-trained con- ke struction experts. It is purely a construction company und would either sell or lease any airships to the International Zeppelin Corpora-

on.

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at the Foreign Offter last month to J.7065 to BACH'S sign the protocol relating to the 7067 rules of submarine warfare set forth

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in Part IV, of the 1930 Treaty of J7773

London.

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Preludes

and

The effect of this protocol is not 7942 to GRIEG'S Concerto in only to prolong for an indefinite period the rules governing sub-J 8401 to HAYDN'S marine warfare, but to bring within 8403

their scope the great Powers-France and Italy-which had not previous- ly been bound by them.

Germany is already a party to the rules by virtue of her renunciation of "unrestricted" submarine warfare In the notes exchanged when the Anglo-German naval treaty was con- cluded last year.

Russia is expected to adhere in the near future, and the British Govern~ ment hopes eventually to bring in all the remaining maritimo Powers to give the new rules a world-wide ap- plication.

Mr. Anthony Eden, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, and Slr Samuel Hoare signed the protocol on behalf of the British Government.

EXCEPTIONAL importanCE

Bolle British Government and | Admirally · attach exceptional im

portance to the protocol, which they regard as big step

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JA the direction of humanising warfare at sen. The essential rules are as followi

"In their neilon ́with regard to merchant ships, submarines must conform to the rules of International Law to which surface vessels

are

PLAN BEFORE GOVERNMENT sublectarticular, except in the ense

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ONSCRIPTION for every one in the country in the event of Britain - being involved in war is being considered by the Government.

of persistent refusal to stop on being duly summoned, or of active resist- surface vesseler submarine, may not hink or renu. incapable of naviga- Ilon a merchant vessel without häv- ing first placed passengers, crew and ship's papers in a place of safely,

"For this purpose the ships' boats not regarded as a place of safety

and crew is assured, in the existing

ance to search, a worship, whether

Dirigible men hope that Congress will authorize them to get the same treatment nnocenn shipping Ines; namely governmentol ald in meeting the difference between cost of con- struction at home and abroad, and direct benefits for carrying nail and There is considerable discussion about the United States line lensing many

successful flights of the one or two dirigibles. from the Ger- Hindenburg between Germany and mana until such time as ships could the United States this year are be built in the United States. Thus generally regarded

Da reviving the International Zeppelin Corporn- here interest

In In dirigible. The tlon might lease the L-130 after t flights went far to overcome popular is placed in operation. It would distrust of dirigibles which arose alternate with a German controlled when the Akron and Macon Bank he ship in flights between Germany and cording to some commentators. The the United States. The difficulty question was widely asked, why can with this plan is that the German not the United States accomplish in line is said to need it to replace the due time success mensurable to that Graf Zeppelin on contracted South The plan is that, immediately on the outbreak of hostilities, of Dr. Eckener and his aides.

levery one should place himself or herself at the service of the Additional encouragement to tryl Final decision whether to submit State, and that the Government should have the right to decide

Aviation legislation to Congress is understood from the Federal Commission's special report to the to depend on the scope of activity whether they should go into the fighting forces or remain in in-unicas the safety of the passengers Department of Commerce. It u which the International Zeppelin dustry. gested that "os a course of immediate Corporation agrees to undertake, and! Those drafted into industry would be paid on a scale to put sa and weather conditions, by the action."

partly on its success in locating them on an equal footing with the fighting services. Heads of proximity of land, or the presence of proper terminal for the

proposed businesses, ranking as, say, generals, would receive a general's pay to a Vessel which is in a positionį. TO CONSTRUCT AIRSHIPS line. The three most

suggested sites so far are Morristos, those below would have pay and rank graded according to

them on board." ost prominent

While the value of the protocol is **That the national policy

Jersey, not far from New York; position In the industry. New

fully recognised in naval circles, It ward nirships should be to under- Baltimore, Maryland And Alexandria, In other words, it is proposed to organise the whole nation terpart is a convention forbidding take further construction and opera-Virginia, near this city. Local gov- into a vast machine to deal with an emergency.

pointed out that its logical coun- tion of rigid airships in commercial ernmental and trade groups are

irecft attack on merchant ships. and naval service and this polley asked to help provide funds for a The proposal, which is, I understand, already before the Com-No aircraft now existing, or likely to should be immediately publicized, hengur and a final decision will not mittee of Imperial Defence, was put forward by the Royal Com-exist in the near future, is capable recognized and vigorously prosecut-be reached until it is known which mission on the Private Manufacture of Arms, in a report presented chant vessel, still less of placing

place will offer the most attractions. Ito the Cabinet some weeks ago and issued over the week-end.

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those on board in safety.

. Farewell""

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