AERONAUTICS: Brown's Solution

Postmaster General Walter Folger Brown made his appearance before the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce last week the occasion to announce his solution, which he will ask Congress to approve, of the government's air mail subsidy problem.

The operators now are paid so much per pound (67 cents to $3*) for mail actually carried. Most complain they are losing money. Some weeks ago Mr. Brown commanded them to present their complaints to Second Assistant Postmaster General, Warren Irving Glover (TIME, Oct. 21). Mr. Glover closely examined all the operators' books—a sight no man ever...

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