JANUARY 22--The Federal Aviation Commission, appointed by the President as provided in the Air Mail Act of 12 June 1934, submitted its report which in essence set forth a broad policy covering all phases of aviation and the relation of the government thereto. A major share of its recommendations referred to commercial and civil aviation and in general stressed the needs for a strong air transport, for expanding airport facilities, for improving provisions for aviation in government organization, and for supporting the welfare of the aviation industry, particularly through the establishment of more realistic procurement practices and policy.

For military aviation, the Commission recommended: continued study of air organization toward more effective employment of aviation and closer inter service relationships, expansion of experimental and development work and its close coordination through the NACA (National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics), expansion of the Reserve organizations and larger appropriations to support them, and a modification of personnel policies to permit assignment of officers with special engineering ability and industrial experience to continuous duty related to their specialty.