


To provide a little more in the way of explanation, under President Herbert Hoover, the Air Mail Act of 1930 allowed Walter Folger Brown, then the Postmaster General, to award contracts at the "Spoils Conference", where major airlines divided routes among themselves, excluding smaller carriers. When details of the conference emerged, it became a scandal.
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To provide a little more in the way of explanation, under President Herbert Hoover, the Air Mail Act of 1930 allowed Walter Folger Brown, then the Postmaster General, to award contracts at the "Spoils Conference", where major airlines divided routes among themselves, excluding smaller carriers. When details of the conference emerged, it became a scandal.

re: The Great Air Mail Scandal
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AT least hope it is one referenced.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HexVV4Zw ...
Sadly, it is cluttered with commercial advertisements.