East Africa's approach in agriculture resembled Roosevelt's later planned, large-scale destruction of American agricultural products. Clearly, the New Deal's handling of agricultural overproduction also reflected the characteristics of "compulsory government intervention."
All this demonstrated the necessity of government intervention during an economic crisis. After all, an economic crisis itself was a manifestation of market regulation failing.
In May 1932, led by the governments of Rhine City and New Frankfurt City, with towns and cities such as Lusaka, Kitwe, and Kabwe participating, the Central Province Aviation Industry Development Conference was held in Rhine City. The conference focused mainly on two issues.
The first was the layout of industries related to aircraft manufacturing in Central Province; the second was the site selection for Imperial Central Airport.
Meisai, the mayor of Rhine City, said, "Aircraft manufacturing is a major industry that rose to prominence in the twentieth century. The emergence of aircraft established today's three-way division of transportation among land, sea, and air. Although aviation still lags far behind the first two, there is no denying that the aviation industry has already displayed enormous market potential."
"As the heart of the Empire, our Central Province should not abandon this emerging industry and market. At the same time, by vigorously developing the aviation industry, we can offset our shortcomings in water transport and consolidate Central Province's status as the Empire's core transportation hub."
Central Province lay at the very center of the East African economy, linking north and south while connecting east and west. It was also home to the Empire's administrative center. Therefore, in land transportation construction, it was unquestionably the heart of East Africa, gathering two major national comprehensive railway hubs as well as multiple regional transportation hubs.
But just as Mayor Meisai had said, Central Province had a limited ceiling