Evening Star Newspaper, May 24, 1940, Page 7

Army Air Program May Cenfer on Two Iypes of Planes Equal Number of Bombardment and Pursuit Craft Possible By JOSEPH S. EDGERTON. Possibility that the Army air force which will emerge from the new national defense program will be composed almost wholly of two types of combat aircraft—pursuit and bombardment—in about equal num- bers, was forseen today as experts began to struggle with problems of this character, which must be solved before major production can begin. Such a program would mean the subordination of such specialized types of aircraft as attack airplanes, which have constituted a large pro- portion of our air force in the past. Experience in the fierce labora- tories of the European war indicate the desirability of reducing the types of. aircraft composing an air force and concentrating on quality pro- duction of as few different types as possible in light of the uses to which the air force will be put. Observation airplanes are listed as non-combat types and their pro- duction is expected to go on at the present scale, regardless of any final decisions affecting types, numbers &nd ratios of the combat airplanes. Pilot Problem First. Some time will be allowed for final decisions on combat types, however, it was indicated today, in view of the fact that expansion of pilot tfaining for the mflitary services rather than a major building up of the actual warplane strength of the Army and Navy will be the out- standing effort under the emergency hational defense program now pend- ing before Congress. «Under the terms- of the emer- gency appropriation bill now before Congress, the Army Air Corps ex- pects to acquire approximately 2,200 “fraining airplanes and only 200 combat airplanes, all bombers. These training planes are required for a tremendous expansion of the pre- sent Air Corps pilot training pro- gram which must be undertaken kefore the Army will be ready to receive large numbers of new war- planes. It takes longer to train pilots to handle the fast, complex modern fighting plane than to build the airplanes. The Navy also is making pilot fraining a primary effort. Efforts will be made to train 15500 new g}yl‘ots for the Navy by June 30, 1944, The Navy today has only about 8,000 trained pilots. Since expan- Bion of training facilities must be the first step, it is not anticipated that more than 800 new pilots can be trained during the coming year, increasing the - total Navy pilot strength to only 3,800 by June 30, 1941. By June 30, 1942, however, Xt is believed that 6,800 Navy pilots will be available and that 12,000 will be wearing their wings by June | 80, 1943. Army Training to Expand. *The Army Air Corps, under the emergency program, is expected to undertake the training of 7,000 new ilots. This will necessitate a great expansl&,fll the Air Corps train- ing faci the Army’s pilot~training establish- ment already has been increased by approximately 100 per cent dur- ing the last year. Passage by Congress of the pend- Ing emergency defense measure is expected to result in the immediate awarding of Army contracts for training airplanes up to a total of es, despite the fact that | BOSTON,—LIGHT FOR about 2200. As rapidly as these airplanes are delivered, new train- ing centers, both civilian and mili- tary, will be opened., During the last year the Army Air Corps, departing from all prec- edent, established nine civilian primary training schools for Air Corps pilots in various parts of the country. Operated under Army su- pervision, these civilian schools .are responsible for primary training of all new Army pilots. After a three- month course, graduates of the | civilian schools are sent to the Air | Corps Training Center, San An- tonio, Tex., for six months of train- ing by the Air Corps. Under the expanded program the same policy will be followed. New civilian training centers will be es- tablished in various parts of the country for primary training and new Air Corps training centers will be opened at various Air Corps posts, yet to be, selected, for ad- vanced training. Only 1 of 10 Finishes, To attain the Army’s goal of 7,000 pilots annually, Gen. George C. Mar- shall, Chief of Staff, said that ap- proximately 75,000 applicants must be “processed” since experience shows that only about 1 of 10 ap- plicants .is ‘able to complete the course and win his wings and a com- mission. Capt. B, V. Rickenbacker, World War ack, told the Assoclated Press today that the 50,000-plane air force envisioned by President Roose- velt would require 150,000 pilots and ground forces totaling 750,000 men. Capt. 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Wirephoto. that it will be “much harder to get the mechanics than the pilots.” Although the current emergency program of the Air Corps calls for 2,200 training airplanes and 200 bombers, or a ratio of 11-to-1 in numbers, the ratio in cost and pro- ductive effort may be nearly equal as between the training and combat types. It has been estimated that labor on modern airplanes ranges from 6,000 man-hours for the training types to as high as 60,000 man- hours for the big four-engined bom- bardment airplanes. This compares with 400 man-hours for the average automobile, Five Washingtonians To Speak at Parley Pive Washington social workers will lead discussions of welfare problems at the National Confer- ence of Social Workers, which opens in Grand Rapids, Mich., Sunday. The speakers will be Mrs. Mary Leute, secretaryjof the Social Serv- ice Exchange; Mrs. R. A. McGee, health secretary of the Council of Social’ Agencies and director of its | Volunteer Bureau; Mrs. Lois Sent- man, neighborhood councils secte- | tary of the council; Miss Genevieve Gabower, director of social service at the Juvenile Court, and Miss Helen Shuford of the Family Serv- ice Association. France has banned the serving of | Hoover Sees America Facing Double Duty In Democracy Fight Repairing and Rebuilding Task Is Cited by Former President By the Associated Press. ‘BOSTON, May 24.—Former Presi- dent Hoover asserted last night that “here in America is the last chance of making the system of liberty vital to men,” and maintained that this country had the double duty of re- pairing democracy’s failures and of constantly rebuilding it. “These are grave days for the future of civilization and for our own country,” he said in an address before the annual meeting of the Boys’ Clubs of America, an organi- zation which he serves as chairman of its Board of Directors. “Our minds,” he declared, “are distracted by the infinite tragedies which unroll day by day. That the independence of peaceful nations should be murdered fires our in- dignation. That women and chil- dren should be ruthlessly slaugh- tered brims us to tears.” ‘Work Held Not Trivial. The Nation's former Chief Execu- tive said the work of the Boys’ Club —that of “giving a full chance in life to the pavement boy”—was not “trivial in this world storm,” adding that “our stern duty is to carry on the processes of humane endeavor in this democracy.” With high praise for the Boys’ Club aim of giving “every child an equal chance,” Mr. Hoover said that “just as the Fascists build their boys as part of a military state, we want to build our boys to support a demo- cratic state. “s & * We citizens of the largest remaining democracy have a high duty and a high purpose in making easy the path of the democratic ideal.” Mr. Hoover declared that Govern- ment probably would concern itself to a greater and greater extent with the affairs of the Nation's youth. “But,” he added, “it will be a sign of degeneration when we as private citizens shall surrender character building to the State; that is not the place where personality and char- acter can ever be built. “This service requires sacrifice, understanding, toleration, gener- osity. The methods of a dictator are too simple and too easy.” Right to Obtain Views. Earlier yesterday, Mr. Hoover told his press conference that a Demo- cratic President had both the right and the opportunity to obtain the views of the Republican party on “transcendental questions of na- tional defense, peace and war.” Taking note of current discussion e bl bbby for LATEST NEWS The Night Final Star, containing the latest news of the day during these dramatic times, is de- livered every evening throughout the city and suburbs between 6 P.M. and 7 P.M. 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