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U. S. fo Concentrate On Giant Output of Select Combat Planes ‘Superlative’ Models 0. E. M. Lists Include ‘Fastest Single-Engined’ (Continued From First Page.) eally in the O. E. M. summary in- eluded: 7he Army’s P-38, a low-wing, two- engine monoplane built by Lockheed, described as the fastest military plane in the world with a speed “well in excess of 400 miles an hour.” ‘The P-38 weighs about the same as the P-47 and is armed with 37-mm. cannon and .50-caliber machine guns. TIts two 12-cylinder super- charged engines are rated at 1,150 horsepower each. The P-39, known as the Bell “Afracobra,” a single-place, single- engine pursuit ship that weighs about 6,000 pounds. Heavily armed with 87-mm. cannon and .50 and 30 caliber machine guns. “As a middle altitude fighter, as well as for attack on ground targets, this plane has no equal” the O. E. M said. The Flying Fortress B-17 and the Consolidated B-24, both four-engine bombers which have been used ex- tensively by the British. Bombers Surpass All Others. The Martin B-26 and the North American B-25, both medium bomb- ers, “whose range, speed and bomb- earrying ability is greater than any similar bomber in any other air force.” g The Douglas A-20A, twin-engine | light attack bomber. The O. E. M. said at this point that “there have | been reports that our bombers, in| the four-engine as well as two-| engine class, can complete their| mission and outrun certain highly | vaunted foreign fighter planes that have attacked them.” | The A-24, the Douglas dive bomb- | er, which the O. E. M. quoted avia- | tion experts as calling “the finest | in existence.” Later models of the Curtiss P-40, which already has done “such meri- torious work for the British in the | Middle East.” ' Other types of fighters which are | being produced for the British but | have not yet been used by American | torces, including the Republic “War- rior,” the Vultee “Vanguard.” the North American “Mustang,” the Brewster “Buffalo” and the Gml‘fl-1 man “Martlet.” | Services Made Selections. The O. E. M. said that the re- sponsibility for the selection of the models to be concentrated on rests | with the Army and Navy. “This concentration on the pro-| duction of fewer types will not mean that improvements to current models will be eliminated or that there will | be no new planes,” it was made clear. “Research and experimenta- tion will continue at an accelerated rate. But a limitation on the num- | ber of different planes of similar | finished goods of war, is looked for | three economists—H. T. Weeks, T. possible to | as one of the chief offsprings of the | A 1, Westbrook and C. R. Morris; | Foch was made Allied generalissimo, | and the French. British and Ameri- | purpose will make it produce more of the chosen few Mass production of automobiles was made possible by such production methods.” | The O. E. M. continued: “It is| the considered opinion of our mili- tary experts that the planes rolling off production lines of American | aircraft factories are the finest of | their type in the world. From the viewpoint of quality the Army has the best air force in existence to- day and the air arm of the Navy is second to none. “It is the real job of American industry to produce so many of these high quality planes that our air forces will outstrip the Axis aerial power in numbgrs as well.” The summary explained that the | bombers mentioned specifically were named merely as “better known” | examples. WITH CONVOY IN PACIFIC.—LIFE JACKETS ARE REGULA- THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO TION GARB NOW—The life jacket was standard garb aboard transports of a convoy which bore Jack Rice, Associated Press photographer, to an unannounced Pacific destination soon after the war started. Here passengers line the hose-strewn deck as one man gingerly steps over one length. D. C, 0. E. M. said, adding that the pri- mary purpose in this plan is to insure that “damage to individual | plants will not stop the steady flow of parts and planes to the fighting forces.” war industry is regarded by the, Churchill mission as of equal value | to all the Allies in the united anti- Axis cause because the fighters on the far-flung fronts, whether they wear our uniforms or our Allies', need goods produced in America. The production program now in effect calls for an increased rate in the four-engine bomber category, the summary stated. “An obvious and purely military reason is the pressing need for this type of offen- sive weapon that can carry its deadly load to distant targets,” it | England can't supply her own needs. Russia can't supply her own. The United States must supply the American needs and fill the gaps in | the English, the Russian, the Chi- ! nese and the other 21 Allies’ require- ments. Lord Beaverbrook's first problem | was said. when he arrived here was a matter | — of English supply rather than the question of the blueprint for the Beuverbrook Allies’ arsenal. New Plane Sources Sought. Our War Department took over| the title to planes being constructed here to fill English contracts let be- | fore the lease-lend program went | into effect, after the bombardment of | Hickam Field, Hawaii, in order to arguments that guided olon 32‘;21‘"5;}&5’0:';3:53‘0:; ‘:)ff P;:;? head officials toward the great 3 s1 Thewg?:lkflh‘::.m::k:;: s;;l"' now | INE out new sources of planes still | 8 - | needed in England and on the Brit- getting into the war made it diffi- | "¢t in Africa. cult for our production experts 10 | "o Beaverbrook division of the ”—5""‘\3;“ a program of such incom- | cyyrehill mission is established in Paraiyensoone: | the President's suite and in bed- | Some phases of the Beaverbrook | rooms close by at the Mayflower. | consultations are expected to have ; The British Supply Council in North world-wide and perhaps post-war | America arranged offices for him at ramifications. The establishment of | the Willard Hotel, where the sup- (Continued From First Page.) money. It was Lord Beaverbrook who convinced the administration that a $50.000,000,000 program was essential. His experience and his imagination supplied him with the a supreme inter-Allied supply coun- ish, will join the Chinese in this theater was given in the White House statement when it specified that Gen. Chiang Kai-shek would exercise his authority over military strength “which * * * now or in the future may be operating in the Chinese theater.” With reference to possibility of a centralized supply board, such an organization is believed to have been under discussion at last night's | White House conference of experts in this line. In addition to Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Churchill, those present in- cluded Lord Beaverbrook, British Minister of Supply; Vice President Wallace, chairman of S. P. A. B.; Executive, Director Donald A. Nel- son of the same board; Director William S. Knudsen of the O. P. M. and Harry L. Hopkins, who has su- pervised all portions of the lease- lend program. Subardination Not Explained. No explanation was offered of the precise degree to which the subordinate military commanders of one power will be responsible to a | supreme commander of another na- tionality. The question arises, for example, | to whether Admiral Hart is to operate in full authoritative con- junction with Gen. Wavell or whether for major operations there must first be obtained the approval of American naval superiors. as cil, in charge of the flow of raw materials and the disposition of the work Lord Beaverbrook has done since he arrived here two weeks ago tomorrow with Prime Minister Churchill. The great scheme in formulation provides for the absolute economic co-operation of all the countries fighting beside the United States and Great Britain—a prelude, per- haps to the universal economic co- operation which President Roose- velt envisions for the post-war world as one of the chief props of & lasting peace. An inventory has been taken of the raw-materials producers, and plans for getting the goods to the factories and the utmost use of the | factories are being perfected. While Lord Beaverbrook has taken fply council has its headquarters, but In the first World War the closest ' he has not used them. | approach to unified fighting com- [ The Beaverbrock party consists of | mand was not achieved until the spring of 1918, when Gen. Ferdinand two private secretaries for the Min- ister of Supply, A. H. Poynton and can governments accorded to him G. M. Thompson; Lord Beaver-| “the strategic direction of military brook’s stenographer, Roper; his operations.” | valet, Nockels, and his messenger, | Even then, however, Allied gen- | Eke. erals had the power to appeal to their own governments and it is remembered that Gen. John J. Pershing successfully resisted Gen Foch’s insistence that American United Command George H. Brett, chief of the United States Army Air Corps, also brought favorable comment in authoritative quarters here. It was pointed out that he recently completed a several months’ tour of the Near East and Britain to co-ordinate British and American airplane production and has complete first-hand knowledge of the British air situation on all fronts, Federation (Continued From First Page.) opposed would constitute the Com- missioner member the board chair- man and make board appointments subject to approval by the city heads. Walker Outlines Program. Horace Walker of the Salvage Committee of the District Defense Council outlined the salvage pro- gram. | saying he might as well “tell the! truth,” Col. Bolles told the Feder- “ ation the results of the civilian de- | fense effort prior to Pearl Harbor were “not at all gratifying"” “And today we are still not as| far along as we ought to be,” he | declared | Feeding units are not complete |in many sections of the city, he | said, although only 20 women in each community were needed for the work. What is essential, he ob- served, is a reawakening of the old American neighborhood spirit | | Col. Bolles praised the contribu- tion of the Federation in laying the foundations of the defense organiza- | tions at a time when the movement was “unpopular.” | Delegates State Position. i After a hot debate on the contents of the preamble to the resolution dealing with moving agencies from ‘Washington, the delegates approved | the following recommendations: | | Before any permanent agencies JANUARY 4, 1942. Off in the distance of a rolling sea, another transport plows (Continued From First Page.) | | part of the responsibility of Gen.| Wavell's command. In connection with the designa- | tion of Gen. Chiang Kai-shek as the united commander in the China sector, there may have been signifi- cance in the pointed reference to Indo-China and Thailand as part small direct part in the conversa- | tions a2t the White House between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill on inter-Allied Better Types Coming. “While these are being completed and sent to swell the numbers of our far-flung garrisons,” the O. E. M. said, “newer bombers are com- ing out of the blueprint stage. These | planes will be faster, larger, have | greater load ability and more range than the ones already the ‘finest in the world.’” Actual production figures are | military secrets and cannot be made | public, the O. E. M. pointed out, | “but it can be stated that the daily | output of military planes today is greatly increased and is increasing | month by month.” In addition to the future concen- tration of plane output, the O. E. M. noted these additional “trends” in American military aircraft produc- tion: . Increased pooling of facilities within the aircraft industry, and between it and the automobile in- dustry. Fuller co-ordination of existing facilities so that stoppage of produc- tion because of plant damage will be held to & minimum by the trans- fer of operations to “stand-by” plants. Greater emphasis on the produc- tion of bombers, the long-range of- fensive striking force of the Army and Navy. To Draw On Auto Plants As an example of the pooling process, the O. E. M. pointed out | that the mid-western bomber as- sembly program will draw upon the resources of the largest automobile companies to supply parts and sub- assemblies for the several types of bombers. In making the huge Con- solidated B-24, one large automobile manufacturer will supply parts for its own assembly plant being built | and for other new plants now going | up. it was said. Curtailment of automobile pro- duction will release the major part of the enormous automotive indus- try to the aircraft production pro- gram. Already the automobile in- dustry has made approximately | $1,000,000000 worth of military equipment, including airplane parts, the O. E. M. stated. Notable among the industry’s members already en- gaged in the conversion have been the Ford Motor Co., the General Motors Corp. and the Chrysler Corp. The O. E. M. revealed, moreover, that more than one-third of the | total horsepower capacity existing and planned under the aircraft pro- gram is represented in engine plants to be operated by the automobile industry. Stoppages Would Be Offset. Plans are now being studied, the summary pointed out, to transfer to other similar plants plane pro- duction operations that may be stopped by bomb damage or sabo- tage. ‘When new plants are built, they will be located in the area between the Rockies and Alleghanies, the ). unified war strategy, his operations | have been based on the White House military decisions. His task has| been to blueprint the plan for mak- ing the goods which will render pos- | sible the successful carrying out of the military plan. Dinner for Production Chiefs. One of Lord Beaverbrook's first steps here was to invite the Ameri- can civilian production chiefs— Donald Nelson, William Batt, Leon Henderson and Sidney Hillman—to | a private dinner at the Mayflower to get a full picture of those men's ex- perience with the American defense production and then set forth his ideas about the future course the production side of the war should take in the United States. Since that dinner the Office of Price Allocations has announced the ban on sales of tires and of new automobiles. Complementing the Americans’ side of the story, Lord Beaverbrook's resident agents here have been in constant conference with their chief. They are Morris Wilson, former Deputy Minister of Supply, now chairman of the British Purchasing Commission; E. B. Taylor, president and deputy chairmen of the com- mission; Sir Arthur Salter, head of the shipping mission; R. H. Brahd, head of the food mission, and Jean Money, member at large of the pur- chasing commission. As the men charged with the business of obtaining as much as possible of England's needs from the United States, these officials were able to give Lord Beaverbrook a striking picture of American poten- tialities and American production shortcomings to date. Sir Arthur was able to report also on the pros- pects of getting enough shipping space to make possible effective in- terchange of raw materials among the interallied nations for war- manufacturing purposes. May Abandon Lease-Lend. Lord Beaverbrook has conferred also with Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau on some of the finan- cial aspects of the projected super- arsenal’s operations. There is a widespread view here that lease- lend will go out the window and that the new conception of war ma- terials division will be based on the idea that the United States is the chief industrial front for the Allies and that all will benefit from that front in accordance with whatever | needs the military commanders de- cide exist for each. | Whatever assistance Lord Beaver- brook can give to the United States | in regard to the perfection of our | Rngs:Carpets Remnants Lowest Prices—Open Evenings of this theater in whatever degree these lands “may become available to troops of the united nations.” It was also stated that American and British representatives will serve on the headquarters staff of the Chinese commander. Brig. Gen. John Magruder, U. 8. A, has been in Chungking in recent weeks and might be held there to continue liaison service with the Chinese forces. American air units also are in Chinese service. Chinese May Be Strengthened. ‘The Associated Press reported yes terday that the Chinese press al- | ready is predicting a united offen- | sive against Thailand and Japanese | forces in Malaya. A hint that new | forces, perhaps American or Brit- | est. 1§22 D.J. Kaufman is excli coats, Raincoats, WOODRIDGE RUG & CARPET 0., INC. 1715 Rhede Island Ave. N.E. Telephone—Hobart 8200 ing-King agency in Washington; carrying a COMPLETE STOCK of READY-TO-WEAR Uniforms in Blues and Khaki, including Over- Blouses, Slacks, Caps, Shoes, In- | are moved from the city all means should be exhausted to provide facil- ities locally for them. | To avold disturbing established troops be infiltrated into British and French units. Allied naval commands were integrated co-op- eratively but never really unified. /i On the economic and supply | 28encies, new temporary Govern-, fronts there was a greater degree |Mment units should be set up else- | of co-ordination with several inter- | xlhere g their G e be han- | allied controlling organizations be- | 91ed efficiently outside Washington. ing established. Wherever possible here temporary | agencies should be set uo in tem- British Well Pleased | porary aquarters easily disposed of : S after the war without disrupting With United Command LONDON, Jan. 3 (#.—Authorita- P SV R S T BN tive sources, expressing themselves as well pleased tonight with ap- pointment of Gen. 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