Fourth Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Bill for 1942: Hearings Before Subcommittees of Thhe Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Seventy-seventh Congress, Second Session, on the Fourth Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Bill for 1942. $12.5 Billion Army Airplane Program |
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... understanding between those different branches ? General ECHOLS . I do not understand the allegation of the committee that there has been a lack of understanding with regard to the placing of contracts and on the matter of ...
... understanding between those different branches ? General ECHOLS . I do not understand the allegation of the committee that there has been a lack of understanding with regard to the placing of contracts and on the matter of ...
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... understand . Even though the price of mate- rials has gone up , I cannot understand why the unit price of Army matériel , whatever it may be , airplanes or anything else , should be greater as time goes on than it was in the beginning ...
... understand . Even though the price of mate- rials has gone up , I cannot understand why the unit price of Army matériel , whatever it may be , airplanes or anything else , should be greater as time goes on than it was in the beginning ...
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... understand that the total amount requested here for planes and other items is based on the same unit cost that you paid for planes and other items heretofore ? General ECHOLS . Yes , sir . Mr. WIGGLESWORTH . You do not look for any ...
... understand that the total amount requested here for planes and other items is based on the same unit cost that you paid for planes and other items heretofore ? General ECHOLS . Yes , sir . Mr. WIGGLESWORTH . You do not look for any ...
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... understanding is that young pilots are needed . Do you see any value in the proposal to have a training program at ... understand there is some suggestion of modifying the civil pilots ' training program , which might be worked out ...
... understanding is that young pilots are needed . Do you see any value in the proposal to have a training program at ... understand there is some suggestion of modifying the civil pilots ' training program , which might be worked out ...
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... manuals . The scope of the test is designed to determine the applicant's mechanical comprehension and his ability to understand mechanical apparatus and diagrams ; SUPPLEMENTAL NATIONAL DEFENSE APPROPRIATION , 1942 25.
... manuals . The scope of the test is designed to determine the applicant's mechanical comprehension and his ability to understand mechanical apparatus and diagrams ; SUPPLEMENTAL NATIONAL DEFENSE APPROPRIATION , 1942 25.
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Air Corps airplane production aluminum amount appropriations Army ARNOLD aviation cadet BUELL SNYDER build CHAIRMAN COLLINS Colonel HEISS Colonel KUTZ Colonel LAWTON companies competitive bidding Congress construction contract authorization course Defense Plant Corporation Department DITTER ECHOLS EMMET O'NEAL ENGEL equipment existing facilities expansion expediting production fiscal year 1942 flare bombs funds furnished gliders going gone Government-owned heavy bombers increase JANUARY 20 JOE STARNES JOHNSON of West KNUDSEN labor LAMBERTSON let contracts LOUIS LUDLOW LUDLOW manufacturers ment military national defense Navy number of planes O'NEAL officers operation Ordnance overtime PATTERSON pilots POWERS present procurement production program quantities question radio record SCRUGHAM Secretary Selfridge Field Signal Corps SNYDER spare engines standardized STARNES statement TABER thing tion TRUMAN COMMITTEE REPORT unit cost War Department West Virginia WIGGLESWORTH WILLIAM DITTER WOODRUM Zephyr Aircraft
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Page 3 - Congress, or both, any defense article for the government of any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States.
Page 54 - Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. Are there any further questions ? If not, we thank .you, Colonel Heiss.
Page 26 - Government expense, lodging, necessary clothing, equipment, medical care, and a $10.000 life-insurance policy during the period of training. On assignment to active duty he may continue the policy by paying the premiums. Upon graduation the cadet receives an initial uniform allowance of $150 cash. On relief from active duty in the Air Corps Reserve, he receives $500 for each year of his active service.
Page 12 - I have just sent a letter of directive to the appropriate departments and agencies of our government, ordering that immediate steps be taken...
Page 26 - Applicants for meteorological training must be college graduates and have specialized in sciences, engineering, or similar technical subjects. They must have satisfactorily completed thorough courses in mathematics, including differential and integral calculus, and physics, including heat and thermal dynamics. Applications for photographic training are not being accepted at present, but applicants must have at least 3 years of chemistry or geology in an accredited college and preferably have professional...
Page 12 - This includes 45,000 combat planes— bombers, dive bombers, pursuit planes. The rate of increase will be continued, so that next year, 1943, we shall produce 125,000 airplanes, including 100,000 combat planes. 2. To increase our production rate of tanks so rapidly that in this year, 1942, we shall produce 45,000 tanks; and to continue that increase so that next year, 1943, we shall produce 75,000 tanks. 3. To increase our production rate of antiaircraft guns so rapidly that in this year, 1942, we...
Page 10 - General ARNOLD. Insofar as we can do it, changes are deferred so they will not interfere with production. We cannot always do that, but that is the policy we follow wherever we can. STATEMENTS IN TRUMAN COMMITTEE REPORT CONCENTRATION OF ORDERS WITH A FEW MANUFACTURERS - The CHAIRMAN. The further charge is made in the report that orders have been concentrated with a few companies. The statement is made that billions of dollars of orders have been placed with 19 aircraft manufacturers, while there...
Page 16 - Congress has made, and the use of electronic computers, we have every reason to believe that we will be able to meet these two important requirements.
Page 6 - Truman committee that they say that only a limited amount of our present production is of combat types considered to be equal to or superior to the best types produced abroad...
Page 25 - ... paragraph (b) of this section. (22 USC 1221 et seq.) [Dept. Reg. 108.676, 37 FR 19356, Sept. 20, 1972] § 11.5 Certification for appointment to class 7 and 8. (a) Candidates will not be certified as eligible for appointment as Foreign Service officers of class 8 unless they are at least 21 years of age and have been a citizen of the United States for at least 10 years, and, if married, married to a citizen of the United States. A candidate may be certified as eligible for direct appointment to...