A652 FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL NATIONAL DEFENSE APPROPRIATION BILL FOR 1942 HEARINGS BEFORE SUBCOMMITTEES OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS SEVENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS APPROPRIATION BILL FOR 1942 HEARINGS BEFORE SUBCOMMITTEES OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS SEVENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS CLARENCE CANNON, Missouri, Chairman CLIFTON A. WOODRUM, Virginia J. BUELL SNYDER, Pennsylvania VINCENT F. HARRINGTON, Iowa JOE HENDRICKS, Florida JOHN TABER, New York RICHARD B. WIGGLESWORTH, Massachusetts MARCELLUS C. SHEILD, Clerk JOINT SESSIONS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES ON DEFICIENCY AND WAR DEPARTMENT A650 fo FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL NATIONAL DEFENSE HEARINGS CONDUCTED AT A JOINT SESSION OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, IN CHARGE OF DEFICIENCY AND WAR DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATIONS: MESSRS. CLARENCE CANNON (CHAIRMAN), CLIFTON A. WOODRUM, LOUIS LUDLOW, J. BUELL SNYDER (CHAIRMAN, WAR DEPARTMENT SUBCOMMITTEE), EMMET O'NEAL, GEORGE W. JOHNSON, LOUIS C. RABAUT, JED JOHNSON, DAVID D. TERRY, JOE STARNES, ROSS A. COLLINS, JOHN H. KERR, GEORGE H. MAHON, JOHN TABER, RICHARD B. WIGGLESWORTH, WILLIAM P. LAMBERTSON, D. LANE POWERS, J. WILLIAM DITTER, ALBERT J. ENGEL, AND FRANCIS H. CASE; ALSO PRESENT, JAMES G. SCRUGHAM (CHAIRMAN), SUBCOMMITTEE ON NAVAL APPROPRIATIONS; ON THE DAY FOLLOWING, NAMELY: TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1942. WAR DEPARTMENT AIR CORPS STATEMENTS OF LT. GEN. H. H. ARNOLD, DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF FOR AIR; BRIG. GEN. O. P. ECHOLS, ASSISTANT FOR PROCUREMENT SERVICES; COL. L. W. MILLER, AIR CORPS; T. P. WRIGHT, OFFICE OF PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT; COL. C. G. HELMICK, GENERAL STAFF; COL. G. J. RICHARDS, GENERAL STAFF; AND LT. COL. R. S. MOORE, FINANCE DEPARTMENT The CHAIRMAN. A joint meeting is being held of the War Department and Deficiency Subcommittees to consider the Budget estimate that has been sent up here by the President in House Document No. 567 for a new Air Corps program. We are having both subcommittees meet on this estimate in order that we may have present the men who are most familiar with the subject matter, because this is a grave responsibility. This is the largest estimate for war equipment ever submitted to any committee or any Congress in the history of the world, and it involves the greatest dislocation, readjustment, and conversion of industry that the country has ever seen. We trust, on account of the extremely confidential nature of the subject matter, that everyone present will be appreciative of the necessity that the evidence given here shall be regarded as highly confidential. 1 |