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FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL NATIONAL DEFENSE APPROPRIATION BILL FOR 1942

HEARINGS

BEFORE

SUBCOMMITTEES OF THE

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEVENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS

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APPROPRIATION BILL FOR 1942

HEARINGS

BEFORE

SUBCOMMITTEES OF THE

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEVENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS

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COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

CLARENCE CANNON, Missouri, Chairman

CLIFTON A. WOODRUM, Virginia
LOUIS LUDLOW, Indiana
MALCOLM C. TARVER, Georgia
JED JOHNSON, Oklahoma

J. BUELL SNYDER, Pennsylvania
EMMET O'NEAL, Kentucky
GEORGE W. JOHNSON, West Virginia
JAMES G. SCRUGHAM, Nevada
JAMES M. FITZPATRICK, New York
LOUIS C. RABAUT, Michigan
DAVID D. TERRY, Arkansas
JOHN M. HOUSTON, Kansas
JOE STARNES, Alabama
ROSS A. COLLINS, Mississippi
CHARLES H. LEAVY, Washington
JOSEPH E. CASEY, Massachusetts
JOHN H. KERR, North Carolina
GEORGE H. MAHON, Texas
HARRY R. SHEPPARD, California
BUTLER B. HARE, South Carolina
HARRY P. BEAM, Illinois
ALBERT THOMAS, Texas

VINCENT F. HARRINGTON, Iowa

JOE HENDRICKS, Florida

JOHN TABER, New York

RICHARD B. WIGGLESWORTH, Massachusetts
WILLIAM P. LAMBERTSON, Kansas
D. LANE POWERS, New Jersey
J. WILLIAM DITTER, Pennsylvania
ALBERT E. CARTER, California
ROBERT F. RICH, Pennsylvania
CHARLES A. PLUMLEY, Vermont
EVERETT M. DIRKSEN, Illinois
ALBERT J. ENGEL, Michigan
KARL STEFAN, Nebraska
FRANCIS H. CASE, South Dakota
FRANK B. KEEFE, Wisconsin
NOBLE J. JOHNSON, Indiana
ROBERT F. JONES, Ohio

MARCELLUS C. SHEILD, Clerk

JOINT SESSIONS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES ON DEFICIENCY AND WAR DEPARTMENT

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FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL NATIONAL DEFENSE
APPROPRIATION, 1942

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.

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