The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-06-21
US. TOSTART
MAKING PLANES
1000 A MONTH
Within 12O Days Country
Will Be Able to Deliver
Engines.
ANNOUNCED OFFICIALLY
Machines for Service Will Do
From 10 to 120 Miles
an Hour. v
ANNOUNCED OFFICIALLY

WAsHINoToN,. June 20.-within four
months the United States viii be able
to turn out engines for 1000 battle
planes a month with which to over
whelm the air forces Of the German
army. Every month thereafter 1t will
be possible to increase this production
by approximately 1000 machines until
the maximum is reached.
This was the information given out
officially to-day to do away with the
impression that this country would be
satisfied to engage only In the manufac-
ture of machines for the training Of
aviators. On the contrary 1t is the in
tention to build the heavy battleplanes
for immediate service at the front. With
the motors which have been perfected
for them they will be able to do from
l1O to 100 miles an hour.
They will not be the speediest type
OF battleplane to use. but they neverthe-
less are regarded as Indispensable. They
are excellent In bomb dropping work
and In certain phases of reconnoitring
The factories in this country practically
will take over the manufacture Of en-
gines and parts for training planes and
the heavy battleplanes. leaving for the
present to the plants In England and
France the construction of the high
powered and speedy light fighters for
which these countries have highly spe-
cialised facilities.
Chairman Comm Confers.
Chairman Comm Of the Aircraft Pro-
duction Board conferred to-day with
Brig. Gen. Squier, who has charge Of
aviation for the army. Afterward he
took up details of the aviation pro-
gramme with officials of the War Col
lege. Mr.. Coffin authorized the an
nouncement that not only would all air
craft plants Of the United States be
expanded to their utmost limit Of pro-
duction Of engines and planes but that
countless other factories now engaged
in the manufacture OF various sorts Of
articles would be impressed into SER
vice.
Among these viii be automobile and
motor plants. sewing machine, type
writer, woodworking and machine shops.
Work will be centred at the beginning
on the training planes and heavy battle
planes. Later the light. high powered
and extremely speedy battle plane will
be developed to the limit.
THE facilities OF many available IN
dustries capable OF adaptation to motor
and airplane construction will be used
in the work." said Mr.. Coffin. "Orders
will be given to all reliable existing air
plane manufacturing plants capable OF
turning out the quality Of machines
which the Government must have, and
this will enable them to expand their
factories for more extensive production.
The aircraft industry has never been
extensively encouraged and developed in
this country, however, and in order to
secure the necessary production We must
draw on far wider resources
Use of Allied Industries.
THE plan to employ in aircraft build
! ing the resources OF many allied indus
| tries is one which has been used in some
measure by both England and France
but limitations of their Industrial re-
sources. and particularly the lack of ex-
perience In the Standardization Of parts,
have precluded Its being carried out to
such an enormous extent as will be pos-
sible with the United States.
The American automobile industry is
the most highly organized and the most
extensive of it's kind In the world. and
the same system of standardized parts
and quantity Of production of machines
which has enabled the United States &c
have three and a half MILLIONS OF auto
mobiles on the road, where all other ma
tions together have less than a million
will be turned to the making of aircra IT
Further than this other manufacture
| ing plants can be used for turning out
parts In quantity. Portions OF cash reg.
lister plants and typewriter factories car
easily be utilized for the manufacture OF
small steel parts. The cylinders OF the
motors can be forged and bored out ir
quantity by the munitions plants now
making shells. but the relative number
needed will not interfere with the guam.
tity of production OF shells.
THE whole answer to the problem be
fore us is Standardization. The Ameri
can development of airplane motors will
be standardized motor. II necessar,
parts exactly alike can be turned out II
quantity In one factory and shipped TO
different place to be assembled As tn,
work develops our engineers can con
stantly be engaged in further perfecting
the motor, and as the industry expand.
It can also improve the quality OF it.
output"
One Man Policy Urued