The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-15
GERMANS PLAN
TO MAINTAIN
$500 PLANES
Great Battles will be Fought
in the Air During Next
Year
ONE FIELD WHERE
AMERICA CAN HELP
President of Aero Club Says
That Eight Factories
|. Are Idle
fRv Associated Press.l

(By Associated Press.)
Paris, June IA semi official note
concerning the strengthening of the
flying branch of the allied service and
the cooperation Of America in this
effort says:
Fantastic figures have been publish
ed regarding the increase of the avia-
ton corps but to realize what a great
effort confronts us it is only necessary
to see that what the enemy is doing
Germany purposes to bring in line for
the spring of 1918 machines to the
number of $500.
Tn comparison with the thousands
and millions with which certain writ
ers have juggled, this seems feeble. 1t
is nevertheless considerable. for it is
not only a question of having that
many machines. The number must be
maintained, and to maintain it, drafts
calculated at fifty per cent for the
light, fast machines and at thirty per
cent for the heavy machines must be
furnished monthly.
Without giving the French figures,
1t may be said that they are consider
able and comforting and that con-
Struction will be powerfully helped by
American cooperation which will en-
able France to maintain the mastery
States has already been arranged for
in accordance with precise, exact plans
and consists, first, of the dispatch of
a first contingent Of trained pilots who
will complete their instruction in
France and the dispatch to America of
a contingent of French instructors sent
at the request of the United States;
secondly increased shipments from
America Of half finished parts and the
Of SY1d tTxy
with French industry in certain French
plants capable Of vast development
and, finally, the production of engines
and complete machines by America ac-
cording to her own means and meth
DDS.
This program has been thoroughly
worked out by the aeronautical au-
thorities and its application in Ameri-
ca has been entrusted to Captain An
DIRE Tardieu, the French high COM
missioner to the United States.
1T is formidable enterprise, which,
developing rapidly, will be carried
through methodically.''
New York, June 15.-Allan H. Haw-
ley, president of the Aero Club Of
America, announced he had written to
the chairman of the senate committee
OF military affairs, George r. Cham
berlain, and informed him that eight
American airplane, manufacturers are
idle for lack of government orders, due
to delay in making the necessary APP
preparations.
There are eight airplane manufac-
tllrers who have facilities for manu-
featuring 1000 airplanes in three
months, and could develop their facili-
ties to manufacture $4,000 airplanes
within six months, practically idle for
lack of government orders" his letter
read.
1--WE submit that instead of keeping
these manufacturers idle, they should
be given large orders to enable them
to develop their manufacturing facili-
ties to ten times their present capacity.
This they can do easily. Having we'll
trained organizations they are in a
position to add hundreds Of workmen
and to increase their floor space in a
very short time. But they cannot do
that unless they get government or
ders."