Arizona republican., 1918-04-11
AVIATION WORK
 DENOUNCEDFOR
 RESULT GOTTEN
Majority Report Recom- mends that Army Signal corps Be Not allowed To Further Handle Task
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 WASHINGTON, April l0.-Dlfficul- ties encountered in developing the na- tions great aviation program were presented to the senate today in widely tiifferent aspects through majority and minority reports on the military com- mittee's protected investigation of the subject.
 The majority, through Senator Chamberlain of oregon, chairman, de- clared the entire aviation situation gravely disappointing, charged govern ment officials responsible for the pro- gram with misleading the public with over optimistic statements and urgent ly recommended that control be taken from the army signal corps and placed in the hands of a single executive of ficcr appointed by the president This report is understood to have been adopted by a vote of eight to six in committee.
 Minority Praises Work
 Senators Myers of Montana and Kir- by of Arkansas joined Senator Shep- pard of Texas in the minority report which asserted the majority failed to give an accurate impression of the facts and that in the face of unparal- leled obstacles "on the whole the record of the signal corps is one of which every American can be justly proud" Although the majority says the pro- duction of combat planes has been substantial failure, apparently there is no great difference of opinion between the majority and the minority as to the present status of the program as a whole, the disagreement arising over whether there has been inefficiency and procrastination and misleading publicity as to the majority charges.
 Some information heretofore regard ed as closely guarded secrets is dis closed in the reports. Among other things it is shown that:
 Training Plains Number $500
 Primary training planes to the num- Der of S,45S and 342 advanced training machines have been completed in this country;
 Production of training planes in the United States is proceeding on quah- tity basis;
 Arrangements have been made with France for the construction there of 6,OOO battle planes by 1000 American mechanics sent across the ocean for the purpose of using 11,000 tons of American material;
 Construction of 11,500 battle planes
 
 Have to Recall Cadets
 Twenty training schools in America have graduated 1926 reserve officer aviators, though few of them have been given advanced training and that, of 1200 cadets sent last year to England, France and Italy for training, only 450 have completed primary training and because of the lack of planes the oth- CTS may have to be recalled home.
 Investigation of aviation problems by President Wilson's special committee, headed by H. Snowden Marshall still is in progress and preliminary report from that body as to it's findings in connection with organization of the aviation service has been called for by the war department.
 Department Action Expected
 It has been indicated at the depart ment that action toward readjusting responsibility for the production of air craft would be based ona that report.
 The subject was brought up in the house today by Representative Cald- well of New York, chairman of the military subcommittee on aviation, who defended the signal corps and de- clared the manufacturers of the United States have thought more of NhSlr eSOuHltE tHdil they nave OI Flu ropean money. and today we are man. ufacturing upwards of 1000 airplanes every month and the production is in- creasing every day.
 Eight members of the senate con- mittec besides Chairman Chamberlain signed the majority report. They were Senator's Hitchcock. Nebraska; Reed Missouri; and Thomas, Colorado, dem- ocrats: and Frelinghuysen New Jersey s New. Indiana; Wadsworth, New York sutherland, West Virginia, and Weeks Massachusetts, republicans