The Sentinel=record., 1918-05-15
BRITISH ASK FOR
 LIBERTY MOTORS
GENERAL PERsHlNO APPROVES DlVERTlNG SOME OF THE EN-
 GIVES TO THE FRENCH.
Difficulties That Were Found in the overheatine Have Been Overcome and No Further Trouble ls Antlei. patcd.

Washington, May l4--American built Liberty motors may first reach the fighting lines in France, driving by French and British scouts. 1t was learned tonight urgent requests for etarly delivery of the American engine have been received from the allies and are being met. Shipments have already been made to Great Britain and there are intimatlons that General Pershing approves diverting additional motors 10 meet French and British requirements, even if further delay to production of American scouts results.
 The British government, 1t is said after a careful investigation of the engine by @ special expert sent over for that purpose, has been pressing steadily for some thousands of the motors The French experts at first somewhat doubtful of the motor are now asking for and will receive en- zines by July l. Difficulties with oyerheating alleged in letter from Louis Camman, read in the senate yesterday to make the Liberty motor useless are declared authoritatively 10 have been overcome. Radiator trouble was encountered particularly when machines which had been op- erated successfully in northern lati- tudes were taken south for tests. These have been corrected, 1t is stated and the fabrication system of the engine improved to the point where no further trouble on that score is anticipated
 To support their view that the day of delays in aircraft production are | over, officials point to the fact that last month saw "Liberties' delivered in hundreds and to present indica tions that the output will be doubled this month and steadily increased thereafter. The output last month, so far as known here. was greater than that of any foreign motor with the possible exception of one of 130 horse power type used in France. No high power motor approaching the Liberty 450 figure was within sight of the American output It was to reach that end in quantity production, 1t was declared that the Liberty was designed
 Another phase of the dispute about the success of the Liberty motor prom ises to be settled soon by actual trial. That is it's advisability for use in single seated fighting machines. Two machines of this type. one a seaplane
 had been designed and built in this country and will be ready for a trial al an early date. They represent the first effort to place such high DOW cred motors in the small machines. The difficulties facing designers In building Liberty fighters is to get them back to the ground safely There i is no question as to their efficiency of the motor involved.
 There were several developments today in the aircraft situation.
 John D, Ryan, director general of production, for the army and chair man of the aircraft board, made his first directing move by announeins the appointment of Archer A. Iandon. vice president Of the American Ra- diator company of Buffalo. N. Y, to have charge of the production diyis- ion.
 Preparations were made for launch ing the senate commitete's new in- vestigation. Senator Thomas and Sena tor Thompson called upon President Wilson 10 discuss the plans and Sen ator Hitchcock also talked over the aviation situation with the president