The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-10
AIR PROGRAM
DISAPP0INTS
j. s. SENATE
Committee Finds Manufacture
of Planes Only Now Get
ting Under Way
CENSURE ADMINISTRATION
Charged That Effort Has Been
Made to Mislead Public to
Cover Up Weakness

The governments aircraft program
is characterized as "grayely dlsap'
rcinting' and drastic reorganization
of production machinery was recon-
mended in report by the senate mill
tary committee today which charges
government officials with misrepre'
senting the situation and misleading
the public, and with representation"
and "indecision.'
The prospects for the future, the
committee said, look more favorable,
a dnthe production of the last few
weeks got under way to such an en-
tent that a sufficient number OF planes
will be furnished later to meet all
requirements of troops in France.
One Man Control Urged
One man control OF production Is
proposed and the committee suggest
that buildings be taken entirely out OF
the hands Of the signal corps. Delay
is charged not only in the manufac-
ture OF Liberty motors and parts, bur
in the training of flyers as Wei.
The committee recommended that
one man administrator be appointed
bv the president and be assisted by
corps of engineers and designers.
It is suggested that no man who mas
any near or remote interest in com
pany manufacturing aeroplanes or en-
gines should be permitted to .act' as
advisor or be in authority.
Liberty Motor Falls Short
The Liberty motor, the committee
declared, els just emerging from the
DEVELOPMENT or experimental stage
and lis not designed and cannot be
used in the swift single seated fight
ing machines. OF 22,5O0 Liberty mo-
tors ordered, the committee SAID only
1923 have been completed FOR the army,
142 for the navy and four shipped
overseas.
1.-THE production of Liberty motors
to date, is, of course, gravely d'sap'
pointing" says the report. Govern
ment officials have made the mistake
| of leaving the public and allied ma
tons to the belief that many thou
sands of these motors would be com
pleted in the spring OF 1918. lntoE'
nation of this sort, not borne out bS
the facts, has been injurious, and its
constant dissemination the committee
regards as detrimental and misiead
ing to our cause
Delay in Training
Regarding the training OF aviators
the committee found there has been
very serious delay "in providing them
with training planes. AS result,
the report says, several hundred OF
the American cadets have been prac
tical]y idle and have made no prog
ress." /.
About 1900 cadets were sent &c
England, France and Italy last year TIC
receive primary and advanced tra'u
ing.
Hardness Everywhere
s"The experience OF a great many o.
these men has been most un1ortu
nate" says the report, in that a.
some of the schools very serious de
law has occurred in providing then
with training planes. which it wa:
expected would be manufactured II
foreign factories in sufficient mum
hers. About $50 of them are reported
as having completed the prlmar!
training after long delay The sigma
corps is giving serious consideration
to the advisability of bringing the re
mainder back to the United States
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