New Britain herald., 1925-09-21

shown by the flying records, has
been wisely, efficiently and economi-
Cally conducted by the Air Service,
should be continued, and when funds
permit, expanded.
additional personnel and mater
ial should be made available for the
Air Service when government fl
nances permit but not at the ex-
penso Of other vital needs of the de-
partment,
Large Reserve Needed
"a larger reserve of flyers should
be built up when funds permit.
Amy duplication of Army and
Navy service installation, if any still
exist, should be eliminated.
IAN additional brigadier general
should be authorized by congress to
head the supply section of the Air
Service and to develop the industrial
preparedness plans.
Restrictions on the method of
government purchases of arships
should temporarily be relaxed, I'M
der proper safeguards.
"A clear delimitation of the mis-
sions Of the Armyoand Navy in coast
defense should be adopted.
"The permanent housing bill in
troduccd by the War department in
the last congress should be passed,
in order that the intolerable living
conditions now existing in many
posts may be improN ed.
"A bureau of civil air navigation
should be established under the De-
partment of Commerce."
Separate Department
As to the proposal for the estab-
lishment of separate department OF
Iaeronautcs to provide for unified
army and navy air service. the ict-
ing secretary called attention to the
previous expressed views of Secre-
tary Weeks as rcpl esenting the attl-
tude of the department on that
question. Explaining that the Sec
rotary was prevented by illness from
appearing before the board. Mr..
Davis quoted from Mr.. Weeks testi-
mony by a congressional committee
in opposition to the proposal,
In that testimony Mr.. Weeks de-
clared the present organization un-
der the national defense act provid-
ing for an air service as an integral
part of the army is sound and should
not be altered"
1T is the unanimous opinion" he
added, "of officers who have sue
cessfully directed the combined OPP
erations of all arms during the
| World war that the army cannot
operate efficiently without an air
3 service, and further. that there is no
! mission for separate air service
which cannot be executed by the
army air service.
! Explaining that more detailed in
formation on air, service activities
would be presented to the board by
the military authorities 10 follow
him, Mr.. Davis added:
while they will discuss the war
department policies, it Is probable
that on some of the questions their
personal views Will differ. Particu-
larly on the question of organization,
the best military minds OF all ma
tons differ. I do not Know, and I
do not care 10 know in advance
what they are going to say to you.
With the hope that the board will
give the war department an oppor-
tunity later to answer any criticisms
that may be developed in the course
Of your inquiry. 7 leave the further
discussion today in their hands.
Conclusion of Statement
"1n conclusion, may 7 briefly sum
IN the condition Of the army air
service as 7 see it. It's personnel,
hers, is unoXcelled by any air serv-
ire In the world. From the tech
meal standpoint the remarkable de-
velopment Of the equipment Is in
adequate, but this is controlled by
the funds available. The air service
Is under the leadership Of an able
flying officer, General Patrick The
ou4Sto,dipc ,nronautico1 .chieve-
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MT MORROW arc conscious that
SoNera' inquiries ana Investigations
have been made of the operation Of
the United states air services and
the general problem NJ aircraft de-
velopment most recent NJ which
! perhaps has hpcn tho inquiry of the
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