Evening star., 1931-12-03
WOULD BUILD UP
TOL0ND0N TREATY
Construction of Aircraft Car
riers Recommended by
Moffett in Report.

Building of aircraft carrier and fly
tng-deck cruiser tonnage up to the full
London naval treaty limits, with adci-
ton Of sufficient aircraft to equip the
new vessels, are among the recommen-
dations of Rear Admiral William A.
Moffett, chief Of the Navy Bureau
OF Aeronautics, made public today. he
also urges enlargement Of spec anu
experimental programs for naval ava
tion and creation OF East and West
Coast naval feet aviation bases.
Admiral Moffett recommends that the
East Coast base be located on the site
known as East Camp" adjacent to the
Naval Air Station at Hampton Roads,
virginia. He asks that this site be
permanently acquired.
Increase in Civilian Employees.
Increase of the civilian employees in
the Bureau of Aeronautics, chiefly in
the aeronautical engineering ratings, Is
recommended as means OF enabling
the bureau TO keep abreast OF aeronau-
tical progress.
In urging completion Of treaty air.
craft carrier tonnage Admiral Mohett
declares this COUNT Is tarulCr behind
in the airlra4O C-I4I9. categOIy t442n
any other nation which was 81 ,n~Uory
to the Lonuon tre2 y. nj only In lon-
mage but in the NUMBERS o. aircraft
carriers"
This is of vital Importance, he points
out, because naval aircraft have become
an inseparable ana indispensable part
of the feet, and in the future Will con-
tinue to increase their value as an i'm
portant part of national defense"
Though the five-year naval aviation
program has brought the strength up
10 i 900 planes, Admiral Moffett re-
quests that additional planes be pro-
vided to equip the u. S. s. Ranger, new
aircraft carrier, now under construc-
tton, and whatever new airplane-carry-
ing ships may be built.
Urges Completion of ZRS-5.
Admiral Moffett recommends strongly
the immediate completion OF the ZRS-5,
sister airShip of the giant Akron, and
the establishment on the Pacific Coast
of temporary operating bases for the
Akron during her periods of duty with
the feet in Pacific waters.
4 desire" Admiral Moffett reported,
''to invite attention to the serious con-
dition in this country of the areonau-
tical industry"
The five-y ear Army and Navy air
craft programs, he said, were expected
TO establish permanently the aircraft
manufacturing INDUSTRY in this country
by providing regular and even flow OF
construction. This goal has failed be-
cause of the economic depression, which
has blocked civil construction.
ut is essential for the future welfare
OF both the Government and the inous-
try" the naval aviation Grief explained,
that efficient aircraft manufacturers
be able to make profits Of such A size
that the business will remain attractive
to them"
Five-Year Program Completed.
The fiscal year 1881 has been very
important to naval aviation, In that it
Witnessed completion OF the five-year
building program, Admiral Moffett said.
Another elent OF Importance was the
acquisition Of a lighte- -than-air base at
Sunnyvale Calf, to house the Akron
ana HRS-0.
Referring to the Navy's aerial speed
program, the admiral reported tLat the
neeu has arisen for higAeI performances
in speed and rangs Ca naval aircraft.
TIE influence CT the Schneider Cup
races, from which the United StateL
has been absent for several years, he
said, is shown by the tremendous i'm
pro- ement in Performance OF foreign
aircraft, and the Navy nee. additional
funds to undertake a study Of higher
speeds