The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-30

only study the possibility of buying fighting planes in the United States but will at once start every airplane factory working two shifts a day in- stead of the present one shift-an automatic doubling of production Factories will be extended as neces- sary to keep pace with the govern ment's new program.
 In indication of the minimum re- serve strength planned, four instead of one of every new type o, plane will be ordered by the air ministry.
 Will Recruit An Army
 The air ministry had planned to recruit 15,000 men, 4,000 boys and 1500 pilots this year.
 This program, it was said today, is to be enormously" increased.
 To handle the expanded program, the government named a personnel committee of eight, including Lord Winterton, who speaks for the air ministry in the house of commons; Air Vice Marshal H. L. Welsh, Air Marshal Sir W. R. Freemand and Air Vice Marshal R. E. c. Peirse.
 This was the first development of the new unWritten alliance be- tween the two most powerful, be- cause they are the richest nations of Europe.
 What Plans Call For
 As Adolf Hitler of Germany and Benito Mussolini of Italy, partners in the Berlin Rome Axis" of CO., operation, confer at Rome next week, the partners in the new diplo- matic-military combination will be- gin developing a program which, it is understood, calls for:
 l Immediate, close cooperation between the British and French air forces, completing the cooperation already effected between army and navy general staffs.
 2-An economic offensive in cen- tral Europe to prevent the economic conquest by Germany of the Dan- ubian countries, with France, partly financed by Britain, buying from central European nations and es- pecially Czechoslovakia, huge quan- titles of raw materials, wheat and oil, suitable for storage as war re- serves.
 8 Diplomatic action in Prague, Berlin, Warsaw and Budapest to offset the recent fears that Czecho- slovakio's very life was endangered by the demand of her German mil nority for special concessions, and Germany's protective" interest in the minority.
 4-Joint efforts to speed up con- clusion of French-Italian friend ship treaty to supplement the recent British-Italian treaty and give Britain and France a diplomatic foothold at one end of the Rome Berlin axis.
 5- Study of every means of ap- preaching Germany in an effort to end the dangerous rivalries in Eu- rope and to permit a reduction in the ruinous expenditures for arma- ments in every big European coun- try.
 Diplomatic Action
 The diplomatic action as regards Prague, Berlin, Warsaw and Hun gary is expected to work out as follows:
 Britain and France would jointly ask President Eduard Benes of Czechoslovakia to do his utmost to settle the German minority problem peaceably. It is indicated that Benes is prepared to do so, and that the program of conces- sions which the Czechoslovak gov- ernment has drafted-disclosed by the United Press yesterday-will be a most important one.
 2 = Britain and France would most likely - it is indicated that this point hinges on immediate de- velopments - approach Germany directly and inform her tactfully, for diplomatic purposes, what she already knows-that both countries are interested in maintaining Czechoslovakias sovereignty and that France is bound by treaty to defend Czechoslovakia against at tack.
 3-British and French diplomats will get busy at once in Warsaw and Budapest in an effort to win Poland and Hungary to their way of thinking as regards Central Eu- rope. This effort would be strength ened by 8 studied economic pro-