Evening star., 1941-04-30

work - voluntary. whole hearted
teamwork. Teamwork between gov
ernment and industry. between the
military and the civilian, between
workers and management. Only by
their united effort can this task be
accomplished"
Col Jouett estimated that this
year the American aircraft indus
try will produce $4,000 planes and
that next year. under present pre-
grams, 10000 will be produced.
Not only are the airplanes now
In production greater in numbers,
but they are equal or better in
quality and performance than those
produced abroad, Col Jouett said.
InterceptOrs Being Built.
"But our people are engaged on
new models too" the speaker said.
They are military secrets, of course,
but l can tell you that there are
at least Is. I can say that inter-
ceptors to combat night bombing
one form OF attack which Britain
has been unable to repel up till
noW-are being developed in the
United States. Rest assured that
our planes will not be excelled.'
Col. Jouett declared that there
now are 1000 planes on order from
the American industry for the
United States military services and
for England under the leaSe-lend
law and that programs now in
progress look to the placement OF
orders which will bring the total OF
planes on orde" up to 10000.
$500 Planes Exported.
Col. Jouett said that the aircraft
industry today is working Ito alb
Solute capacity, insofar as acqulSl-
ton of necessary materials allows
and that any cases in which
factories are not engaged in pro-
duction "a hours a day, seven days
week. are due to maintenance of
machines and equipment and to
slowness in receipt of materials.
He said that in the 20 months
since the outbreak of the war,
nearly $500 American-built mill
tary planes. ordered from our people
by the British, have been exported
no mean air force in itself
Urging the vital necessity of
maintaining American air trans
portation. both domestic and for
eign, during the present emergency,
Col. Jouett sounded a warning of
the dangers of Nazi and Fascist
aviation invasion of South America,
train invasion crews, to support fifth
column activities and to gain IA
miliarity with terrain and flight
conditions should axis powers at
tempt military invasion of South
America" He charged that sup
posed Italian transport aircraft in
South America already are being
used on naval patrol duty.
Warns of Dangers.
Taking sharp exception to many
trends in Government, w. c. Null
lendore, vice president of the cham
ber. warned the American people
against the dangers of becoming
'regimented," and losing for our
selves what we now seek to gain for
others"
Mr.. Mullendore said the United
States now was committed in an ef-
fort "far exceeding the total of the
last war"
I'VE have allied ourselves with
the cause of the British empire" he
said, land he have undertaken to do
whatever may be found necessary
to bring about the defeat of what is
for the present the greatest aggrega-
tion of armed force, or military pow-
er, the world has ever seen"
Pointing to several domestic fac
tors more unfavorable now than in
the previous World War, the speaker
declared: In 1916 the attitude of
Government toward business was
friendly. Today there is far too
much suspicion and jealousy. not
to say hostility, in government
leadership toward business leader
ship, and their joint efforts are less
cooperative. and hence less effec-
tive A similar growth of suspicion
and hostile attitude characterizes
the relationship between labor and
management as compared with
1916"
Will Close Tomorrow.
The annual meeting of the cham
Der was to break into seven con-
ference meetings for discussion of
various problems this afternoon. and
come to close tomorrow night
Admonishing the delegates that
business in the future will not be
as usual" j" Resident Bishop G Brom-
ley Oman of the Methodist Church,
Boston, told luncheon session that
''the businessman of tomorrow is
called upon to rebase and remotivate
the economic life in the new order"
He said the impulses to creative
action and service will be stronger
than the acquisitive impulses. The
democratic principle must be ex-
tended to the work life of men both
from purposes of justice and eff
cheney that emergeS from co-opera-
ton
"One of the fundamental weak
nesses of the American industrial
order" he said. lies in the con-
f1ict of interests at its heart In
stead of working out an intelligent
cooperation between organized
workers and organized employees. he
said, the refusal to recognize the
right of the worker to organize led
to conflict.
1t must be apparent to thinking
men that a conflict of interests is