The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-06

production effort. It will mean a large extension of plant facilities and the utilization of existing fac- tories not now engaged in making munitions. But command of the air by the democracies must and can be achieved. Every month the democ- racies are gaining in the relative strength of the air forces. We must see to it that the process Is hastened and that the democratic superiority in the air be made absolute"
 This emergency order recalled the recent formula developed by Chair man Emory s. Land of the mari- time commission for dealing with Germany's blockade of Great Bri- tain in the Atlantic. Land, who spoke after @ White House confer- ence, said the surest way to meet the submarine or raiding airplane menace was to bomb out of exist ence the bases from which those at tackers operated. But aside from daily assaults on the so-called in- vasion ports immediately across the English Channel, the Royal Air Force has been unable to maintain an offensive against the more dis tant bases or the great industrial areas of Germany proper.
 With a rapid step-up in United States bomber production, the RAT could subject German industrial areas and bases to blastings such as Coventry, London, Plymouth, Bris- tol, Liverpool and other cities have suffered in Britain. During the win ter, at least, there was nothing in Germany comparable with the havoc created among British cities by Ger man flyers. And many observers be- lieved German moral will remain substantially unshakable unless the war Is brought to the people as 1t has been In England.
 How much further the admins tration may curtail automobile pro- duction and the operations of other industries engaged in on-defense manufacture probably will not be revealed for several days. knudsen's order last month cutting automo- bile production by 20.15 per cent was described at the time as "an initial cut" Even without that reduction, April airplane production exceeded all previous months with the deliv- cry of l,427 military type planes. in- cluding trainers, to the army, navy and other governments. It is expect ed that production may be doubled by midsummer. But there has been no break down on types and 1t is assumed that the general expansion of airplane building, the production of heavy bombers IS tagging behind that of other craft.
 Tn February when military plane production aggregated 972. Knudsen said 60 per cent were trainers and 40 per cent combat ships. Since then the ratio has been kept secret. But officials said that during March and April the preponderance of pro- duction began to swing away from trainers to fighter planes and that perhaps three fourths of Aprils pro- duction may be combat craft.
 Tn connection with the expanded
 
 program, 1t was revealed that army and OPM officials spent last week h Canada with Canadian officials on D survey of production facilities. They were looking for plants and which could be worked | Into the United States program on ! basis which would enable Canada to make available to the United | States machines, materials or other of which Canada Is long and We are short. The survey was pursuant to MT. Roosevelt's recent announcement from Hyde Park, N, ! r., that there would be pooling of industrial resources" between the | two nations.
 Los Angeles, May 6-(UP)-The