�This Page Declassified lAW EO12958 114 ? USAF HXSTO?]CA?, S?mS A?-?S-22, p 75, 55 $ta?. 366. These authorities and the removal of profit [imitations were ?- tended lor the duration of the war and months ?herezfter bF Pubhc Law 580, ?7 2 Se? (approved 5 J? 1942) See ?6 316-1?. ? P. Craven and J. L. Ca?, e?, ?e ?F ? Wor? ?ar if, I, (O?go, 19?8) 106-8. 5; ?a?. 811. ?ubber is ? e?am?le of ? c?tical ma?n?l w?ch ?c ?ed ?tates ?dcd s?ukpile. Ou ucco? o? ?adeq?e stockpH- ? Zhe United ?tatas ?s caugh? ?ort ou t? i?m when J?p? cu? off the m?:or ?u:ce? n?Zur?l ?bher by t?in? over the ?u?h 55 ?et 610-12 ? iu Com?tZee he?s the impoprice re?ch, =o?d th? Germany h?d five ?e- lay Yield T?enfy-Seuen? A?uaZ ?eport o/ ?he t?a? Aav?o? Comingtree 1or ?ero?ut?as, 1941, pp. 1-? O?t?ction of the ?es Aero- ?ut]cal Research Laborato? was beg? with an ?tml appropfiati? of $1,?90,980 made ?der the T?rd Defioi?oy ADprop?ation Act, ?cal year 19?9, and ? ?st SuDDle?ntal Na%io?l Defe?e Appropriation Act, I941, pro?ded $2,?00,000 for ? pla?ng, etc of the air91?e e?e restrob labo?t? and au- thor?ed contractual ob?gatio? for i? con- s?cEon, the whole DroJect no? to exceed $8,400,?00 ? cost. See ?4 Sta? 134, 599-600 ?-22,?p. 163, App 2. The great? portion of ?e f?ds were for e?a?ion and development Ibrd, Table I, ?. p. 4? Of cons[dc?ble cauca, ? wew of ? widespread and successf? use of hehcopters ? ?e armed serv- ices ?day, was the provm?o? of the S?cond Deficl?cy Approprla?on Act, (?pproved 2 ?ay 19?9), ?ch gran?d the ?r Corps $?00,0?0 ? be ?ed m restrob and development work deal? with ?ry-w?g aircraft. See 53 641. ?S-22, p. 9 For a detailed stu? of research ?d d?elopment in the period 1939-4I, and of leg?lation ?lat? to i?, see AHS-22, ?9-96. ? (New York, 1944), PP. 19-20 [here?af?r cited as Stett?us, Le2?-Lee?6]; 5? E?e? 4-12. It sh?ld be ?ted that ?rance began order? p?es ? ?s co?tW before the war began ?d p?or ? the Pas?[e of thin act ?28-Z9. Stettm[?, Lena-Lease, ?. 18-19. On 6 Decem- ber 1939, Premdent Roosevelt ap?mted a ]tai? son co?t?e, headed by ?he Secreta? of ?ea?ry, He? M?genthau, to wst? o?r the fore[? purc?smg program. R?presen?- tires of ?e War and Na? DeDartmen? were a?ng the members of the committee. The co--tree help? the purcha? agen? the ?h? ? ?d ?d purchase war materl? and kept an ?e on the do?ar b?ances of the D?c?E Dewere Craven ?d Cate, Tae ?F m ?o?Jd ?a? 1L I, [Z9. S? atetrans, L?d-Less?, pp. 11-56 for a more detailed study of British and French purchases of American airc[?ft, etc. 61. Stettinius, Lemi-Lease, p 60 62. On 27 March 1941 t?he negotiation o? the fa- mous "Destroyer Deal" was completed By this agreement the United States tranaferred 50 over-age destroyers to Great Britain in re- turn for a 99-year lease on sites for naval and air bases at eight strategic ]?oints in Britaln's American possessions, streWchUg from New- foundland to Dritish Guiana. Thus the Un/ted states obtained outlying bases for the defense of the Western Hemisphere. See Craven and Cate, ?'ke AAF tn Wori? We? H, I, ?21. 63. Stettinius, Le?E-Lecse, pp. 63-8õ. 64 55 $l?. 31-33 Money to be used for the pur- poses of this act out of iunds already appro- priated was limited to $1,$00,00D,000. 65. 55 slat. 53-55. The funds thus appropriated were to remain available until 30 June 66. 55 ?tat 745-47. 67. fi5 St?. 236 Thi? act amended the Act of June 28, 1940, entitled "An Act to Expedite the ttenat defense and for okher purposes." 69, Henry L. Stomach and McGeorge ]?undy, Active ?øeFv!ce ?p? Peace a? Win' (New Yorg, 1949), p 362. 69. Extract of Statement of Hon. Henry L. Sikh- son, Secretary of ?r/ar. Hearings before the Committee on Foreign Relations, U S. Senate, ?Tth Conõ, I Seas--on S.275 (Lend-Lease Act), 1-29-41, in DH?B 321.9, Air COrpS Expan- sion Pro,ram. ?0. Memo ior S/W Stimson irom R. A. Lovett, AS/W for Air, ]n DRB 2tl-C, Pilots, 71. Craven and Cate, The AAF zr? Wor?g W?r II, 126-3?. See tins relerence for a more detailed account of lend-lea?e policles and their effect on ?he AAF expansion program, 72 Louis Smith, A?e?wa? Dametracy ang t?ry Power, A Stud? of C?z! Confro! o! ?ary Power i? tke Lr?;ted ?tates (Chicago, 1951) [hereinafter cited as Smith, Amsrtcaz? Democracy a? Mzht?ry Powell, pp. 213-14. 73. Stephen K ?ailey and Howard D. Samuel, Con?ress at Work (NeW York, 1952), [herein- after cited as Bailey and Samuel, Congress at Work], p. 295. 74 Se?te Re.?olutlon No 71 [Senate Report No. 64l, ? Cong., I Seas. (22 Feb. 1941), in DRB 032-N-Legislation; Co?g. /?ec. [$? Cong., 1 5ess?], ?, Pt. 2, DP. 1265 (22 Feb. 1/)41), 1615 (1 Mar. 1941), Power, p. 215. ?6 nz?ley and Samuel, Con,tress at Woriz, pp. 311- 15. 77. SmiSh, Amerzcan Dsmocraoy and l?fi!ttary Power, p ?8 farley and Samuel, Conoress at Work, p 320, 79. lbicl., 1). 313-1Y. A sample case of a Truman noramitres investigation which uncovered and corrected bad production practices was the investigation of engine testing at the Lockland, Ohio, plant of the Wright Acronauttcal Cor- poration m 1943-44. The investigations found ewdence of improper testing and mspeetxon of aircraf? engm? with ?he connivance of Air THIS PAGE Declassflied lAW EO12958
