�This Page Declassified lAW EO12958 Note? 128. ?rtll?am D Hassell, "The President Was My l]oss," Saturday Evening Post, Vol. 226 (24 Oc?ber 1953), 33 The P?sident ?d t?t o? system whereby ?e s?r force w?s attached to ?at area of ihe d?e?e under w?ch t? co?d best operate w? much bet?r than an in- dependen? a? am ?e ?e ?. He ielt o? sys?m made possible a mu?h more elastic ?d efficl?t ?tmen? o? ? power than would be ?e case with an a? force ?der a s?gle co--and 129. ?, A-l, ?, ? C/?, ?, subL: Senate and Ho?e B?s, 10 Oc?ber 19?1, ? D? 032-N, Leg?ation. 130. McClendon, A?t?my ]or t?g A?r A?, IL 214-15. 131. ?cCiendon, Aufo?omp ior ? A?r A?, ?L 191-92; Cmv? ?d Ca?, ? AAF ? Worl? War lI. ?, 1!5. 1. W. F. Craven and J. L. Cate, eds., The AAF Worl5 War 1I, 1', (Chicago, 1948), 2 ?zg, pp. 135-50 See ? r?erence for a more dotard ?c?1on of stra?g? vl?z It should be. noted ?a? the ?o?ng te?ion ? our rela- ?o? wi? Japan ? 1?41 ca?ed a ? of R?W No 5 and a grea?er ?pha- ? on bu?g up o? ?r power in Phfiippines. ?i?, ?9. 18i-85. 5 ?5 $ta?. ?38-41 It w? prowded that no pI?-a-pcrce?ge-of-co?t con?racM were ?o be 6. ?-22, Le?lat?on ?lat?g ? the ? ?el Program, 1939-19?5, p. 35; 55 Slat 812-13. pp. 33-34 (6 Jan. 1942). 8. H. ?c 528, CO?. ?ec, ?7 Co?., 2 Seas., ?. 37 (? Jan. 1941). 9 56 Slat. 3?, 12?, ?26, ?11 The Seventh ?upple- men?l Na?onal D?e A?pro0r?tion approved 23 J?e 1942, made addxtional a?2able for ?e Na? ?clu? an t?on o? $1,058,000,000 for na? amslion. 12. ?-22, Table, Approprmtxons for ?, Cor?, F?ca! Y? 1939-1946 ?clusive, 44. 13. 56 gtat. 123-29? AHS-22, p. 60 14. 56 ?tat. 228. Section 403(b) of ? ac? prowded for the ?e?ion of r?egotiat?g clauses co?trao? lot amoun? m exce? el $100,000 and ret? to ?e US. Govement of to?d ? xepr?mt ?c?sive 15. 56 3tat 619-20. 16. ?-22, p 60. 1?. Ib?E., Table, Apprapn?tm? ?or Army Air C?ps, F?cal Years 1939-1946 ?clusive, if. p. ?9. 5? graf. 314-1? 2?, ?-22, p. 61; 56 Slat. 34?. ?bout 61 per cent of gove?en? expendltures for ?IHties ? cognizance, in ? years 1940-44, were for machinery and equipment, 3õ per cent for con- structing and alter? buildings, 4 ?er cent for l?d, land ?provemen?, and m?ceHaneous ? T?e mos? crucial item and ?he ? tlene? was the ?rob!? of secur? sufficient mae?ne too? The faci?tie? employed at end of 19? in ?roducl? ? matertel were ?pprox?a?ly 55 per cent government-o?cd and 45 per cent pr/vate? owned (?S-40, 229). 2i 57 St?t. 357. 22 ?S-22, p 41. ? terms of ?irframe poundage aircr?t produc?io? was ? be ?re?ed ? 1,- 4I?,?00,0?0 pounds for 1944, approx?2tely five t?es ?e production of 1942 23. ? There wes a ohenomen? expa?lon of aircraft production between September 1940 when the gove?en? beg? ? expand aircraft prcduc?on ?nd ?e end of 1944. ? ?r? of money value of ma?lne? and equipment wa? about 70? per cent, ? ?rm? of ?b? to turn out planes ]t was about 1,909 p? cent. September 194?, for ?nee, the rate of our aMc?ft production per month was 2?0 ?c?lcal ?nes ?d 9 bombers; ? J?e 1944 it was 5,210 radical pl? and 1,523 bombers 40, pp. 219-21). 24. ?S-22, ? 42. 25 58 3t?t 574, 582-83? A?S-22, pp 61-62 The Army esSmated it? nee? 1or ?t? po?e? ? be $958,400,000 with $62,?00,000 this to go to ?e ?. The ?my go? 900 ? ?alloca?d 26 ?-22, p 43 27, IMg., p 44, ? t?ble on fotlow?g page; 59 ?tai. 3?, 393-94. By ?e end ? ?e fiscal year 194? ?otal appropr?ation? for ?e ?ir arm (1938- 1?5) had reached $62,?59,270,542 and the terri n?ber of planes to be p?c?ed came 271,730. 28 59 Erst. 3?4, ?-22, g 62. 29. ?-22, Table foHow? p $4. 30 ?S-22, Table l?1ow?g p 44. 31. ?-22, ?. 2, p. 162. 32. 55 Sial. ?4?. 33 55Staf. 813 34 56 Sial. 38. 35. ?-22, pp 113-15. 36. L?., "A.WJ' to ?g. Gert O. A. ?derso? 29 Apr. 19?3, ? ? ? 15?.9?-85, ? Expans?n Program. 33 Memo for C/? (Attn.: AC/S OPD) from ?aold, 22 ?[ar. 1943, =ubj: ?a?h Plan ?fer- eHce O? Present 273 Group Pro.am, ?n ? 145.98-?. ? E?pansion Pro.am. 38 ?-22, p 114. 39. ?d., 11? 4?. ?S-10? Organ?at?on of the ? ?r ?935-I955. pp. 41 R. Earl McClendon, ?he Qgestio? o? for the United Et?te? A? Arm ?907-1945, ?, AU Dec R?. Stu?, 218-20. 42. ?d, pp. 221-25; ?-10, pp 19-20. 43. ?cClendon, Autonomy [or the A?r A?, ?, 226; AHS-10, p 20. 'THIS PAGEOeclasified IA/EO295'8'
