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 �This Page Declassified lAW EO12958 Nofe USA HisTea[c. SW6DES -- !13 51. lbo, pp 143-147, 52. Craven and Cate, 'e AAF  World War II, 1, I23, 150, 1. Cogeso ,eoor, 78 Cong, I Sess, p 218 (12 January !939), 2 -7, Leglafion Relates to the  In Prram, 1939-1945, pp. 9-20. 3. 53 Etcf. 555-56. In Janry 1939 the Wa partmerit had apsered a procurement five of aroximatel 3,00 lanes desined to brg the opiating streng of the r to 5,500 pla by 1 July 1941  Notes tatist[cal Section, ODC/$ om Col Gran- son rdner, AC, g. Sc., t Dip, 16 1942,  DRB 32 9, r Corps Expion 4 53 Etl. 605-7 5. 53 Elt 995 6 S-22, p 14. See pp 5-18 for a de[stied treat- merit cf e appropriatio made  1939 to implemur the r Corps expansion program  53 tat. 1327 8. 54 St. 25. 9 8-22, p 19-21 10. Department of Stae, ubHcaion 1983, 94 (Whmgn, 1943) [hereinafter cited State Dept. Pub., Peace aug War], pp. 527-32. 1L g, gr. 542-4 A tlas t [oughtul ericans realed the mat ern m wch we would be E ritin was conquered d took orer or destroyed the Brtth fiee. e Uted Stae, wih lt one-ocean Navy concentrated  the Pacic to watch Japan, wod be m danger of tm fr [he c  uch oiumstances a large a for would be of vtal purtaacc m tim delete. 12. -22, pp, 22-23; 54 St. 364-66. 13, 4 E. 602. 15. S-22, pp. 25-26. 16. S-22, pp. 26-27 17 54  965. 968. By s lslaton Congress also appropriated $178,009,000 to expedite air- oral5 producbton phase of marml lotion which wfil be dcued  other part of ts chopin. 18. -22, Table. AProPrmtio or the  r Cos, [scal Years 1939-946, clive, 19, 55 $ta. 123, 126: S-22, p 29 20 AHS-22, pp 30-31 The retary of War was  favor of e 12,000-plane program and or- doted that pla be made for the procure- ment of 12,000 pnes. 21 d,p 31. 22, 55 taf. 366, 38-9, S-2, p 2 23 AHS-22. p 33 Public Law 03 76 Cong, 3 Sess (approved 2 Jy 1940), wh had removed ltaons on the nber ot aircraft wch cod be Procured  fiscal year 1941, expired on the y e 1942 tary appropriation bill became law, hence the provision removing the limitation established by Public Law 18 6 Cong., 1 Sess Later, by the passage of Public Law 580, 77 Cong., 2 Sess, (approved 5 June 1952) all limitations vere effectively dealt with by pro¾tdiag that the Air Corps was authorized to procure and operate all the aimcraft deemed necessary to carry on the war and for which money could be secured. 24 55 Star. 669-70, 25. AH,q-22, p, 34; Table ff p 44. 26. ConressonaZ -cord, 6 Cong., 1 Scss, p. 218 (12 January 1939) 27. 53 tat. $60. Thi section was an amendment to Public Law 639, 75 Cong., 3 Sess. (approved 16 June 1938), which authorized the Secretary of War to place educational orders with com- petent firms in order to facilie the pro- curement of certain milttarY matoriel in time of war See 52 Star. 07. 28. AHS-22. pp 51-5: 54 $ta. 353. There were onIy two educational orders allotted to the Air Corps in fiscal year 1940; one for $100,000 worth of propeller hubs and one for $2õ.009 worth o{ bombs12hts 29 AHS-22, pp. 53-54. 30. 54 $ta 377 The $66,000,000 cash was o be avafiable until 30 June 1942 31. 54 taZ. 602-3. 32 54 $ta. 712-14. 33. AHS-22, pp. õ4-õ6; 54 fltt. 602, 874. Congress appropriated $209,00D,000 for expediting {ense production by the first supplemental ap- propriation act and $325,000,000 by the second, 34. AHS-22, pp. 55-5; 54 Stag. 65, 90, 35 AHS-22, pp, 57-58; 55 :at 124 3õ. Unsigned document, "teps in tie Ixpanson of the Air Cops, Changing Concepts of the Expansion Program," in DRB 32i 9, Air Corps EXlanslon Program 37. AHS-22, pp 58-59; 55 lat. 366 38. lb{d, pp. 63-64. 39 -S-2, pp 6-68; 53 Etmf. 555-60. 40. 54 $Zf 1800. Drafts of a proposed bdl of this nature were sent to the Speaker of the House and She Vice President by the qeoretary of War on 18 January 1939, Et had Air Corps sup- port See A-]S-22, p. 68. 41, 54 Sta 45-46 42. A!IS-22, p. 43 Ib,g, pc 2. The minimUm time for adver- tising for bds, evaluating them, and drawing up the nal contract under the competitlYe system was 20 days Sometimes this process took 210 days. 44. 54 Star. 675-7 This law Sleeifically gave the ecretary of the Navy the authority to negoti- ate contracts. The eight per cent limitarran applied to rofits on both Army and Navy air- craft. 45, 54 Star 12-13 4(}. AHS-22, pp 74-75, 54 Star. 4 Jntgned document, "teps in the Expansion of the Air Corps, Changlug Concep of Expansion Program," in DRB 3219, Air Corps Expansion Poegram; 54 $ta. 995-03. THIS PAGE Declassified lAW EO12958