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 �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