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 �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'