WAR SERVICE

Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 259, 31 July 1942, Page 6

WAR SERVICE

Proposed U.S. Bill (Received July 31, 1 a.m.) NEW YORK, July 30. The Washington correspondent of the “New York Times” says that President Roosevelt has directed the formulation of a National War Service Bill, mobilizing tiie total American manpower, estimated at 60,000,000, for assignment for essential services, factories, farms, etc. The proposed Bill will establish machinery under which every man and woman is assignable to his or her proper place for the wa r effort. Students will be supervised with a view of a guarantee of training for scientific manpower and women will be registered with a view to providing something similar to the British essential works order. The Bill will cover the entire selective service system and also all auxiliaries to tiie armed services. Cargo Aircraft L’rgcd. Continuing its investigation with reference to air transportation, the Senatorial Committee heard the testimony of experts and manufacturers. Captain Eddu Rickeubackcr, World War flying ace,- and now president of Eastern Airlines, recommended the conversion of bombers to cargo craft. He added that the Curtiss AVright C 46 was an outstanding possibility and also advocated the use of transport cargocarrying gliders, whose terrific potentialities were not yet realized. Mr. Grover Loening, consultant to the War Production Board, told the committee that legislation should ensure that five cargo planes were produced for each one combat plane while the present ration was one carrier for 20 combat, machines.

Mr. Roscoe Turner, chief of the institute for training pilots, urged the committee to rush (lie production of giant transixirt planes Imcause cargo ships were sunk faster than they were being replaced. He added: “Unless the cargo plane programme is accomplished effectively, our armies will have Batans of their own.”