U.S. AIR POWER

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 54, 1 September 1944, Page 7

U.S. AIR POWER

RETENTION AFTER WAR

Tn nv^T ASHINGT? N' Aug Ust 29. aviation tOi ensure -,the Progress of aviation, the large-scale scrapping of surplus aircraft after the war after arfffiSV"?l^* civi"an demands Iv^nl^h^^i 36 acee Pted realistically, speedily and unemotionally as one Thi?wlf etVS s£ °l modern wa?fare c Acef tva! sJated by Mr. Robert Lovett s& n c o^ e ce retary 'at a *°*: c^^M^ana^n^icg ?n ?h«^ ?n + d be a Powerful ■influence that r^m? ena + nCe Of peace- He said that Germany ten years ago got her hands on the new instrument of air power, and with it nearly plunged creation into a new kind of dark ales S^ 25?*?? St3te! has the-iSSrSS: crn and the most powerful air force m the world, and must retain this S e + r T,Shlp the war for its own and the world's safety. «, % State DePartment, in a report to tne_ Congressional Committee, opposed legislation designed to base post-war avi aP,? n °n a Single « c hosen instru°™L m .The report suggests that GovvW rfi her than individual ear-ners-should negotiate with foreign countries for aviation rights and should be left free to seek agreements for iS\ Car? r t s generally, instead o± being bound to negotiate for one Sftw Iy- Th% SJ ate department states that some of the airways companies pre-war international arrangements a roved a deterrent to our war f^Zi f Ud f tll^ efore were not the interests of this country.