AIR RESEARCH

Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 January 1939, Page 5

AIR RESEARCH

NEGLECTED IN UNITED STATES

GERMANY TAKING LEAD.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE’S WARNING.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright WASHINGTON, January 10.

A warning that American leadership in the development of commercial is well as military aircraft is seriously challenged is contained in the annual . report of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. The signatories include Mr Orville Wright and Colonel Lindbergh, who state that the United States will lose her position unless research is greatly intensified. It is pointed out Germany has nine research laboratories, each of which is equivalent to America’s one. Mass production is approved, but it stated mere numbers are not enough. President Roosevelt, who is expected to present his defence message to Congress on Thursday, immediately sent the report to'Congress . He is endeavouring to remove any doubts as to the necessity of his 500,000,000-dollar defence programme by recalling the United States Ambassadors in London and Paris, Mr Kennedy and Mr Bullitt, from their holidays to give legislators a frank picture of the European situation.

Armed with secret data on the German air force contained in the Linbergh report, they will address Congressional committees behind locked doors.