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Washington, To-day. The House of Representatives yesterday, passed the Adminis-
THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 13, 1938.
LORD WINTERTON'S REPLY TO AIR CRITICISM
London, To-day.
Criticisms based on alleged deficiencies in concep- tion and delays in execution of the Govern- ment's air expansion programme, found ex- pression in the Commons debate on the Air Ministry Vote last evening, for which the House was crowded.
The debate had aroused in anticipation great public
interest..
Lord Winterton, who was recently appointed de- puty in the Commons to Lord Swinton, the Air Minister, intervening at an early stage, met the Opposition attack by disclosure of what he described as a "new programme" which "en- tirely overshadows the programme undertook three years ago, which itself was absolutely unprecedented in peace time."
Figures of the new programme was not behind other air forces in given to the Commons by Lord the up-to-dateness and newness of Winterton were that by March, its machines. Existing types were 1940, the Metropolitan Air Force satisfactory and the new types were would have reached a first-line even better. strength of approximately 2,350] aircraft.
Production of engines was in- creasing rapidly, and in this con- Oversea squadrons would have a nexion the "shadow scheme" had first-line strength of approximate-fully justified itself. There was now ly 490, and the first-line strength a vast field of actual and potential of the Fleet Air Arm would be in: production.
The Minister was subjected to creased to 500.
The resulting aggregate of air interjections and questions regard- power would represent a first-line ing the supply of various compon- strength of approaching 3,500 air-ents and accessories, but in each case rebutted the suggestion that craft.
U.S.
As further indication of the scale deficiencies, if they had existed in of the new programme, the Minis-the past, had not now been made ter mentioned that personnel ex-good. pansion of no less than 40,000 of- ficers and men would be required.] bringing the total personnel in machines from the United the Royal Air Force to 110,000. Lord Winterton recounted how an Another 30 new aerodromes would investigation was made about wo also be needed.
DENIES ARREARS Turning from the programme to
On the question of purchase of States
years ago into this possibility” but~- it was then found that the United States had not got the machines the Air. Ministry required. Now a
performance, Lord Winterton re- body of experts had been sent over ferred to the suggestion of Sir to review the position.
Hugh Seeley, who opened the de- It must be remembered that pro- bate for the Liberals, that execuduction in the United States was tion of the programme was greatly small compared with that in the in arrears. He-gave-the-assurance United Kingdom. It was only eer- that the idea was absolutely mis-tain types - mostly for training-
that might be bought in America.
taken.
The scheme under which a first- line air strength of 1,750 was
to
be reached by next April, was well up
A more important point in con- nection with the experts' visit across the Atlantic was the pos- to schedule. That strength sibility of building up a large war would certainly be reached by date and, he believed, considerably ear- lier. Lord Winterton repeated this claim later in reply to an interjec- tion by Mr. Winston Churchill.
RESERVES POSITION.
The position regarding reserves was also satisfactory. Moreover. the scale on which factories had been planned and orders placed would make it possible if the ne- cessary labour were available ra- pidly to expand output to meet the immediate demand of the new pro- gramme.
The industry, after reviewing the situation as fully as possible had informed the Government that given the necessary labour, they estimated that the output of aero- planes and engines could be in- creased by well over 50 per cent during the next 12 months, and dur- ing the succeeding year could be increased to a figure three times it present size.
Lord Winterton proceeded to make a number of points in reply tration's $3,000,000,000 Bill to fin- to criticisme voiced in the Houst ance work relief, public works and published in recent weeks in
a section of the press. and other Federal projects.
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The Bill. now goes to the Sen-
Reuter.
He declared emphatically that the Royal Air Force as whole
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