Publication of the records on the plane deal with France and the Presidents secret talks with the Senate Military Affairs Committee was expected to reveal that high Army officers were opposed to the policy of giving a foreign power the first bid on newly developed American fighting planes.
As the fight for an end to all secret diplomacy intensified, a Congressional minority was believed to have threatened to combat all legislation pertaining to foreign relations unless the President would clearly outline the true purpose of his recent attitude.
If Senator Clark's demands for the publication of the records prove successful, ib was understood they would reveal a bitter controversy between Mr. Louis Johnson, Assistant Secretary of War, and Mr. Harry Woodring, the Secretary of i War, over the expansion of the United States air force,
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