New York, Apr. 26. The British air mission will make a thorough canvass of aircraft factories in the United States to determine how many planes and what fighting types of fighting craft can be obtained in this country This was revealed by Air Commodore J.G. Weir, one of the members, following the arrival of the mission in New York yesterday from London, "We have come to look around, but we suppose," he said, "that if pur chases are going to be made, our view of the situation will be given weight."
Air Commodore Weir was reticent The Chancellor indicated that there would be income tax adjustments in respect of an estate administered by executors for the life of a tenant, a justments affecting the cashing of coupons, and' a tightening of the law relating to profits from the sale of stuck in trade.
Other unspecified measures related to company reorganization, death duties, investments, sinking fund and business of insurance companies.
The increase in income tax, Sir John Simon said, would produce this year £22,250,000, while the increases in the levies on oils and tea would yield £5,000,000 and £2,750,000 respectively, This would give a total of £30,000,000.
The estimated surplus in 1938-39, the Chancellor informed the House, would be £352,000.
At the outset the Chancellor mentioned that last year's revenue ceipts were five times greater than 25 years ago, at £872,500,000, but it on the -further plans of the mission. He could: not say for the present, he declared, what types of planes and how many machines Great Britain. would buy in the United States, or how much his country was prepared to spend.
Any orders for aircraft which Great Britain may place are expected to help American manufacturers to reach full production capacity in 1938,—Reuter, Reasons for Purchases London, Apr The British Government's determination to have their disposal 8,000 or 9,000 plane: thin two years is responsible for their decision to purchase craft from the United States, some experts declared here today. The despatch of an Air Mission to the U.S, and Canada is also said to have arisen from the somewhat pessimistic report issued by the Air Ministry, and which the Cabinet is Sir John Simon likely to examine thoroughly on Wednesday.
According to the programme of construction outlined in 1936, there were to be by 1999, 1,750 bombers constructed in British factories and auxiliary plants. However, these estimates have not been fulfilled, due to the present slow rate of production. Furthermore, the necessity to exceed this early figure was recently indicated by the Prime Minister Mr Neville Chamberlain, in Parliament
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