San Francisco, Aug. 26. Mr. William Knudsen, chairman of the National Defence Advisory Commission, told the press here yesterday that American industry is coberating "100 per cent" with the national rearmament programme, "We don't find anybody going back on us," Mr. Knudsen said here in the midst of an inspection tour of the huge aviation manufacturing establishments on the Pacific coast.
"I am disturbed and astonished that more than 100 days after this assurance was given, the Army, Navy and Marine Corps combined have ordered only 343 planes, none of which are te be delivered during the current calendar year," he "said. "Some of these planes will not even be delivered until 1942. These figures are official."—United Press.
He disclosed that the Government is negotiating for the purchase of a number of Lockheed interceptor planes of a type reputed to be the fastest fighting craft in the world.
Asked how many heavily armed aeroplanes have been ordered by the United States, Mr. Knudsen said: "I don't think we ought to fell Hitler that"—United Press.
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