are available: (a) Ex-service men with aviation ratings, and (b) men whose civilian occupations in connection with commercial aviation qualifies them technically for aviation ratings.

262. Due to the present Navy and naval aviation expansion, the first source of supply is practically nonexistent. Conditions in the aviation industry are even more acute regarding qualified technical personnel, and desirable men have no time to devote to Aviation Reserve activities under the present limited emergency. These men in many cases are of more value upon general mobilization in their civilian status and employment than they would be as members of the Reserve.

263. Eventually a large number of trained personnel will be available for enrollment in the Reserve as a result of the present expansion of commercial aviation. This will have a beneficial effect upon the Reserve. In the meantime it appears necessary to train technical personnel at naval air stations and Naval Reserve aviation bases from raw material. To obtain the necessary number of enlisted men, additional training facilities must be provided and funds made available for this purpose.

264. The present quotas authorized for Reserve squadrons are large enough to afford reasonable promotion for qualified enlisted men. The requirements for advancement, now in effect for Reserve personnel, have produced satisfactory results, and no changes therein are recommended.

265. The Board recommends the following policies be adopted for procurement, training, advancement, and employment of enlisted personnel in aviation ratings in the Naval and Marine Corps Reserves. 266. In time of peace, enlisted personnel for aviation ratings in the Organized and Volunteer Naval Reserve should be procured from the following sources:

(a) Discharged men from the Regular Navy, Naval Reserve, or Coast Guard, who within 1 year from date of discharge may be enlisted in the rating in which discharged to fill vacancies in authorized quotas and ratings.

(b) Discharged men from the Navy, Naval Reserve, or Coast Guard with broken service in excess of 1 year, who, if within prescribed age limits and otherwise qualified, may be enlisted in the rating next below that in which discharged.

(c) Original enlistments of men without prior naval service in the rating of apprentice seaman, or such higher rating for which his previous training permits him to qualify by professional examination.

267. In time of peace, enlisted personnel for Marine Corps Aviation Reserve should be procured from the following sources:

(a) Enlisted men who have been discharged from the regular Marine Corps with at least 4 years' service.

(b) Those applicants who have had at least 1 year of service in the Regular Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard.

(c) Those applicants who have had at least 2 years' training as high-school cadets.

(d) Those applicants with no previous military experience but whose educational or technical qualifications would make their services of value to Marine Corps aviation in an emergency.

268. Aviation ratings of the Naval Reserve should correspond with aviation ratings of the Regular Navy, and those of the Marine Corps Reserve should correspond with ratings in Marine Corps aviation.

269. Reserve aviation enlisted personnel, both Navy and Marine Corps, should be trained in all aviation duties required of similar ratings in the Regular Navy and Marine Corps, respectively.

270. Facilities of Naval Reserve aviation bases should be expanded to provide for training of Reserve aviation. enlisted personnel in operation, maintenance, and overhaul of various types of available service aircraft.

271. Intensive training on active duty at Naval Reserve aviation bases for a period of 1 year should be authorized annually for a prescribed quota of Reserve aviation enlisted personnel of the Navy and Marine Corps. Funds should be provided in the Budget for this purpose.

272. Training on active duty with fleet aviation units, for periods not exceeding 15 days each year, should be provided for a prescribed quota of Naval Reserve aviation enlisted personnel. Similar training on active duty with Fleet Marine Force aviation units should be provided for Marine Corps Reserve aviation enlisted personnel.

273. Prescribed courses of training at Navy trade schools should be provided annually for a limited number of Reserve aviation enlisted personnel of the Navy and Marine Corps, on active duty. Funds should be included in the Budget for this purpose.

PART XVII. FURTHER INCREASES IN NAVAL AVIATION

274. The board has received unofficial information that further increase in naval aviation, approximating 2,400 aircraft, may be authorized by the Congress. Definite consideration has not been given to the effect of this increase on the personnel situation, because personnel requirements depend not only upon the number of aircraft but upon allocation by types. The board believes that all fundamental policies recommended in this report would apply with equal propriety and force to any further increase in naval aviation personnel. 275. Any increase beyond the 3,000-plane program would require corresponding expansion of present naval flight school facilities, as well as other forms of training. In the event of such expansion the board recommends that initial flight training for naval aviation personnel be conducted at naval flight schools.

276. A program involving any increase would be directly reflected in the number of "permanent officer" billets in the aeronautic organization that must be filled by Reserve naval aviators, retained on active duty in a commissioned status, beyond the initial 2 years recommended by the board, in order to maintain the ratio of "permanent officer" naval aviators to total number of pilots, at not less than 45 percent.

PART XVIII. LEGISLATIVE ACTION

277. The board deems that legislative action is appropriate and justified in order to give force and effect to the recommendations contained in paragraphs of this report, as follows:

(a) Paragraph 95: In H. R. 5577, section 1, change wording, "period of four years" to read, "period of not more than four years."

(b) Paragraph 108: Provision for commissioning lieutenants (junior grade), United States Naval Reserve, and first lieutenants, United States Marine Corps Reserve, as lieutenants, United States Naval Reserve, and captains, United States Marine Corps Reserve, respectively, upon completion of 4 years continuous active duty from date

of rank as lieutenants (junior grade), United States Naval Reserve, and first lieutenants, United States Marine Corps Reserve.

(c) Paragraph 111: Provision for a bonus of $500 for each year of active commissioned service, beginning fiscal year 1936, not to exceed a total of 8 years, to officers of the Naval Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve, naval aviators, upon being placed upon an inactive duty status; and for paying such bonus upon a pro rata basis for any fraction of a full year.

(d) Paragraph 112: Provision for paying the bonus mentioned in 277 (c) above, in addition to compensation for injury.

(e) Paragraphs 130-141, inclusive: Provision for commissioning in the line of the Navy, officers of the Naval Reserve, naval aviators, and in the line of the Marine Corps, officers of the Marine Corps Reserve, naval aviators.

(f) Paragraph 147: Provision for funds to permit increasing authorized flight time for Naval and Marine Corps Reserve naval aviators, on inactive duty, from 45 hours to 60 hours annually.

(g) Paragraph 148: Provision for increasing the number of Naval Reserve aviation bases in the United States.

(h) Paragraph 166: In Air Program Act, June 24, 1936, section 3, paragraph 1 (44 Stat. 766, ch. 668). Definition of "naval aviator,' change wording "rigid airships" to "airships."

(i) Paragraph 207: Provision for flight pay for "flight surgeons" on same basis as naval aviation observers.

(j) Paragraph 210: Provision for funds for training medical officers of the Naval Reserve, in aviation medicine at the expense of the Government.

(k) Paragraph 224: Provision for establishing aviation warrant and aviation chief warrant ranks in the Navy.

(1) Paragraph 256: Provision for funds for additional enlisted ratings in Marine Corps aviation in the various pay grades.

(m) Paragraph 260: Provision for funds for printing and issuing naval aviation training courses upon biannual revision.

(n) Paragraphs 271 and 273: Provision for active training duty for enlisted ratings of the Naval Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve with pay for a longer period than 15 days per year.

3d Session

No. 569

DRAFT OF PROPOSED PROVISION PERTAINING TO APPROPRIATION FOR DISPOSAL OF SURPLUS COMMODITIES

COMMUNICATION

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

TRANSMITTING

DRAFT OF A PROPOSED PROVISION PERTAINING TO THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE DISPOSAL OF SURPLUS COMMODITIES, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FISCAL YEAR 1940

JANUARY 18, 1940.-Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed

THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, January 18, 1940.

The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith for the consideration of Congress a draft of a proposed provision pertaining to the appropriation for the disposal of surplus commodities, Department of Agriculture, fiscal year 1940.

The details of the proposed provision, the necessity therefor, and the reasons for its transmission at this time, are set forth in the letter of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget transmitted herewith, with whose comments and observations thereon I concur.

SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith for your consideration a draft of a proposed provision pertaining to the appropriation for the

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