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Show CROWELL URGES AIR DEPARTMENT Concentration of tho nlr nctlvltlcs p of thn United States, civilian, naval BWSSlV and military, within tho direction of n JHR9WK single government agency, with an olllrlnl holding u place In tho presl- ff dent's cabinet at tho head, Is rccoiu- iRi IS mended by tho special American nvln- mjk tlon mission, headed by Assistant See- mx vl rotary of War llonedlct Crowcll, which Mf J&fS&it '1 hue been studying aircraft develop- JHpSSl 'ftHW.l ment In Kurnpu. wTr' lal Tho proposed department of nvln- yjg- JS- -W tlon, tho mission asserted, should bo WtfS. 'Ml charged with full responsibility for MI KW? 'n "placing nnd maintaining our country ff rlfli In tho front rank among nations In T the development and utilization of nlr- V , , J craft for tho national security nnd In K " ' ' Mir tho udvniioeinc'it of civil aerial trans- B-'wPL ?ST .- portatlon and communication nrts." JMllSi 1 Thu report of tho mission, which BBflYflBKilia Is divided Into three pnrts, dealing i-ttPtPIHM with general organization, commercial mmiiKmMmKttttfKtfffi development nnd technical develop- ment, Is bused on studies made In Knglnnd, Franco nnd Italy after conferences with nlr ministries of tho three governments, ranking army and uavy commanders, com-manders, nnd the foremost aircraft manufacturers. |