Show Assistant War mar Secretary A Says Planes N BOSTON Nov 18 US UP Louis Johnson assistant secretary of war predicted today that President Roosevelt would ask congress for foran foran foran an army air force of upward of fighting planes Johnson a key figure in the presidents president's presidents president's presidents president's dents dent's restudy of national defense needs gave the first official outline of parts of the administrations administration's prospective armament program He told a conference of New England's business ness leaders that our air supremacy su su- supremacy su- su is threatened by Europe's Europe advances To meet the pI s e that the rest of the world i is fa i elt tt rel we must double yes treble and p p r. 4 a haps even quadruple our out errs rt air force with the the- best 5 Apr JIb that can possibly be prod produce c Johnson said The army's I 5 present goal of first line planes by mid 19 mid mid 1 termed terme far below Our Ur needs immedi r Mass production of i n J 4 we must achieve in this count coca and we must do so immediate r IEr Johnson continued t |