Salt Lake Telegram | 1942-06-26 | Page 1 | 4000 U. S. Planes Produced in May, FDR Says

bo o US U.S. Planes PIani i Produced in in J May Says WASHINGTON June 26 26 INS American merican plane pro- pro in b May was approximately President Roose- Roose fl tit revealed Friday in making public some production figI fig fig- I jes which he said hardly would give the axis any aid and andI I Last month American factories turned out over 1500 I tarts lanks is and nearly 2000 artillery and antitank guns the thep p also revealed And here is s a figure which the axis will not be very sappY lappy to hear in hear in that one month alone we produced over machine guns of all types types including including infantry air- air 1 c cut aft ft and antiaircraft Mr Roosevelt continued That does not include submachine guns the president J dent Jut added If we add those in the total is well over I. I All these figures are only for one single month months The president prefaced these revelations by noting that Hit ewe Ve e ordinarily do not release production figures because because be be- 1 cause cause ause the they might give aid and comfort to the enemy But then he explained I 1 i I 11 am going to give today just a few which are definitely definitely defit t going to give the axis just the opposite of aid and We are well on our way vay toward achieving the rate of oft t production which will bring us to our gOil goal Roosevelt warned however against overconfidence I s is as I a result of this tilis tremendous war production While hile these figures give you ou some idea of our production production production pro pro- accomplishments he said this is no time f for r the American people to get overconfident We cant can't rest on on our cur oars om We need more and more and we will make more I ud d more And we must also remember that there are I jinty nty of serious production problems ahead particularly ahead particularly I i me serious shortages in raw materials which are receiving I I ing mg the closest consideration of the ithe government and inI in in- I