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Show BMJMJiB WASHINGTON, Dec. 22. Congress probably will be asked for more money for the government's airplane programme pro-gramme following the Christmas recess. This was indicated here last night with the return to Washington of Howard E. Coffin, chairman of the aircraft production board, who has been inspecting the southern camps. How large an appropriation will be asked has not been determined definitely, defi-nitely, it was intimated. Members of congress, however, let it be understood under-stood that the legislative body will be liberal. Senator Shepard of Texas went so far as to say that a billion dollar appropriation would not be unlikely. un-likely. Already the production on the original programme of more than $600,000,000, calling for approximately 22,000 planes, has reached such progress prog-ress in volume and speed, according to Mr. Coffin. More men are wanted now for the expansion of the aviation service and to i facilitate the increase in the personnel. per-sonnel. General Crowder has removed draft restrictions on enlistments in the aviation branch of tho signal corps. An actual hundred thousand American Ameri-can aeroplanes with American flyers. Mr. Coffin says, probably is too great an estimate, especially in consideration considera-tion of the fact that all the allies are depending now to a great extent on American production of aircraft parts and motors for their own service. Although there is no so-called inter-allied aerial council, the aircraft production board is working hard with the allies in co-ordinating standards and types, with auch good result, it is stated, that the present sixty or more airplane motor types may be reduced by combination of features to four standard types. Chairman Coffin, who has just re- turned from a tour of the southern American aerial training schools, says that they represent the most inspiring inspir-ing phase of the war preparation. There are twenty-four training stations sta-tions in Texas and other southern states and nine ground schools in state universities. Besides the men training train-ing there and In other parts of the country, there are Americans training in France, Italy, England, Canada nnd Egypt oo |