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of the war. We should definitely ear-mark for United States 

 commerce a modern fleet of from 15,000,000 to 20,000,000 

 deadweight tons. As a nation of 135,000,000 people, we are 

 entitled to that tonnage. As the greatest shipbuilding nation 

 in the world, we are entitled to have it as modern and up-to- 

 date as the exigencies of war permit." 



Airplane and Ship Competition 



C. I. Stanton, Civil Aeronautics Administrator, has some 

 interesting facts and figures bearing on the coming battle 

 between the airplane and the ship: 



"It is perfectly obvious that in the not too distant future 

 high-value cargo of all kinds will be commonly transported 

 by air both domestically and overseas; planes will carry pas- 

 sengers, mail, express, and freight in ever-growing quantities. 

 But why stretch the facts? Why claim that air transportation 

 will be the only form of transportation? Far from bringing 

 about a decrease in surface traffic, expanded air traffic will 

 increase it, for the fuel to keep the planes in the air will have 

 to be hauled by surface craft. 



"A Clipper can carry 8 1 / 2 tons of freight from New York 

 to England if it refuels in Newfoundland, whereas a 10,000- 

 ton surface freighter can carry from six to eight thousand tons 

 of cargo, together with fuel and stores for the round trip. 

 Therefore a good many hundred Clipper trips would be 

 needed to carry the tonnage which one io,ooo-ton water- 

 borne freighter can handle on one voyage. Furthermore, 8,500 

 tons of gasoline would have to be got to England to fuel 

 these hundreds of Clipper trips back to Newfoundland, and 

 10,500 tons would have to be got to Newfoundland to fuel 

 them between Newfoundland and England and Newfound- 

 land and New York. Thus more than two surface freighter 

 loads of gasoline must be carried to Newfoundland and Eng- 



