Survival in the Air Age; A Report by the President's Air Policy Commission
Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1948. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. ix, [1],166, [4] pages. Fold-out charts. Illustrations. Map. Appendices, Ink mark on title page. Thomas Knight Finletter (November 11, 1893 – April 24, 1980), was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman. In 1941, Finletter was a special assistant to Secretary of State Cordell Hull on international economic affairs. In 1943, he was appointed to a leadership position in the Office of Foreign Economic Coordinator. He returned to public service July 18, 1947, when President Harry S. Truman established a temporary, five-man commission that inquired into all phases of aviation and drafted the national air policy report. This commission was sometimes known as "The Finletter Commission". Finletter served as chairman of the Air Policy Commission which, on January 1, 1948, sent to the president the report entitled "Survival in the Air Age." President Truman appointed Finletter as the second Secretary of the Air Force succeeding Stuart Symington on April 24, 1950, and served until January 20, 1953. "The Air Policy Commission should study, among other pertinent aspects of the problem, such questions as the current and future needs of American aviation, including commercial air transportation and the utilization of aircraft by the armed services; the nature, type, and extent of aircraft and air transportation industries that are desirable or essential to our national security and welfare; methods of encouraging needed developments in the aviation and air transportation industry; and improved organization and procedures of government that will assist it in handling aviation matters efficiently and in the public interest"--President's letter appointing the Commission, page v. Condition: Good.
Keywords: Cold War, Air Policy, National Security, Military Transport, USAF, Naval Aviation, Electronics, Missiles, Air Power, Air Force, Military Transport, Mobilization Planning, Aircraft Manufacturing, Civil Aircraft, Helicopters, Lighter-than-air, Industri
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