Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1945. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. PART I only. vii, [1], 614, [2] pages. Illustrations. Pages 71-74 trimmed at bottom. Ex-Institute for the Aeronautical Sciences. Bookplate inside front cover. Embossed stamp on title page. Stamp on top edge. This is treated as an ex-library copy. Cover has some wear and soiling. This was a two part hearing record, of which only Part I is available. House Resolution 465 provided in part as follows: Resolved, It shall be the duty of the committee, acting as a whole or by subcommittee, to investigate all matters relating to the postwar military requirements of the United States; to gather information, plans, and suggestions from informed sources with respect to such military requirements; to study the plans and suggestions received; and to report to the House (or to the Clerk of the House if the House is not in session) from time to time during the present Congress the results of findings made and conclusions reached. Among those presenting information were: Joseph C. Grew, George Fielding Eliot, Major General Ellard Walsh, William Hastie, Roscoe Conkling, Norman Thomas, Milton Friedman, Josephus Daniels, Douglas Southall Freeman, Henry L. Stimson, John McAuley Palmer, James Forrestal, Ira Eaker, General Vandergrift, George C. Marshall, Everett Dirksen, Emanuel Celler, Jerry Voorhis, and John Fogarty. This contains an immense amount of information and perspective in its 600+ pages, reflecting the experience with military manpower during WWII and issues and concerns needing to be addressed in the immediate postwar period. More