Heavy Jet Bomber
Beats P-80 in Test
ses Lake, Nov 18—(AP)—A Boe
ing test pilot gave a strong hint
today of the terrific speed of Boe
ing’s new XB-47 jet stratobomber,
saying it had outrun a fast army
jet fighting plane.
Scott Osier, Boeing project test
pilot, and Jim Fraser, copilot, dis
cussed the plane at a press con
ference during a visit to the base
by eastern aviation writers and
Seattle and Washington state
newsmen. It was the first press vis
itation to the base since the XB-47
tests began two months ago.
“We were calibrating the XB
47's speed system, using a Lock
heed F-8 jet fighter plane as a
pacer,” Osier said. “At the higher
part of the speed range, the jet
fighter couldn’t keep up with us.”
The only previous speed release
has stated that the bomber was in
the 600-mile-an-hour class, while
ordinary bombers are rateed at
300 miles an hour.
. Osier also Osier also said that
the XB-47 is a great deal easier
to fly than conventional type
bombers and the 120,000-pound
craft handles like a fighter. Air
force acceptance tests have been
completed, he said.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (AP)—
The strong “France first” views of
General Charles De Gaulle, now en
hanced by his increased political
power, are again becoming a source
of sharp concern for top American
officials.
Diplomatic authorities fear that
if De Gaulle gains control of the
French government, his policies will
jeopardize (1) success of European
recovery program and (2) develop
ment of the projected North At
lantic defense alliance.
They regard his nationalism as
running against the present trend
of increasing international coopera
tion among the western European
nations themselves and between
them and the United States.
Considerable interest was arous
ed among the state department
officials by DeGaulle’s comment
to a news conference yesterday
that while he approves of the
Marshall recovery plan it must
not be allowed to displace “the
essential interests of France.”
He made the statement in reaffir
ming his opposition to American
and British plans for developing
western German industrial re
sources as an essential element of
the recovery program.
De Gaulle held the news confer
ence following the recent success of
his French people party in attain
ing a strategic position in the up
per house of the French parliament.
In talking about joint western Eur
opean defense plans in which Brit
ain plays a leading role, he assert
ed, “it is inconceivable that the de
fense of France should be assured
by anyone other than the French
themselves.”
No one in authority here seems
to consider it possible that De Gaiil
le even in a row over the future con
trol of German industry, would pull
France out of the recovery program.
What the policy-makers are
afraid of is that if he were in power,
the French leader would tend to dis
rupt international cooperation by
an uncompromising attitude, par
ticuarly on the German issue.
Secondarily, authorities here be
lieve that by making a domestic
political fight on the issue De
Gaulle may inflame French fears
about a revived Germany to an
extreme degree, and thereby ham
per the operation of French gov
ernments even though his per
sonal position was not decisive.
The United States and Britain
have taken the position that what
they want to do with Germany is
not in fact a threat to France. They
have already set up a compromised
production for the benefit of other
Marshall Plan countries. There is
apparently well founded specula
tion that the United States, at least,
may be willing to go still further in
trying to meet French fears about
Germany’s future.
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Interior department officials said
today they are investigating possi
bilities of shipping Alaska coal to
the Orient.
H. Rex Lee, assistant director of
the division of territories, said
Alaska coal producers have sug
gested that oriential markets be
opened to the territory’s coal. He
said no conclusions can be drawn
from the investigation up to now as
to whether the proposal is feasible.
Lee said he could not predict the
outsome of the investigation but
that preliminary studies indicate
China has other coal sources and
will not be in the market for Alas
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