MANUFACTURE OF AEROPLANES 1N CANADA WILL BE SPURREDj 1939 Sharp Expansion Ex-: pected Through Roose- by ~, velt .Proclamatiari ed States France, Great Britain" ,The: contracts specified that in -the and Australia. 0 event of war the planes could be ovw "The embargo proclamation, how- delivered to the British and other INVOLVE- LOCAL FIRM ever; -does, not interfere with the bgovernments in the United States. ' manufacture of similar , planes in A representative of one of the 4 ~; :N6W.YOrk, plane plants said to-day that work -Septa-7. - (CP) 1 Canada under licenses already ob- on the orders was continuing . The' --A sharp ~Xpansiou in Cana-. ; "tained by. the Dominion's manufac- finished aircraft, he said, probably ,than aeroplane manufacture' turers 'ftom American firms," " "the would be stored in New York or ex eted` as , a result of Presi-. dispatch says.,, ` some other; port in the hope the ft. Roosevelt's proclamation.,;, " . - According to information avail- United States embargo will bP ; able in Washington, four Canadian revoked at an early date and de- of, the'.United States Neutral- aircraft ;manufacturers have ar- livery proceed . Eit;, tlLe" New York Herald." rangements. with United States Three plants on the United Tribune " says - to-dAy'in",a-,,dis'-'~ firms . to produce planes of Ameri- States west coast were known to patt li from its" WasWngtOn can design, in the Dominion, Some bP manufacturing the planes for uf.oa ! of the other six :manufacturers in foreign delivery. They are the _ ` . .C1 t -Order in Half Canada may have such arrange- Douglas, Lockheed and . North meets, the, paper suggests. American Aircraft. Others in the The. neutrality 'proclamation has The dispatch continues : east also are known to have been ettt: off for the time being at least "A survey of the Canadian aero- working on the orders. t~e, delivery _of-, nearly half of the plane manufacturing industry and May Enlarge Plants 600_wa~planes ordered in the Unit- its licensing connections insofar as Current interpretation of the - - .they are known to' officials here Neutrality act is, that does not disclosed that there are 11 plants it ,: prohibit United States manufac- in the .Dominion . , turers from establishing plants in 'Ilainilton Firm' Included Canada for the supplying of Eu- "Of these, Canadian Vickers, ropean markets . It is assumed;, too, Ltd ., a£ Montreal, appeared to ,of- that United States capital might fer" an important substitute outlet be used to enlarge existing Cana- for one of the more important of dian plants. r the foreign orders, since it is It is not known officially wheth- licensed by the Northrop division er the Neutrality act -would pro- j ..,of the, Douglas Aircraft Co. to hibit the dismantling of American manufacture the Northrop Delta plants and their shipment to' Can- a -planes . Fairchild Aircraft, Ltd ., of ada for reassembling there. Montreal, which makes Fairchild However; as an official of one seaplanes and monoplanes, also large aeroplane manufacturing holds Canadian, distributing rights company pointed out to-day, "that for-the Lockheed Aircraft" Corp . would. be a very expensive proposi- ~ " "Other Canadian.' :plants definite- floe, _ and a needless one in the ly known to, have arrangements event that the embargo provision 'with United States manufacturers of the Neutrality act is revoked ." ' include the Canadian Car and :Foundry ry company, limited, of , Montreal, and the Cub Aircraft Corporation, 'Ltd., of Hamilton, t3nt .,,'both licensed to build Ameri- can Piper Cub planes." Deliver in United States It. has been indicated that the v United States factories plan to continue assembling of the approxi- ' mately 300 planes still to be deliv- ered under the contracts with the British, French and Australian governments . When coaziracts for the planes Were signed the possibility of wan and a United States embargo balk- ; ing their delivery was foreseen..