Thumbs Down

In the hope of closing Britain's lead in jet transport planes, the Defense Department had recommended a $30 million congressional appropriation to build two jet transports. Last week Air Secretary Symington told the Senate Commerce Committee that the Bureau of the Budget had turned thumbs down on the bill to build the transports. It looked as if the U.S. would not get jet transports for a long, long time.

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