The Sentinel=record., 1917-03-24
STORM CLAIMS DEATH TOLL OF FIFTY PERSONS

play an important part in the conduct
 of actual warfare. Through it and
 through individuals and organizations
 many proffers of help and co-opera.
 ton have come from all parts of the country.
 The measures decided upon are mili.
 tary, naval, industrial and financial. They are understood to be most com prehensiye. All are receiving the per. sonal attention of the president.
 The army plans have been fully drawn. and portion of them may be- come evident at any time. Some are contingent upon action by congress. Their first object will be to fully pro tect the United States against any con. tingeney.
 The navy program, aside from the actual movements of existing ships. contemplates the building of vessels of all classes just as rapidly as the resources of the nation will permit and the manning of them as fast as constructed. Secretary Daniels will confer with private builders tomor- row.
 The industrial plans now being CO., ordinated by the Council of National
 Defense include mobilization of skilled and unskilled labor for the mauulac- ture of munitions in as large quanti- , ties as possible and for the continu- anee of all necessary industries. See retary Wilson, in cooperation with the Council of National Defense, has the plans well underway. Just how much money will be asked of congress has not been revealed. A movement is well under way for furnishing the entente allies with an enormous loan either in the form of credits or money. 1t also is under stood that the supply of munitions for the allies will be augmented rather than diminished.
 After the cabinet meeting the presi- dent saw Governor Mccall of Massa- chusetts for an hour and was told of preliminary preparedness measures
 taken by New England states and of fered complete cooperation. The Massachusetts legislature has appro- priated $l.0QQ,ooQ, which sGoYernar
 Mccall said would De spent largely to prepare the states national guard for quick service. lie will see Secretary Baker tomorrow.
 Conferences on the legislative pro gram will begin at the capitol early next week.
 Secretary McAdoo, Representative Kitehin and Representative Hull are expected to talk over the fiscal situa- tion before next Wednesday, the ten tative date set for a meeting of the Democratic members of the ways and means committee, the revenue rais- ing body of the house. Various meas ures for providing additional revenue arc being considered, including the possibility of resort 10 additional revenue are being considered. incIud- ing the possibility of resort to addi- ti0nal taxes on whiskey, tobacco and other specific articles A mass Of data relating to income tax has been prepared by experts showing the ef. feet of various possible extensions of the law
 Suggestions placed before the prcsi- dent today included the possibility of floating a loan of five billion dollars for ,Ie entente nations, The proposal made by Governor Harding of the fed eral reserve board in recent speech at New York that tho government lend the allies one billion dollars was thought to be inadyisable by some of the presidents advisers.
 The banks of the country. if was pointed out, are in a position of strength today never before approxi- mated in their history. The latest report of the comptroller of the cur rency shows the resources of the fed eral reserve system 10 be greater than those of all the chief belligerents com bined Nearly all the huge accretions of money that have poured into the country during the two and one-haR years of war could be made available for use in war whether expended by this government or by other govern ments engaged in fighting common enemy
 Thus, while an American army of sufficient size to conduct aggressive warfare has mol vel been raised and would have to be trained and equipped American dollars it was pointed out, need no trnning and are abundant