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Vinson Democrat, Georgia., Chair
man Of the Committee, strongly OBJ
jected to give such blanket power
to Hoover. When one of the mem
bers called that fact to his attention,
he replied: "WeIl, we now have the
New Deal"
In short, the imperialists and jim
goes are rulers Of the Capitol. For
a Servile and war-minded Congress is
prepared to give them funds to for
tify everything between here and the
moon, while remaining silent about
the starvation facing Civil Works
Administration workers threatened
with the cessation Of C.W.A. projects
on May I. The decks are literally
being stripped in preparation for the
slaughter of workers in the threat
ening imperiaIst war for markets,
especially in the Far East.
Roosevelt Approves
This House Naval Affairs Commit
tee recommendation will be amended
to the already announced $475, 100000
Vinson five-year warship construction
bill, which, with Rooseyelt's support,
will be brought up for debate to-
morrow on the strength of a special
rule given it by the Rules Committee
for the purpose Of giving it prece-
dence over many other bills.
How little the debate will amount
to may be appreciated in the light
Of Speaker Rainey's statement today
to the anti-war delegation, that the
| Vinson bill will go through in one
days session without a hitch. THE
Vinson bill will go through tomor-
row." he concluded.
Rear Admiral Ernest j. King, Chief
Of the Bureau Of AeronauticS, didn't
rnince any words in explaining the
war plans of his division of the SER
/ vice. 'The time has come for the
Navy to redraft its immediate needs,
he said.
Budget Director Approves
Admiral William H. Standley, Chief
OF Naval Operat lions, read letter re-
ceiyed by him from Lewis w. Doug
las, director of the budget, in which
Roosevelt was quoted as having no
objection" to the new airplane pro-
gram. And. acting on the advice
of the director Of the budget, the
Secretary of the Navy has written to
the Chairmen Of the House and
Senate Naval Affairs Committees, re-
questing them to amend the Vinson
bill by adding the necessary planes
to bring the Navy up to treaty
strength Standley declared.
Chairman Vinson explained the
new building program as follows:
$3.50 war planes to be added to
the 81 warships now being built,
most of which are expected to be
completed within two years, these
planes to cost approximately $780,
100000.
534 additional airplanes to be
ready when the VinsOn bill comes
into full force"
That makes a total Of 1.l84 planes
which, when added to the 1000 now
considered useful" by the Navy, vii
( PAOfANC St4o1 4lSA4GlllS diI pldIeS,
/ Record War Preparations
It is difhult to keep track Of the
hundreds of millions being ShoveIlec
/ out for slaughter of workers. But
from figures at hand, this is the wal
chart of proposed and authorized ma.
/ val building maintenance.
S2SS,000,0O0 given by Roosevelt
several months ago under the pre-
text of public works for the con-
| struction Of 32 warShips;
$7,5OO,O00 allotted by the euphe-
mistic Public Works Administration
/ for aviation construction;
S295,000,000 appropriated on Jan.
"a for the Navy Department 1885
fiscal year;
S475,000,O00 fully expected by
Speaker Rainey to be authorized
for the "treaty navy;
/ S95,00O,000 recommended today
for war planes.
This makes a grand total of ST.
1l0,500,000, without counting the mis-
cellaneous millions for ammunition
and other war expenditures.