The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-10
GREATEST WAR
 FUND IN HISTORY
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(Ccntinued from Page lJ 3. Expenditure of ee,S00,00O on seacoast defenses.
 (. An increase of 5000 oflcers and men in the national guard to e total of 100000.
 The bill carried . total of a74,. ooi, 900 for military purposes and made available e2,e4b,6 ,6e2 by reap- 1 propriation, For military purposes alone, the new bill exceeds iast years by 923, 3,eo3,6
 Budget estimates carried provi- slons for only la7,000 men but the increase was aimed to garrison com. pletely the Panama and Hawaiian defenses. Airplane Procurement
 The bill provides e4B,B40,iT7 for AlrplAne procurement, including oi0,0oO,Be2 for contract authoriza- ton, which will have to be met by later appropriations. The AiTplAiae provision was ei0,09e,ebb greater than laat year whom Ai0 planes were brought for regular army and na- tionAl guards.
 The bill carries Se,boo,ooo for sea. coast defenses in Hawaii, Panama and the west coast and 9eo6, ,12b for tho purchase of mobile Antisair. craft guns fer Southern California and Panama,
 The committed refused eso.ooo,o0o in applications for rivers and har. bors projects begun with reliee funds but which were unauthorized by congress. Wa Those refused included Passam quoddy Tidal power projeck eR- 000,0o0.
 In explaining this elimination, tho committee said:
 "Upon the premise that 1t ig tho evident intention of the adnfinigtrAs ton to finance ali rivers and hAr. bors projects in the future out of direct appropriations, the committed has taken tho stand that # it tg to resume appropriative turigdiction, tho appropriation must Do confined to projects which have run tho usual gauntlet of scrutiny by tho corps of engineers, the legislative committees having pjuFisdicticn oi, such matters And the legislative bodies theingeiveg."
 To Finance Projects
 Washington, Feb. 90 - (Up) - The army engineering ccsps was digciosed to-day to have Teconis inonded federal expenditure of e0,- 100000 Co finance lo30.lo3T cons stguetion Of Maine'a ocean tidal pewer dam, ono Of the giost AKnbi- tious projects started by the new deals work-yelies program.
 passamGquoddy, . plan to tfap Atlantic Ocean tides at their height and creat power as they fail, yves recommended for eo,000,000. A total of ,000,000 had been glven thAt project, with another e56, ,792, 900 ve. quired to complete M.
 The development was started with funds 9gom tho 94,00O, 000,000 work relief fund. ft was attacked in the secret hearing held by the sub.eciil- mittee on appropriations when it conDidored tho army engineering corps recommendations. y
 Tn oil, the engineers sought el1o,. 00O,000 for the next fiscal year. That sigurO was recommended " 4FeBs ident Roosevelt in his budget mess. age to ceneFesa lest nacnth.
 Another ei00,00O,O00 was yecofls inended for three groups Of projects authorized by congress, financed ifi part from emergency appFcpEias tiong, for which additional SindD are essential fer utilization Of proposed improvement"
 They included! Cape cod Canal, Mass, el,0O0, 900, with c statement that eie,007, 1000 is required to complete; Boston hagbos ei,Oo0,00O, eS,60o,700 to coflpiete. The engineering corps completed itg request Cor funds with . rOooffls mendation Of eesi, 100 for reserve" nnM4nnzsnrumnnunnnmnznn