Evening star., 1937-12-03
DEPUTIES ADOPT
BUDGET OF ARMY
DaIadier Rejects Request
for Reduction in Two
Year Service.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOCIATED Press.
PARIS, Dec. 3.-The French Cham
Der OF Deputies by unanimous vote
today approved the 1888 army budget
after the minister OF national de-
tense, Edousrd Daladier, natly re-
jected Communist request for re-
duction Of the two-year compulsory
military service.
The regular 1898 budget credits
6,62S, ,942,143 francs (about 42lS,755,-
090) to the army, leaving more than
5,660,000 francs (about tl63, ,150,-
C00) additional in the extraordinary
budget for later Chamber approval.
A number of credits were trans
ferred to the extraordinary budget
before passage Of the regular budget.
Without these transfers the regular
budget would have run around 7,373,-
737,136 francs (about $243.333,325).
Powder Factories Funded.
The Chamber. after . brief ad-
journment, adopted special budget
credits of 1,121, ,s36, ,l40 francs (about
S37,023,892) for state powder fac
tories and $4,000 900 francs, about
81, ,OO6, ,0OO) for the budget to the Le-
gion Of Honor.
These allotments, by show Of hands,
brought total credits for the army
ministry under the regular 1898 budget
to 1881, ,87s2s5 francs (about $751;
784, 983):
The ordinary budget allotment to
the army for 1887 was 6,551 $3.50
francs (about $2l6,195, ,31O), while the
army extraordinary budget totaled
4,413,496,7l0 francs about s145,645,- =
39l.
Reduction Held Impossible.
In rejecting the Communist request
for a reduction in Frances two-year
military service system, Daladier said
it was impossible"
The defense minister told the
crowded Chamber that 3s7, 900 soldiers
OF France face 100000 men on the
northeast Germany and 100000 on
the southeast Utaly).
Daladier, confronted with attacks
from the Extreme Left and Right on
his direction of Frances defenses, rose
to review the nations position in re-
armed Europe.
Rightists charged that nationaliza-
ton of French armament factories
August II, 1895, had slowed up pro-
duction of war materials.
Daladier countered with the state
ment that naturalization, on the con-
-
increase production and efficiency. He
said this was best shown by produc-
ton of anti-aircraft guns, which was
far ahead of figures before nationaliza-
ton.
In reply to the Communists plea for
reduction of required military service,
Daladier said he could be the most
popular man in France" If he did so,
but declared that it was impossible to
reduce this service and maintain ade-
quate forces for the nations defense
One of the deputies again brought
forward the question of Frances de-
fenses in the Jura Mountains Of Alsace
near the Swiss border. Daladier said
France already had spent 10000, 900
francs (about s1,650.000) on author
lied defenses in that region.
He assured deputies the government
was preparing to maintain adequate
troops and war equipment in that
sector. .
Passes Bill Raising Wages.
The French Senate, with 2l2 votes
unanimously passed the government
bill raising wages of government en-
ployes. 1t already had been passed
by the Chamber of Deputies Novem-
Der 26.
premier Camille Chautemps
won a vote Of confidence from the
chamber November 26 on the bill
earmarking 1,745 100000 francs
tabout $59.260,00 for pensions
and wage increases for government
employees. The opposition had
fought the bill on the contention
It's beneats were not in proportion
to living cost increases.)