The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-05
DEFENSE PLANS OF
 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

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 and naval contracts to be spent after June 30, 1940. That sum would complete a $500,000,000 SUD- plemental defense rogram beyond normal expenditures which he was expected to explain in a special message to Congress next week.
 He also requested other appro- priations amounting to approxim- ately $350,000,00 for such semi-mi- litary projects as the merchant marine construction program, and rivers and harbors improvement.
 MT. Roosevelt urged early con- gressional action on his defense program, echoing parts of his an- nual message delivered in person Wednesday in which he emphasized the time element in preparing foI any eventuality and said the Unit ed States must be ready on a mo- ment's notice to defend democracy against encroachment by dictator ships.
 More Outlines For Defense
 After outlining ordinary govern ment expenditures, the budget mes sage said:-
 Another type of expenditure has been forced upon us in increasing volume by the real necessity for ex- banding our national defense.
 we are well aware of the grave and unsettling developments in the field of international relations dur ing the past few years.
 Because of the conditions ot modern warfare, we must now per- form in advance tasks that for merly could be postponed until war had become imminent"
 The presidents military and naval advisers contend that it would be fatal for the United States to be caught in the same position as it was when it entered the World War, recalling that Congress de- clared war on Germany on April 6, 1917, but was unable to send troops into battle until May 20. 1918.
 Immediate Appropriation
 MT. Roosevelt's defense budget calls for immediate appropriation of $210,0OO, ,O00 of the proposed s500,- 100000 supplemental program, which is to be explained in special message. The remaining $290 000,- 900 probably would be devoted chiefly to expanding the air corps.
 Referring to the $500,000, ,000 mystery" program, the president said, "a large part of additional na- tional defense expenditures should, I think, be placed in special ca tegory on a temporary basis"
 In addition, he asked for $667.- 498, 800 for the navy; SAP, ,059, 100 for the army; s40,7o7,3 300 for war department military purposes and $10,524.000 for maintenance and operation of the Panama Canal
 Congress was requested practical ly to double the 1899 appropriation for the maritime commission. The 1940 estimates call for $50 800, ,000 chiefly to rush construction of new merchant vesSels-one of the weak est links in defense.
 For War Department
 The president asked for SIT, 500, 900 of public works funds for the war department to be used for har- bor improvements and $20,000,00C for expenditure by the navy.
 Estimates for the navy include $270, 100000 an increase of $116,- 100000 - for continuing con- struction of more than 100 war ships now on the ways and the be- ginning of construction of two su- per-battleships, two cruisers, eight destroyers, eight submarines, two seaplane tenders and one repair ship.
 President Roosevelt, according to some high navy officials, has de- cided definitely to call for con- struction of 45,000-ton battleships the largest ever built. The two new ones, in addition to six already un- der construction, will give the Unit ed States eight dreadnaughts on the ways within a year. The first of these is expected to be com- pleted in 1941.
 Increase For Navy
 The president asked an increase in the appropriation for the navy air corps from $48,075, ,000 for the current fiscal year to $74,000, 900 for 1940.
 He urged Congress to appropriate $3, ,545 900 for a reserve naval SUD- ply of strategic and critical mater ials which are not produced in this country but are essential to suc- ceSsful conduct of war.
 In the regular army estimates, the president cut the air corps ap- propriation from $71, ,000, 900 to $67,- = 800, ,440. However, it was believed that 8 large part of the unex- plained $2l0,000,000 appropriation would be used for nearly 10000 first-line fighting planes to be built within the next three or four years.
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