The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-22
Expell Vote
Iloday:oIl BIZ
Bill
II Billion Total
Goes 70 Group
for Approved

80. N
.owASHINGToN, March IA.
Congressional appropriate
ing machinery today mlllof
ahead on eleven billion dollofs
Ut expenditures for ships ~
planes, guns and other sinAws q
war. a
The Senate appropriations
committee arranged IN unusual
Saturday session .(l1 !. M y.
s. IT, to vote on the House
approved $1,000. 0005ooO fund
for aiding .embattled s'democra-
cies.' and leaders predicted the
measure would win Senate ap-
prevail by nightfall Monday. u.
Forwarded by the House -
terday for Senate consideration
was q $4.073,810,074 supple
mental defense appropriation to
speed up the armament program
on the home front and provide
industrial production adequate
for the needs Of 100000 fight
ing men.
The foreign-aid appropriation
won the unanimous approval of
an appropriations sub-commit-
tee yesterday, and leaders said
it would be taken up by the Sem
ate Monday. with little debate
expected. M
Senator Nye (R-N.D.), q
member Of the subcommittee,
sought unnecessarily to cut the
$1,000, 100000 fund In half and
said be would renew the effort
in the full committee. Although
Nye joined other committee
members in voting out the bill,
he said that he was uncertain
how he would vote when II came
before the Senate.
Funds which the sub-commit-
tee approved for carrying out
the foreign-aid bill were divided
as follows:
I. Ordnance and ordnance
stores, including arms and am
munition, 1,343 900, 900.
2. Aircraft and parts, $2.054,-
100000.
3. Tanks and other mechan-
lied equipment. $500, 900, 900.
4. Ships boats and other
craft, 1Szb, 100, 600.
S. Miscellaneous military
equipment and supplies, $780,
100000.
6. Manufacturing facili t cs.
$752, 00O, 900.
Z. Agricultural, indust r q !
and other commodities, 81, $780,
100000.
8. Other expenses, $3.50, o00.-
900.
The House approved the $4,-
ola, 810,074 supplemental appro-
priation for domestic defense by
q vote of 327 to o. Rep. Woodrum
(D-Va.) said it would bring to
$25, 1872, 674.015 the total Of ap-
preparations, contract authoriza-
tons and pending budget esti-
mates made for national defense
since Germany's invasion Of the
Low Countries. That total, he
said, did not include the $1,000
100000 aid-to-democracies fund.
Before the final vote, the
House rejected an amendment
by Rep. Case (R-S.D.) which
would have prohibited the use
of any of the money for convoy
ing materials to foreign coun-
tries. Woodrum asked for defeat
of the proviso on the ground
that that the House should not
attempt to revise the British aid
law each time II considered IN
appropriation measure.
The $4,073,810,074 appropria-
ton includes $1.343,288,1a4 for
the Air Corps to acquire $500
heavy and medium bombers to
be assembled ut four midwest
plants and 1925 other bombers
and transport planes for the
corps 18,000-plane program.
The House also learned that
the Air Corps has stepped up its
pilot training goal from $4,000
q year to $4,000.
Again the House approved .
restriction against expenditure
of Federal funds for commodities
produced In foreign countries.
After the Senate appr0pria-
tons committee sought to delete
q similar restriction from the
naval appropriations bill earlier
this week, the Senate Thursday
rejected the committees action
on o tie vote.
Vice-President Wallace, who
was absent and therefore unable
to break the tie In favor Of the
committee, has refused TO sign
the Senate journal for Thursday,
leaving the way open for recon-
sheraton Of the vote BY which
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