Evening star., 1941-03-20
.SenatePasses
.$3,446,990,644
NavyMeasure
Bon on Purchase
Of Lutin American
Beef Upheld
BULLETIN.

Georgia, announced late today
that he will move reconsideration
of the naval appropriation bill
Monday on the ground that his
vote on the Argentine beef
amendment was not recorded.
Senator Russell said that he
voted in support of the commit
tee amendment striking out the
House prohibition against the
purchase of Argentine beef. Had
his vote been counted, there
would have been no tie and the
committee amendment would
have prevailed, he said.
Earlier Story on Page ALL
BY the Associated Press
The Senate approved a s3,446,-
990,644 naval appropriation today
after upholding a House-approved
provision preventing purchase by the
Navy of canned beef from Latin
American countries.
The measure, largest peacetime
naval supply bill, goes back to the
House for action on amendments.
The Senate rejected, on tie vote
OF 80 to 80, the action of its Appro-
priationS Committee, in deleting
from the measure provision which
has been in effect several years re-
quiring the Navy to purchase only
American live stock and agricultural
products.
AS approved by the Senate, the bill
carried s1,5l5,0OO,o00 for new ships
to fill out the two-ocean feet. in
cludlng funds for construction of six
battle cruisers of 10000 to Is 900 tons,
new type of surface dreadnaught.
S350,372,0 900 for Planes.
A total of s350,372 900 was pro-
vided for new airplanes, three
fourths of which would be combat
craft.
The Senate wrote into the bill a
provision limiting to per cent COM
missions that might be paid on the
purchase or sale of land acquired
under the measures terms.
Earlier, the Senate completed con-
gressional action on two bills author
lzing a s345, 100000 naval public
works program, including develop
mentS at Guam, Samoa and newly
acquired British bases.
In the House, meanwhile, it was
reported that the next five battle
ships to be built under the two
ocean fleet program would be from
$4,000 to $1,000 ton dreadnaughts,
the worlds largest.
Big Ships Were Forecast.
A hint that the Navy was pre-
pairing for ships bigger than the
45,O00-ton class ordered last year,
was given during recent testimony
on a naval appropriation bill bv
Admiral Ben Moreell. He said that
a new craving dock being built at
Pearl Harbor (HawaiD Navy Yard
would be large enough to accom-
modate 55,000-ton vessels.
The Navy's largest battleships in
us are in the 33,OO0-ton class. The
British battle cruiser Hood, $4,000
tons, is generally believed to be the
worlds largest capital ship in COM
mission.
An argument against this coun-
try's use of super battleships has
been that they would not pass
through the present Panama Canal.
Informed sources said, however, that
the new set of locks being con-
structed there would take care of
that problem.
Representative Mas, Republican,
of Minnesota said there was a pos
sibility that the new dreadnaughts
would carry 18-inch guns in their
main batteries instead of the To-
inch type, now the Navy's largest.
On the other hand, he added, the
Navy might continue to use 16
inches. but add to their number.
The 35 .0O0-ton ships mount nine
such weapons while the 45,O00-ton-
ners will have IL.