The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-08
loading the budget with armament expenditures.
 Aid Lightly Touched


 expenditures.
 Aid Lightly Touched
 The message contained little more than passing reference to plans for aiding the foes of the Axis powers He told reporters in a special budget preSs conference that those recom- mendations will go to Congress in a supplemental message.
 But his message placed Congress on notice that it would be expected to do something to help the democ- racieS.
 'In addition to, but essentially and rightly as complement to this program" MT. Roosevelt said, "the time has come for immediate con- Sideration of assuring the continu- ation of the flow of vitally neces- Sary munitions to those nations which are defending themselves against attack and against the im- position of new forms of govern ment upon them"
 The budget, he said, is "a retlec- tion of a world at war; And the whole IT billionS-not merely the 10 billion for military itemS-are i'll furtherance of the program for the total defense of our democracy"
 "Total defense" he declared, 'means more than weapons It means people of health and sta nina. It means an economic ana social system functioning smoothly and geared to high-speed perform ance. The defense budget, there fore, must go beyond the needs ot the army and navy" ,,
 For that reason, he deemed 1t vital to retain existing social Secu- rity programs and to recommend that workers not now covered should be included in the old-age insurance and unemployment com- pensation systems.
 Projected Spending
 Protected spending for both de- fense and non-defense purposes next year exceeds estimated expen- ditures fer this year by $4,283,- 157,O79.
 Of the total proposed, 62 per cent is for national defense. The remain ing 38 per cent is for general actlv- ities of the federal government.
 The presidents estimate of $6,- 674.213,449 for non-defense spend ing represented some reduction from the current year. He explained that increased military eXpendl- lures will permit $400,00O000 cut in work relief. But the mounting fixed charges against the govern ment-such as interest on the pub lie debt and pension and social security payments wiped out the savings in other categories.
 The new requests for defense are 67 per cent higher than for this year. The presidents message and the budget discussed the proposed 1942 defense outlay only ill general termD. They failed to reveal the ex- act number of planes, guns, ships or tanks that must be paid for ill that year. This was the kind of irl- formation MT Roosevelt had told Congress could not be discussed publicly.
 War Dept. Gets Most
 Ths war department was awarded the Lon's share of the proposed cash outlay for defense-$5, ,956 500, 500. In addition, Congress was asked to give it contractual authority for another $1 LOTS ,258, ,195.
 MT. Roosevelt asked $3,447 1894 ,000 cash for the navy in addition to con- tractual authority totaling $188,- 672, 1894.
 He explained that the army funds provide for the training and main tenance of force of men increasing from 250000 last June to 1,400, 900 in 19f2-equipped with the modern devices of motorized and mechani- cal warfare-and for expanding mu- nitions plant capacity to eventually equip an army of 100000 men.
 The navy estimates, he said, con- tinue the construction of the two- ocean navy and contemplate doubling of naval personnel.
 For the army ar corps, MT. RooSe- welt sought $1 ,651 ,041 ,000. Most of the remainder of the war depart ment's cash will be spent for devel- opment of ordnance production fa- cilities; increasing the army through recruiting and the selective service program; mobilization of the na- tional guard and reserves and im- proving coastal defenses.
 Almost half of the funds budgeted for the navy-$1 ,515 ,000 ,000-will be applied toward the 276 warships now being built for the two-ocean fleet. This is almost double the amount estimated to be spent on the pro- gram in the current year.