Evening star., 1941-07-11
Appropriations
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did not think it meant the arming
of merchant ships.
Another s249 900 900 was marked
for ordnance and ordnance stores;
$500 900 900 for pay and subsistence;
$500 ,0O0, 900 for public works such
as Navy housing and yard equip
ment.
For naval aviation. the President
said $4,000 900 would be set aside,
with an equal sum to be devoted to
all purposes Of the Marine Corps.
There was final item of s160.0O0,-
900 for general naval repair work.
IS Ships Delivered.
The Maritime Commission already
has under way a 705-ship program
calling for the expenditure of ST.
$50 100000. The existing program
is divided into long-range. .emer-
gency national defense and aid-to-
Britain divisions.
Ninety-five ships in the long
range program already have been
delivered, and deliveries on emer-
eency ships are scheduled to begin
late this year.
The new program, combined with
construction already contracted for
by the commission, plus private con-
struction and vessels contracted for
by Britain directly with United
States shipbuilders, contemplates
the delivery into service of nearly
$4,000 900 deadweight tons of mer-
chant ships by the end of l943.
Combining its old and new pro-
grams, the commission will have as
its goal the speedy construction of
a total of 1871 merchant ships,
which British officials have said
were vitally needed to help win
the battle of the Atlantic.
The estimates indicate that pro-
duction in 1912 and 1943 is to reach
an average of about two ships
day.
Alb Ugly Ducklings."
Ships to be built under the pro-
gram announced today include Alb
OF the EC-2 type, commonly called
the ugly duckline," totaling 4.38e.-
600 deadweight tons; "a C-3 cargo
ships Of approximately 10000 dead
weight tons each; AZ CO cargo ves-
sells OF approximately $3.50 dead
weight tons each; 18 C-1 cargo
ships Of approximately $500 dead
tion OF the ugly duckling' type,
which 1t Is planned to construct in
yards on the Great Lakes. and IS
ocean-eoing tugs of $50 to 200 gross
tons each.
Additional facilities for the con-
struction OF the ships. the commits
sion said, will include shipways in
existing yards as well as the re.
conditioning of yards.
Merchant ship production in this
country, under the enlarged pro-
gram, was estimated by the COM
mission as follows:
In the last half of 1941. 623 2O6
deadweight tons, composed of A.
zoo tons under Maritime Commits
sion contracts, 158,S00 deadweipht
tons under private contract and 30
zoo deadweight tons under direct
contract by the British Government.
6.642,s4s Tons Next Year.
In 1912, when peak production will
be reached, the estimate was for g.
642,649 deadweieht tons. Of this
1898 ,249 tons Is under Maritime
Commission contract and the re-
manning under private contract and
under direct British contract.
For l943 the production was esti-
mated at 6,552.871 deadweight tons,
OF which 6,366,671 tons Is for Mari
time Commission contract and the
remainder for private account.
The President said he expected
the Government will begin to get
deliveries soon on the seized Ger
man and Italian merchant ships,
which are now under repair. The
time of their availability, he added.
depends largely on the sabotage
damage to each ship.
Mr.. Roosevelt. replying to a ques-
ton, said none of the funds request
ed today were intended for repair of
British vessels damaged by Axis at
tack.
He asserted that the expanded
program had nothing to do with a
widening foreign policy and that
1t was needed because the schedule
Of production had been stepped up