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Appropriations
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years appropriation was inadequate.
An additional $30,000,000 half cash
and half contract authority, was in
cluded to enable the Navy to finance
further expansion of aircraft fac
tories. Congress already had given
the Navy s6OO0O,OO0 for that pur-
pose during the current fiscal year.
Three New Air Corps Depots.
The committee recommended ex-
penditure of S42,000,000 for estab-
lishment of three new Army Air
Corps depots for the maintenance
of planes under the 54 combat group
program and the enlarged pilot
training plan. The depots would be
established in the Northeast, South
east and Midwest areas, but specific
locations were not announced.
A total of $9,243,825 was included
for work on the Army air bases at
Anchorage and Elmendorf Fields in
Alaska after Gen. George G. Mar
shall, chief of staff, testified that
immediate provision of the funds
would save months, possibly a year,
on completion of the work.
Other Army items in the bill in
cluded $15,866,0O0 for the acquiSi-
ton and leasing of land for NUM-
tions storage and additional train
ing areas: SGT $685. to house the
80 BIT additional men for the Air
Corps; $40 0,685 900 for new reception
and discharge centers for the
draftees; S16999 ,897 for recreational
facilities and s12.855,000 for access
roads to training areas.
Canal Zone Jobs Ordered.
For completion Of the Air Corps
facilities expansion program, the
committee recommended S33 ,030 ,920.
1t recommended S1I,307, ,255 to COM
plete accommodations and other in
stallationS for the enlarged garri-
son in the Panama Canal Zone.
Of the Arnly's total, $25, ,198 ,S25
was for projects originally included
in the regular supply bill for the
year starting next July l, but for
which an immediate need was said
to have arisen.
The only major change made by
the committee in the Budget Bu-
reau's recommendations was the
elimination of S1,743080 for civil
ian police force for naval establish
ments to release marines for mill
tary training. The committee recon-
mended that consideration OF the
item be deferred until the Navy'S
regular appropriation bill is consid-
cred.
Part of the money for naval avia-
ton would be spent as follows. ST.
100000 for purchase of four non
rigid airships-blimps-for coastal
patrol and training; $2,280,000 for
experimental airpianes and S4,824,-
300 for radio. Photographic and
theological equipment and supplies.
Far Outposts to Be Built Up.
Although the committee made no
reference to the items in its report,
it included S4,700,000 in the bill for
development of the harbor at Guam
to make it usable by long-range
patrol planes and surface ships and
for the installation of bomb-proof
shelters and S8,1OOOOO for similar
work at faraway Samoa.
The Guam project was storm
center in two previous sessions of
Congress because opponents con-
tended it would offend Japan, a
comparatively close neighbor as Pa
cific Ocean distances go. The House
voted to authorize the project last
week without a ripple of opposition.
Funds also were recommended to
carry on the work at three of the
new Atlantic bases, sites for which
were obtained in the destroyers to
Britain trade, including $4,000
toward the development of a fleet
anchorage at Trinidad; $1.6000 900
for machine tools and equipment for
work under way in Newfoundland
and 81 100000 for similar equipment
for the Bermuda base.
In all the measure would provide
$27 1858, 500 for naval and air bases
in Alaska; S46,943, ,050 for those in
the Pacific and s6l, ,745,500 in the
Atlantic and Caribbean.