The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-25

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 of the bllls scope, the committed observed.
 ~An entire people, not juSs ln. duslFy or the army and navy, "a engaged and must Do adjusted Co the defense program"
 The measure follows the si00o0,. {. OOO,O 900 lDA9 army appropriation blll which the house sent Co the senate several weeks ago That measure carried funds for the army air corps sharo of the Be,O00 plane program --40,Oo0 for the army and i0,aO0 for the navy, The navy expected to have 3,000 by Tuesday and 7,SO0 on July 1, ie4s,
 Tho Federal bureau of fnvestlga. tlonwas given eb,0o0, 900 for DSo new agents Co handle defense matters and Co hire 2,ao2 clerks.
 The navy was given eloo,oo0,0oo to Acuulre AuxlllarieS--lO for tho fleet and seven for the army The coast guard was given s00, 900 to replace the 70 cutters recently trans. ferred to Britain, Three of tho new craft will be icebreakers designed for use around Greenland.
 Naval public works were allotted eaD, ,20S 900 and an additional S0,. 100000 was provided for small craft section bases.
 ei Per Cent of Schedule
 T1ha naval MarolaautleN bureau of. Aces told the committee In testl. money published today that plane deliveries to the navy were Bi per cent of tho schedule set by Admiral John II. Towers, chef of tho bureau, earlier this year. They said that aircraft deliveries to the navy since Dec. 3i, io40, totalled D00 ard that on May 3i the navy he'd 5,S42 planes, including trainers. January delivs erise were 2DT; February, i63; March 24S, and April, 273.
 Capt. M. A. Mltscher of the Aeronautics bureau testified that bi0 of the 2,230 new planes to be bought with the new money would Do gaint patrol bomberS which would have Q range of $500 miles or more With bomb load. Included would Do tor. pedo planes presumably of tho type that aided h distroying the Ger. man battleship Bismarck,
 Naval shore facilities to Do pro- vlded for in the bill included new blimp bases ct Elizabeth City, N o. and South Weymouth, Mass, and aA a.,.sllta ssa1 taitsRAn ha nAa
 Testimony before the committee revealed these phases Of the defense program:
 Rear Admiral Russell WaeSche, coFninandant o fthe coast guard, hopes to secure 270 small vos- BelD for coast guard service. sixty-folir of such craft already have been taken over and WAoSche asked e2,076000 to complete the program and man the vessels with 1 ,04O coast guard reservists.
 Volunteer Flremen
 civilian Defense Director Y. H. La Quardia urged cities within range of Sea.air attack to provide volun- teer auxiliary fro departments i've times their permanent Are fighting strength. Bomb baskets In London, he said, had caused from 200 to b30 simultaneously fires ct scattered points.
 Nelson 4. Rockefeller, coordin- Ator of commercial and cultural fe- iatlons between the American re- publlcS, said that about 1000 Amer lean business agents with anti-Am- ican connections in South America have been dlSchargea as Q result oi appeals made. by his agency, and that moves have been initiated that have crippled tho Axis tiiian- ciaiiy in Latin America.
 Price Control Administrator Leon Henderson said that rising prices and wage levels, carrying a threat of inslatlen, is making 1t necessary for the OpsAC to "cover almost the entire economy" He said there iS quite c bit of "chbcling" going oi1'