The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-07
United States Govt.
 Backs Up Roosevelt
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American industry to what MT. to congress as the immediate need" Roosevelt described in his message for a swift and driving increase in our armament production"
 Congressional leaders were not sure whether the program would be contained in one bill, or divided among several. They reported that administration officials had consult ed the legislative drafting service maintained by congress.
 Further indications of the form of the program proDably will be con- tained in Mir. RooSevelt'S budget to be submitted to congress tomorrow. The budget is expected to call for about $10,000, ,O00, 900 for defense and the arms lending plan and approx inlately $7,0O0,O00, 900 for routine government expenditures.
 $500 Planes This Year Washington, Jan. 7-(UP)-Rear Admiral John H. Towers, chief of naval aeronautics, told the house naval affairs committee today the Navy expects to add 4,O00 planes to its air strength this year and to have $500 modern craft on hand year hence.
 Towers said, however, that he was mot satisfied with the rate of naval air expansion.
 T am very impatient about it," he testified, but added that he felt that everything possible was being done to speed it.
 Delivery schedules are not being met in some cases, Towers said, and a shortage of machine tools is a dif- fculty.
 He was the first witness Chairman Carl Vinson cabled in his inquiry into lags in the Navy,s program. It was part of double drive by the legislative and executive depart ments to speed up the rearmament program.
 Towers said that on Jan. 1, 1940, the Navy had 2,145 tons of all cate gories. On Jan. 1, 1941, the number had increased 445 net to 2,59O tons. The Navy on the latter date had 6,122 planes on order, and expects to get approximately 4,0O0 of them during the calendar year. Allow ing for losses of about 300 in the interval, he testified that by next January l the Navy should have about $500 planes.
 London Is Pleased
 InYNdnYo Roosevelt's message to Congress shared prominence equally in Brit ish newspapers today with reports of the British drive in Africa, en- phasizing his promises of aid to Great Britain for a finish fight against dictatorship.
 The Daily Express, chief organ of the Beaverbrook chain, called it response to the last appeal of the MarqueSs of Lothian, late ambassa- dor to Washington.
 Qn a speech read for him a few hours before his death at Washing ton, Lord Lothian appealed for more aid.)
 The Daily Telegraph, regarded as being close to the foreign office, said:
 We know by experience in another struggle against brutal aggression how well pledges of the United States are honored. In the past as in the present, threats were hurled from Germany at any sign of sym pathy with nations fighting for free com. The president has flung them back with an answer which will shake the fortresseS and the forti- tude of the Nazi Reich.
 "The American government and people are not to be intimidated by a mushroom tyrant. America is mas ter of its own fGttc s.szs. captain of its own soul. If Hitler desires to fight the United States as well as the rest of the free world he may. That frantic choice would not change the course on which Ameri- cans have now resolved" "s
 As regards talk of Nazi-dictated peace, otherwise called a "negoti- ated" peace, the Daily Telegraph said: "The honor of America is not for sale"
 Germany Studies It
 Berlin, Jan. 7-(UP)-The full text of President RooSevelt's message to Congress reached the foreign of- flee today and highest German quarters began an immediate study of it.
 Pending results of an examination of the speech authorized German quarters withheld comment. Nazi newspapers thus far have ignored the speech, pending a study by of- flcialS.
 The first impression in non official German quarters was that MT. Roos- evelt'S message to Congress was not fundamentally different from his re- cent f1reSide chat.
 Both in general tendencies and general attitude it Said more or less the same thing" it was said.
 This probably will be the general tenor of authorized comment when it is made available.
 The view of responsible Nazis was that the f1reside chat made clear be- yond all doubt MT. Roosevelt,s de- termination to support Britain to the limit with material and hostility to the Axis. Consequently further utterances by him were regarded here as rather confirming this pie ! I7RVW =