Evening star., 1941-06-25
House Bill Provides
2,236 Navy Planes,
19 Auxiliary Ships
Committee Recommends
1897 ,083,825 for
Several Agencies
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
An 1897 ,O83 1926 deficiency appro-
priation. including funds to give
the Navy 2,236 additional airplanes
and 10 more auxiliary ships was
recommended to the House today by
its Appropriations Committee.
The measure. a 'catch-all" money
bill for the fiscal year ending June
80, carried funds for almost a score
of governmental agencies. such as
$50, 100000 for the Office for Emer-
gency Management; S28,80O,765 for
the Post Office Department. and
S5l OBJ 430 for the Coast Guard-the
latter allotment including money for
replacement of the 10 cutters trans
ferred to Great Britain and for con-
Struction of three new icebreakerS
for duty in the Greenland area.
The Navy'S share was S742 ,465, las,
of which S467,046,600 was earmarked
for the 2,236 new planes. The oal-
ance included S47000.000 for the
guns and ammunition for these and
other planes, and for the purchase
of an unspecified number of 20-mil-
limeter aircraft cannon, similar to
those in use abroad.
Deliveries Start Soon.
Naval officials testified deliveries
of the new weapon would start at
the rate of 100 a month this month
and probably be stepped up to three
times that number next year. They
Will supplant the less effective 30
calibre machine guns in many cases,
In recommending the bill. the
committee said that 81 per cent OF
the money was for purposes directly
connected with preparation for ma
tional defense or for activities which
directly or indirectly have felt the
impact of the defense program. The
total was S22,072,l45 below the
budget estimates.
The additional naval planes
among which were SIG patrol
bombers costing approximately
S516,0O0 apiece, will give the Navy
a total of 10.400 planes by June 30
1945. BY the first of next month
the committee was told, the Navy
expects to have $500 planes on
hand. Plane production for the
Navy has been running behind
schedule by about 19 per cent and
S25 900, 900 in cash and contract
authority was included in the bill
for expansion of plant capacity.
New Blimp Bases Planned.
In addition to initial funds for
the acquisition of 19 additional
auxiliary vessels for the Navy, the
measure carried a portion of the
funds required to give the Army
seven more auXiliaries-troop and
cargo ships.or slO0,OOO.0OO for the
26 vessels the total cost of which
was estimated at Sl50.975, 900.
A total of S54 4.265 900 was recon-
mended for the Navy for the estab-
hshment or expansion of shore ia
cilities, including new biimp base:
at Elizabeth City. N. c.. and Soutf
Weymouth. Mass, and 10 auxiliary
blimp bases. The item also included
S5,000,0 900 for so-callad section base!
for motor torpedo boat squadron'
and other small coastal and Earbol
patrol craft.
In approving a Cash fund of $780,
100000 and $3,0O00C0 of contractua
authority for the Office of Emer.
gency Management, the committee
said that included funds for II
emergency units SEE up by the Pres.
ident to handle the defense program
and problems growing cut of it.
Civilian Defense Fund.
Included in the tund turned over
to the President was an allotment
of 100000 requested by Mayor Flo.
relic H. La Guardia of New York
director of civilian defense efforts
for preliminary civilian defense
work
Saying that no big city service de
partment has enough personnel o
equipment to provide adequate pro
lection under war conditions, Mayo
La Guardia proposed that auxiliar.
fire departments be trained first
committee testimony disclosed.
Il recommend that the coasta
cities or the cities that are withil
range of air attack, have five time
their present number of permanen