Evening star., 1942-09-22
Dieppe and Solomon!
Indicate Turning Of
Tide, Vinson Says
Sees Growing Strength
Of Allied Novies as
Spelling End Of Axis Z

VT Allied NovieS as
Spelling End Of Axis 7
By the Associated Press.
'Dieppe and the Solomon Islands
are merely forecasts of the shape of
things to come" Chairman Vinson
Of the House Naval Affairs Com
mittee declared today.
The Georgian's statement. assert
Ing that "at sea we are beginning
TO turn the corner" was issued after
President Roosevelt had requested
Yesterday an additional $2,731,154,-
308 to bring the Nays current year
appropriation to a record high of
approximately $17,o0O,0oo, 600.
Cites Growing Sea Power.
we are now pushing our greatly
augmented program of naval con-
struction with the utmost speed at
our command" Representative Vim
son said. when it is completed
and joins forces with the British
and other Allied navies, it will give
the United Nations a more nearly
global strength at sea than the
world has ever seen, and seapower,
welded by ships and aircraft, Is the
anvil on which the decision in this
global war is being hammered out"
Representative Vinson predicted
the new Navy would give the United
States "the added escort and patrol
craft needed to put an end to the
U-boat menace" and will enable
us to take the offensive with su-
perior force in any theater we
chose"
When the new land front is
launched In the west Of Europe"
he said, "it is seapower that will
launch 1t. Seapower will transport
the men and material needed to
the point of attack. To keep them
flowing in an unbroken stream until
the whole Axis edif1ce has crashed,
America and the other United Ma
tions must have seapower in over
whelming strength. far beyond chal-
lenge by any force that Berlin, Rome
and Toxic can bring against It,"
On Offensive in Solomons.
Already, he declared, we have
taken the offensive in the Solomons
and there for the first time We have
wrested the initiative from the
enemy, and our new Navy should
enable us to retain the initiative
right to the end"
On June 80, 1941, Mr.. Vinson said,
q United States not at war had 697
combat, auxiliary. patrol and mine
vessels building, while on June 80,
1912, there were 1890 vessels in this
category under construction In ad-
dition to 218 being built for Allied
nations. This, he added, does not in
clude 1859 smaller vessels under
construction.
Counting all types OF planes, he
went on, I'VE added 1895 new air
craft to the Navy's air arm In the
fiscal year ended June 80, 1912, as
compared with 2,067 In the preced-
Ing year"
Nays Air Strength Growing.
Plant expansion, he said, "is
rapidly building up to an output OF
just under 1000 Navy planes q
MONTH" with the Navy bearing its
full share of President Roosevelt's
program calling for $4,000 planes in
1912 and 125 900 in 1943."
IN addition, he pointed out, the
Navy is directing production OF
planes for Allied nations, especially
China and Russia, and supervising
the training of foreign personnel for
their operation.
He described current production
for the Navy as so vast that three
fourths of it Is the work Of new
plants which have been specially
built. fooled and stated since July
i. 1910"
A leading congressional advocate
Of placing emphasis on the construc-
ton Of plane carriers, Representa-
tive Vinson said the war to date has
drought home to America and to
the world at large the fact that the
carrier has supplanted the battle
ship as the backbone Of a modern
navy"
Halls New Torpedo Bomber.
He described the Navy's combat
airplanes as "unexcelled In perform
ance, striking power and equip
ment," with the new torpedo bomber
being perhaps the most lethal
weapon yet devised for action
eoa inst surface vessels"
Long range carrier-type and pa
troll planes, he said, are being pro-
duced in sufficient numbers Ito sup
ply our bases from Iceland to South
America and from Alaska to the
Indian Ocean"
The largest item in the amount
asked by the President yesterday wa
$3.50 900 900 for the Bureau Of Aero
nautics, of which $500, 900 would bt
for the procurement Of helium.
The new funds would supplement
regular appropriations already made
Other items included:
Training, education and welfare
$2l $40 900; pay, subsistence ant
TRANSPORTATION of naval personnel
s734.2l6,136; Bureau of Yards ant
Docks, S35 5,069,775, including suf
flcient funds to purchase 1000 pas
senger vehicles; Marine Corps pay
s204 ,448 ,642; miscellaneous expense
Of the Marine Corps, $3.50, 900 900
Coast Guard pay, allowances ant
miscellaneous expenses, $33s 1855 ,0o(
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