LARGEST PEACETIME DEFENCE VOTE
5.13,188,172-dollar Grant Passed By U.S.A. (Received March 28, 7.30 p.m. WASHINGTON, March 27. Without a dissenting vote the Senate today passed the War Department’s largest peacetime appropriation. A further 13,000,000 dollars was added, making the total 513,188,172 dollars. Senator Lewis warned the United States that it was about to "make the blunder of taking sides in foreign conflicts.” Senator King predicted that Herr Hitler and Signor Mussolini would crack up. All the democracies need to do, he said, was to await the happy day. President Roosevelt laid before the House the supplementary naval estimates asking for a further 19.000,000 dollars.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 157, 29 March 1939, Page 9
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104LARGEST PEACETIME DEFENCE VOTE Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 157, 29 March 1939, Page 9
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