AMERICA ARMING
PROGRAMME PASSED COMMITTEE’S VIEW “REASONABLE AND SOUND” iUnited Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 The House of Representatives Military Affairs Committee unanimously approved President Roosevelt's armaments programme, with the 10 Republican minority members calling it •’reasonable and sound.'’ The committee’s report, declaring that war may come in Europe at an early date, stresses that America’s present military establishment is woefully inadequate. Drawing attention to the threats of a war of aggression throughout the world, President. Roosevelt in his message to Congress on January 12 called on Congress to authorise his 525,000,000-dollar emergency defence programme, of which 210,000,000 dollars will be available for expenditure in 19 40. In addition Mr Roosevelt recommended a special appropriation of 27,000,000 dollars to improve the defences of the Panama Canal. He said that, devoid of all hysteria, this programme was only the “minimum of requirements.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20727, 10 February 1939, Page 5
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143AMERICA ARMING Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20727, 10 February 1939, Page 5
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