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Show APPROPRIATIONS ARE HALF BILLION MORE Amount Is Added to War Budget for "v Various Military Purposes "by the Senate. "WASHINGTON," May 29. Increased appropriation;, aggregating about $500,-000,000, $500,-000,000, added by the senate to the war budget bill for various military purposes, virtually all were agreed to today by the senate and house conferees con-ferees during the first few hours of their work on the $3,42,000,000 measure. mea-sure. The authorization in the bill of $750,-000,000 $750,-000,000 for construction and purchase of American merchant ships is Dot in dispute and will remain as passed by both houses of congress. Changes in legislation to regulate the acquisition j or the merchant fleet were discussed today, but no agreement was reached. Further changes in army appropriations appropria-tions desired by Secretary Baker also were considered by the conferees today. to-day. Secretary Baker desired shifting of several appropriations to provide working- balances in special funds, especially es-pecially for clothing and equipment for the new soldiers to be raised under the draft. |