Show l v Mac MacArthur Arthur Drafts 5 Year Y ar Plan of Army Improvement L LV me t I V WASHINGTON Sept 23 UP UP With With war threats mo mounting abroad Chief of or Staff stift Douglas MacArthur today propounded ed a year five program pro gr gram m for further systematic modernization and development de of the United States army The program was General MacArthur's MacArthurs MacArthurs MacArthur's Mac Mac- 1 r Arthurs Arthur's legacy as ho he prepared to retire as chief of staff and anI go goto to the Philippines Philippines' to dir direct ct national de defense defense de- de fe s of the thc new nev commonwealth g government v there The plan was contained in in hi Ml Mac MacArthurs MacArthur's cA Arthur's Arthurs annual report covering the fiscal year ended ended ended end end- ed He called for purchase sC of ot new army army airplanes annually equipment of every army rifleman with semiautomatic semi semi- automatic a to weapons improvement of ot artillery artmer further and accumulation of munitions re rc re- re serves MacArthurs MacArthur's r report port comprised a learned treatise on the art of modem modern modern mod mod- em ern war var v r. r a and ad d the steps which the American army has taken under his direction For Forthe the first time since 1922 1022 the army enters a new new fiscal year with wit witha a reasonable prospect of developing itself into a defense establishment commensurate in maize size and efficiency to the c country's 8 minimum needs he said Obstacles which for 13 13 years have impeded if not inhibited progress ross ress toward this goal have hav only re recently recently re- re be been il either swept aside by congress or materially red reduced ced in importance The present year ear defInitely definitely definitely def def- marks the beginning of of a 0 long deferred r resumption of military mili tary preparation on a scale demanded de do- by the tho most casual regard for the nations nation's safety and security After AUer reviewing wIng the tho long battle for appropriations for or modernization of oC the army replacement replacement- of obsolete obsolete obsolete lete weapons with new and more modern guns and other points points' In Inthe inthe the thc army's improvement program MacArthur launched upon his proposed proposed pro pro- posed year five-year program Y T r METAL i MARKET t E Gold i Sliver Silver newly mined i 17 sIc Silver Sliver foreign 6 c cLead Lead e. e 4 Copper Zinc Lo Local 1 Settlement Prices r Lead eo Copper 1165 8 |