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Show (DEFENSE FUND BILL APPROVED WASHINGTON, March it (INS) -Carrying I151.JJ M4 to speed the United tat' rearmament program, the lM.T2,02f deficiency appropriation appropri-ation bill was formally approved by th house appropriations committee com-mittee today. The total represented a reduction of 2T,2 903 below budget estimate. esti-mate. Th bill was Immediately sent to the floor of the house foe debate. Appropriation Listed National defense appropriations Included: For the army: For the purchase of critical items of war. Including automatic rifles, antiaircraft guns, gss mssks aad ammunition, and to strengthen seaooast defenses. 111,-538 111,-538 37. For th navy: Additional funds to continue th construction of U fighting ships and 14 auxiliary vessels, ves-sels, m 700.617. In taking its action, the committee commit-tee made two surprise moves, however. how-ever. It declined to approve a 17,800 000 request for the civil aeronautics aero-nautics authority to train 30,000 civilian air pilots annually, on the ground thst special legislation must be passed to authorise it At the same time, the committee "suggested" "suggest-ed" that It would be more economical economi-cal and better if the training were filaced In the hands of the army nstead of the C A A. Refuses Request The committee also refused to approve ap-prove a request for establishment of a $10,000,000 aeronautical research station at Sunnyvale, CaX, sought by the national advisory committee for aeronautics en the plea that thie country has lost Its dominant position in military aviation to Germany, Ger-many, and must take drastia steps to recoup- It did approve, however, how-ever, a 13,140.000 N A C A request to expand existing research facilities facili-ties at LangUy Field, Va. In making another reduction, th committee also took an indirect elap at th wage-hour act It refused re-fused to grant a 11,000.000 relief appropriation for the reconstruction reconstruc-tion administration of Puerto Rico, and while conceding that a serious unemployment problem exists on th Island, it made the cut with this observation: Bestody Needed "Obviously, there Is urgent need for something to be done to meet this aggravated condition, but the answer Is not to provide work relief re-lief ,for a relatively small part of th number ef employable persona whe ar without work, but to re-study re-study with a view to lifting or narrowing the application of the fair labor standards set as it relates to Puerto Rico." Large appropriation approved In-eluded: In-eluded: Additional fund totaling tl,0M,lM for the civil aeronautic authority; 12,000,000 for the U. B. employes compensation commission; commis-sion; U.4M.0O0 for the forest service ser-vice for fire fighting; tl,sj,400 for the coast guard, and 110,200,000 for th federal land bank because of losses (uatalned on the reduction of Interest rate. |