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Show SENATE COMMITTEE CUTS DEFENSE BILL WASHINGTON Jan. 30 (UP) Economy-bent members of the senate sen-ate appropriations committee today to-day approved a $251,822,588 deficiency defi-ciency bill (or national defense, reduced re-duced (1X788,664 (rom the house-spproved house-spproved figure of g264.611.25Z The committee's action brought the bill to 120.176.935 less than President Roosevelt had asked. The bill, which makes supplemental supple-mental appropriations for the army, navy, coast guard and federal fed-eral bureau of investigation to bolster the national defense establishment estab-lishment snd provide for maintenance mainte-nance of the navy's neutrality patrol, pa-trol, is expected to reach the senate sen-ate floor about Wednesday. |