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Show Roosevelt Hints Special Tax For National Defense; PLANS FOR INCREASED JRMSOUILAYROUSES j LEVY -OR-LOAN ISSUE President Points Out Two-Billion Expenditure for ' Fiscal Year Exceeds Figure; Laughs at Idea Ambassadors Were Hurried Home i . By GEORGE DURNO WARM SPRINGS, Ga., Nov. 24 (INS) President Roosevelt Roose-velt today hinted that the country might have to bear a national na-tional defense tax of some sort in order to meet contemplated national defense expenditures of more than two billion dollars next year. At a roadside press conference, the president brought up the possibility. pos-sibility. He presented It as a question ques-tion that could well be thoroughly discussed publicly. Because of the European situation situa-tion it is going to be necessary to spend about $500,000,000 more on national defense in the next fiscal year than currently, said the president. Mr. Roosevelt presented his thoughts In question form. "If we spend this sum for national na-tional defense would we borrow the money to pay it?" "Or, If we adopt the principle that national defense is a current item, and make no provision for the increase, do we put the burden oa futuse generations?" Matter of Principle The president declined to suggest sug-gest what form a national defense tax might take. He said he brought up the question as a matter of principle and not dollars and cents. So far as the whole budget is concerned, Mr. Roosevelt verified earlier reports that he hoped by heavy cuts In expenditures other than In national defense to cut next year's deficit In half, or better. bet-ter. The executive said he assumed, of course, that if he was able to cut estimates, congress wouldn't appropriate money over and above his recommendations. Last session exceeded his estimates in this respect re-spect by $350,000,000. A reporter suggested that next year was a campaign year and it might not be popular to propose a national defense tax. The president said It was a matter mat-ter of principle and not of politics. Conference In Car Under a glorious Georgia sun, Mr. Roosevelt drove his touring car up to one of the press cottages to hold his press conference. Mrs. Roosevelt sat in the front seat beside be-side him. In the rear seat were Acting Press Secretary William D. Hassett and Basil O'Connor, head of the new National Infantile Paralysis Pa-ralysis Foundation. His discussion of budget and (Continued on prn Fowl (Column Four) I SWIBWIIWI SEA AND PLANE 1 j CIOAT RAGES J KCiiiinl tnm Pass Oa force. ' On Germany's part K k ' apparently unrestricted mine war ' far, aided by submarine and alr- ylan attacks IS German, pianos were reported shot down In Britain and Franc In the last two days t ' and two Carman submarines were i J sunk by a French destroyer, attest-j attest-j tag to the general activity. , ( To this, Britain was replying with ' a blockade of German exports, x- pected to be Invoked officially dur- 1 tag the coming week end to th t harassment of all neutral shipping j countries in th world, j Holland and Belgium, moat vital-, vital-, y affected by th British plan to seize German-mad goods from all ' neutral ships, already hav sent ' official protests to Britain. Hoi- 2 land, when handled more than 10,-i 10,-i 000.000 tons of German goods from 1 th ports of Rotterdam and Am-i Am-i aterdam In the first nine month of this year, has advised all its ahlp to stay In horn porta until th situation was clarified. -. Urge United Acttea Newspapers in Norway and Swe- n today eaUoe tor i-eeanmoa aou. ' tral action" against th threat to neutral aea trade, and suggested ' that America be included in th ' "neutral front" Britain's new export control pro-' pro-' gram waa ready to start on a mo-' mo-' snent's notice, awaiting only an or- der In council Invoking it Th ministry of conomlc warfare has Increased Its staff and has worked. ! out a system for blockading ex- port similar to that affecting Ger- nan imports now. . British consuls In all neutral ' countries will b asked to five certificates cer-tificates assuring that the outgo- ' tag cargoes originated In th coun- try concerned or another neutral country. Ship without th cer-' cer-' int-a far their whol cargoes ' will be directed to examination ? porta. Portions of cargoes not eov- ered by certificates will be subject to decisions by a prize court T Sees Ceatrahead i It Is' explained that th order In t council will define exports, or j goods Imported to Germany across , any frontier and processed to any , appreciable extent In Germany, as , contraband. Goods established aa , contraband will be seized by Brit-, Brit-, aln and neutral merchants will ; have no compensation. That will launch a wholesale , , economic war and raise th seri-, seri-, eus problem of what th allies are ; going to do to help countries that .comply with the export embargo. ' Tha question already has been , raised by Turkey, Mediterranean i ally ef Britain and Franc. Sukru iSaraeoglu, Turkish foreign minis-.ter. minis-.ter. Interviewed by the French .newspaper Parts Solr, said that 'Turkey broke all trade relations with Germany wha it signed a 'treaty with th alii, but made It 'clear that Turkey expects the allies 'to absorb the agricultural and mln-'oral mln-'oral surpluses that want to Germany. Ger-many. 1 Th same question la cropping 'ap la other Balkan and Scandl-'aavtan Scandl-'aavtan countries, J ' Moat Guard Prestige J Tb allies, to malntlan their pree-;tlge pree-;tlge with small neutrals, must ar-j ar-j range not only to take their for-mer for-mer German exports, but must sup-'ply sup-'ply them with manufactured goods they formerly got from Ger-'many Ger-'many If th balance ar not to be i overthrown. It appeared. This problem I complicated by the vari rated barter . system under .which Germany operated. Germany, for Instance, often 'bought surpluses of her neighbors that aha did not need and sold .them somewhere else for credits. I The ship losses reported during th American Thanksgiving holiday holi-day were tabulated today as fol- 'lows:- ; Th 1335-ton British destroyer Gipsy; th French trawler St Slal; 'Greek freighter Elena R, 4576 tons; th British freighter Geral-dua. Geral-dua. 2495 tons; th British freighter Dart no, 1351 tons; British trawler Sulby, 287 tons; British freighter Lowlana, t74 tons; British navy minesweeper Aragonlte, 315 tone; 'an unnamed French trawler, sunk la the Atlantic. |