| Show iVY VY BILL GOES a lita lit HOUSE FLOOR I t Jan 26 UP naval ons s the bill bill the largest large t in his- his d 1 designed to give the Unit- Unit ates ites tes unquestioned sup rem rem- the seas was seas was approved by louse lose appropriation commit- commit I id sent to to- the house floor bill carrying more or 46 per cent total for increases in the 3 from tonnage from battleships includes grants for fiscal and supplemental funds for for 1943 and for present fiscal J committee called the the pro- pro stupendous but said ite it Je e accomplished with l Ie e dispatch measure follows by only d days ys unanimous house ap- ap rofa a grant army airplanes That r until Monday ranked as u-gest u appropriation in his- his y Censored committee although heavily ing ng ing its wartime report obi ob- ob i that complete details haVe been painstakingly ex- ex were made available to ommittee by the navy de- de ent em t. t navys navy's bureau of of aero's aero- aero lavy's s 's s was granted or 1943 r 1943 while more than was set aside for ep ir and maintenance Both ries are granted nearly each in additional f for r the present year l ll's nearly astronomical equals for each man tind child in the nation 3 O 0 and one-half one times the thee e e. cost cast of running the federal government in the ears Navy y Goal i ics of committee hearings J ted to newspaper men had h heavily vily censored with frej fre- fre j discussion off the record note to the unprecedented i as sounded by Admiral iR fIR Stark chief of naval ions ions who told the commit- commit ill atthe the measure would help vy ivy to its goal of of the seas k kj testified that when this y entered the war its naval were ere the strongest in the history and were being fur- fur I was was due in the main toise to tolse toise ise lse program of legislation was as a begun in 1934 and is Has since continued he hea Objectives I listed sted the navys navy's broad ives as follows e To increase our naval the the point of unquestioned nacy on the seas beneath ear S and in the air above aso as o To To gain command of the destruction of the enemies' enemies ng forces To reTo re fee To To cooperate with our i forces and with the and nd d military forces of our urn ur To To destroy or contain emy's commerce in order to economic strangulation J y promoting disaffection finis inis in- in is borders stressed stressed the importance o of f program rile ule l the addition of aircraft t own own forces will be increased increase td d i to our needs diversion of ase planes to our allies will as in necessary order v var var i may be most effectively lion I in n all fronts he said |
