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Show SE N NHE 21 f HE RD RDar ar ar anmnd 6 6ind ind nd 'the the ' theNATIONAL tlie the tlieNATIONALCAPITAL / " ' - NATIONAL NATIONALCAPITAL CAPITAL , , CAPITALJ ( J 3Y ! 3YCarterFleld ' ' - CarterFleld Carter FieldWash Field . f ) Wash ngtonIn ngton -In In - In cons dermg derang the thene thenew thenew appropriations approprlabons it at must be beremembered beremembered beremembered ne\\ ne new nenaval \ \ naval remembered that this bllhon-dollar bllhon dollar bllhondollarprogram billion bilIion-doUarprogram bilIion doUarprogram - - dollar dollarprogram program as it is called is in an addl adds addltlon addstton adaition tlon tton to the regular 1939 program programv.hlch programwhich programwhich v.hlch vhlch which . had already alread ) been provIded provIdedBes providedBes providedBesdes to new newbu newbu newbu Bes des it et is in addition addltlOn author authorZed authorized authorized bu ] Iding Idmg ding now going gomg on but ) Zed ized previouslyFor previouslyFor previously previouslyFor For instance mstance two battleships batUesrups to totalmg totaling tolalmg talmg taling 70 70000 000 tons are now under underconstruction underconstruction construction Two more of 35 35000tons 000 000tons tons each aie ale in m the so caUed called regu regular regular regular lar 1939 program But three tree more moreWith morewith morewith With 105 000 tons additional tonnage tonnageare tonnageare tonnageare are in 10 the so called billion donar dollar donarprogr dollarprogram dollarprognm progr program m This makes the total ad addlUonal additiona addlUonal dlUonal ditiona ] tonnage to be eventually eventuallyadded eventuallyadded eventuallyadded added to the present United States StatesnavY Statesnavy Statesnavy navY 245 245000 000 tons ' Incidentally even evcn this may be beboosted beboosted beboosted boosted The navy had been fgur fgurm fgurm fgurme m m e an on still b eger gger ships and may get getan get an amendment in before the thekeels me mekeels thekeels keels are laid which wruch " would "ould ould make makethe makethe makethe the tonnage of each ot of the three threebattlesh threebattlesh threebattlesh battlesh ps provided in m the new bll bil bllhon billion billion hon lion dollar program as much as 43 43000 000 tons Wh SVh ch if of it happens as asIt asat asit It at probably w 11 II would make male the theboost theboost theboost boost in m battlesh ps alone 269 2C9000tons 2C9000tonsNo 000 000tons 000tons tons tonsNo No new airciaft alrclaft aircaaft carriers were wereprovided wereprovided wereprovided provided tor for in the regular 1939 1939program 1939program 1939program program But there are two now nowbwld nowbuild nowbuild bwld build ng \ viith with Ith a total tonnage of of34 34 000 In the b llion lion doUar dollar program programtwo programtwo programtwo two more with 30 000 total tonnage tonnageare tonnageare tonnageare are added making makmg four new carn earni carners earniens earners ers ens and a total of 64000 64 000 tons to be beadded beadded beadded added to the navYEight navyEight navy navyEight Eight cruisers are now under con construct construct construct struct on totaling totalmg 80 80000 000 tons The Theregular Theregular Theregular regular 1939 program added two twototal twototal twototal total ng 10 000 tons but the b llion lion lliondonar liondollar Ihondollar donar dollar program adds nme nine more moreV.lth morewith morewith V.lth Vlth with . 68 " 54 tons addit addl ! onal Thirtys Thll"tys Thll"tyc Thll"ty Thllty Thirty " s x -c c - desiro destroyers ) ers are under way1th way \\1th 1th filth \ witha filtha 1tha \ a total ot of 56 200 tons The regular regular1939 1939 program added eight more morew morew moretv w tv th a total of 12 000 additional tons tonsAlong tonsAlong tonsAlong Along coroes comes the b Ihon llion lion dollar pro program program program gram ' with 'lath lath 23 more adding addmg 38 000 000tons 000tons 000tonsNeeds tons tonsNeeds Needs New Destroyers DestroyersSo So no less than 67 destroyers are areto areto areto to be added to the navy ' This is notso not so surprising surpnsing v.h vh . when n one oneconsiders oneconsiders oneconsiders considers the h story of destroyers destroyersin destroyersm m in the American AmE'ncan AmEncan ' navy At the time timeof timeof timeof of the tt V R . orld war th s was one tYpe tYpeof typeof tvpeof of vessel which could be rushed tocomplet to tocomplet tocomplet complet on with some hope that thatthey thatthey thatthey they \ would ould be fin shed before the thewar thewar thewar war ended Moreover the destroy destroyer er was considered one of the most mosteffective mosteffective mosteffective effective agencies with wh ch eh to tofight tofight tofight fight submarines submarmes at the time the thech thech thech ch ef of danger to the All e . So Amer ca rushed out destroy destroyers destroyers ers The end of the v . war ar found the thena thenary thena\y thena y na\ na nay nary \ y with more destroyers than It itline itkne Itne line v " , what hat to do with Most of ofthem ofthem ofthem them i t \ ere t ed up the r parts partsgreased partsgreased partsgreased greased and kept in m storage so to tosJeak tospeak tospeak sJeak speak ) As a result there was not notmuch notmuch notmuch much destroyer destroer ) bu Iding Idmg ldmg especially especiallyas as the armament I 1 m tat on confer confere"lce confere confereice e"lce elce e " ce came along in 1922But 1922But 1922 1922But But naturally these have a all 11 grovn gron gro \n n vn \ obsolete together So the thenavy thenavy I navy really reaJy ] needs a new fleet of ofdcstJ.oyers ofdestioyers ofdestroyers ofdestroyersNow dcstJ.oyers dcstJoyers destioyers ; . destioyersNow ' < Now ow under construction also is isO"le isole iso O"le Ole " e destroyer tender of 9 450 tonsThe tonS tonsThe " The b II 11 on dollar program adds five fivemore fivemore fivemore more with a total of 45 000 tons tonsIt tonsIt tonsIt It also adds four seaplane tenders tendersv.lth tenderswith tenderswith v.lth vlth with . a total of 33 33200 200 tons to the theone theone theone one authorized authonzed previously at 8 800 800tons 800tons 800tons 800tonsIn tons tonsIn In the regular 1939 program the thena thenavy thenavy na navy vy got an o oiler er ot of 8 8000 000 tor tors s 4 . 4mine mine mme sweeper ot of 600 tons and a afleet afleet afleet fleet tug of 1 150 tons To these thesev.lll thesewill thesevull v.lll vlll will . be added three repa reps r sh ps to totalmg totalmg totalmg talmg 28 500 tons in m the b Ihon llion lion dol dollar dollar dollar lar progrannChinese program progrann programChinese Chinese Get a Hunch HunchA A Chinese Crunese commerce r31der raider raidera r31dera a med at accompi accompl shing shmg aga nst rust nstJapanese rustJapanese Japanese commerce what the fa faous faous taous ous Alabama Confederate privateer pnvateer Ala bama did to Un ted States sh pp ng dunng during ngduring ngdunng the war be\\ be between beeen ! \ \ een the states statesis is under senous SCIIOUS seaious cons derat on am Ofil Offlcially Ofilcially cially amcially this will WI11 be den ed of course but coursebut several actors factors ( in m the Alabama Alabamas s tuat on are being bemg stud ed by those thoseinterested thoseinterested 10 interested terested The Alabama it w 11 be recalled recalledwas recalledwas recalledwas was fitted out in en England and had hada a advenlure adventure very long and effect ve ye adven ture in m destruct on before she was fnally wasfnally sunk by the U S S Kear Kearsarge Kearsarge Kearsarge sarge off CherbourgThe CherbourgThe Cherbourg CherbourgThe haveprig The present idea is said to have haveorig haveorignatcd orig prig thegrievance nated due to publicity pubbclty for thegrievance the thegrievance grievance ot of American Amencan fshermen fshermenand fshermenand fshermenand generallyin and the salmon industry mdustry generaIJy generally 10 in Alaska the Pacific Northwest and Alas ideais ka In fact the germ of the idea IS whenan sa d to have been sproutedwhen sprouted when an Ind and mdgnant gnant union leader wanted to wantedto know why the Un Statescouldn ted States Statescouldn Statescouldnt couldn t have an accident sum lar sumlar byJapanese to the sinking smkmg of the Panay by Japanese and then be very very verysorry sorry in a note to Japan JapanIf JapanII Japanever Japaneer Japane'er If II he added grimly Japan e\er e er e'er eer \ ' heard about it at atA atshrewd itA dto A shrewd Chinese official is sa d to have read this and then remem bered remembered the Alabama episode episodeIt episodeIf It If the British could fit outa out a . pn pri pnvatcer pn"atcer priateer "atcer atcer " % ateer for the Confederates back In m inthe mthe the s xt es he Is sa d to have rea . United UnitedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates soned why could not the States fit out a warsh p-just p just - p - just a lit little little littie destroyer destroyermaybefor destroyermaybefor destroyermaybe-tor destroyermaybe tor tle gunboat or an obsolete maybe-for maybe for - - - the Chinese C1llnese ' ? Vigorously denying denymg that anyth ng ngof ngof ngof of the thc kind kmd would be tolerated an anofficial anofficial anofficial official pointed pomted out the rig dity dlty of ofthe ofthe ofthe the neutrality laws and the presl Presi presldent President Prcsldent recently recentlyrestated re restated restated dent s proclamat proelamat on so _ Cor Con Cordell Condell Cordell stated by Secretary of State dell Hull and then slyly addedThat's added addedThat's That's Thats ' Different DifferentOf Of course 11 if the Chinese Chmese ofshould should shouldsucceed shouldsucceed shouldsucceed succeed in 10 an doing anything anythmg Ching of the thesort thesort thesort sort from any other country sports sportsit s ports portsit portsit it would be none of our busmess business busmessVIrtually businessVirtually businessVirtually VIrtually we have recognized a state stateof stateof stateof of belligerency and even it if i1 Japan Japanshould Japanshould Japanshould should argue that the commerce commerceraider commerceraider commerceraider raider was v.as vas . in 10 an truth a pirate it itseems itseems Itseems seems to roe me we have been both bothered botheyed bothered ered eyed in 1ll the very recent past With Withso withso withso so called pirate submarines submarmes in m theMediterranean theMediterraneanI the theMedltcrranean theMediterranean Medltcrranean Mediterranean MedltcrraneanI MediterraneanI I don t think such a thing would wouldannoy wouldannoy wouldannoy annoy the Russians any another anotherofficial anotherofficial anotherofficial official commented slyly It Just lust Justnnght lustmight ] ustmight nnght might be that they . would v.ould vould lend a httle littie lit ht littie tie tle help This helpThis last so far as Is is known knownhere knownhere knownhere here is not in the picture at all allthough allthough allthough though use of adventuresome young youngAmerIcans youngAmericans youngAmericans AmerIcans is said to be dlstmeUy distinctly distinctlya dlstmeUya a part of It For the scheme the theChinese theChinese theChinese Chinese would need men experl expert experlenced expertenced expertenced enced m in handling handlmg small naval guns gunsthough gunsthough gunsthough though hey thcy they ( need not be anythmg anything anythmg1ke anythinglike anythinglike 1ke like ! as expert m in their I 1 Ine ne as the theAmerIcan theAmerican theAmerican AmerIcan aviators already aldmg aiding aldmgthe aidingthe aidingthe the Chinese The Idea of a submarine submarme it at Is as Issaid assaid issaid said has been considered but re reluctanUy reluctantly reluctantly luctanUy luctantly abandoned Unless the theRussians theRussians theRussians Russians would actually supply an anexperienced anexperienced anexperienced experienced crew it was consld consid consldered considered considered ered imposs amposs ble it is understood understoodto to obtain obtam men capable of operat operatngsuch ng ngsuch ngsuch such a craft even assuming the theChinese theChinese : ChInese could get possession of an anundersea anundersea anundersea undersea boatBut boatBut boat boatBut But even a little lJttIe gunboat it is iscontended iscontended iscontended contended could calise ca'Use caUse ' Japanese Japanesecommerce Japanesecommerce Japanesecommerce commerce a lot of o1 grief before It Itwas itwas itwas was finally run downReorganization down downReorganization Reorganization ReorgamzatIon ReorganizationPresident President Roosevelt has succeed succeeded succeeded succeeded ed better than any but the most mostoptimistic mostoptimistic mostoptimistic optimistic of his advisers had haddreamed haddreamed haddreamed dreamed a couple of months back backm backin backin m in his rus has drive tor for reorganization reorgamzatlon of ofthe ofthe ofthe the government It is due to one oneof oneof oneof of those strange poltical pol tical factors factorsand factorsand factorsand and is directly connected with the thePresident thePresident thePresident President s techn tecM cal defeat on the theSupreme theSupreme theSupreme Supreme court enlargement battleUnfortunately battleUnfortunately battle battleUnfortunately Unfortunately for those who .ho ho . dlS des dlSagree desagree disagree agree with the President on his re reorgan reorgan reorgan organ zation zatlon proposals - and pn pia pnvately piavately pnvately vately the measure has very few fewfriends fewfriends fewfriends friends even among the most loyal loyaladmInistratIOn loyaladministration loyaladministration admInistratIOn Democrats on Capi Cape Capitol Capetol Capitol tol hill-the hill the hill - the men who took the lead leadershlp leadership leadership ershlp ership in the fight to hamstring hamstrmg It et Itwere etwere itwere were the same men who led the thefight thefight thefight fight against agamst packing packmg the Supreme Supremecourt Supremecourt Supremecourt SupremecourtAt court . . At first fast blush this trus might appear appearan appearan appearan an advantage They were the VIC vet VICtors vettors vietors tors m In that more spectacular bat battie batthe battie tie the Victory should be 1 I ke a snow snowball snowball snowball ball gro\\ gro growing gromg \ mg as it rolls As wIth wIthNapoleon withNapoleon withNapoleon Napoleon up unt ant 1 Russia As with withfutler withHetler withHitler futler Hetler up untl unt 1 heaven kno vshen vs whenBut \ when \\hen hen whenBut henBut But this tus ! is pol tics not war and andwhile andwhile andwhile while there are some similant slmllarlt similarat es esthere esthere esthere there are some sharp d trerenees fferences trereneesAny fferencesAny fferencesAny Any fight on Capitol Hill Hell can be bewon bewon bewon won only with the a d ofa of a very verylarge verylarge verylarge large number of Democrats men menho menwho menwho \\ho ho who \ are elected by the Democratic Democraticorgamzatlons Democraticorganizations Democraticorganizations orgamzatlons organizations bac back ! " in their states statesIt statesIt statesIt It so happens that the Democrats Democratshave Democratshave Democratshave have almost unprecedented maJon maiori maJonties maiorities majonties ties in m both house and senateNow senateNow senate senateNow Now a pemocratic pemocratlc sent seny senytor senator tor figur figurmg figuring figurmg mg both on Ins Ius his renom nat on and andre andre andre re elect on fight has to walk care carefully carefully fully Watch Their Step StepA A great many of the senators who whomade whomade whomade made the victory of the anti Court CourtpackUlg courtpacking courtpackmg packUlg packing leaders possiblevere possible \vere vere \ were not notso notso notso so spectacular as Sen Burton K KWheeler KWheeler KWheeler Wheeler in an that fight Now they are areunwlll areunwilling areunwilling unwlll unwilling to s de v \ ' ith Wheeler Wheeleragam Wheeleragain Wheeleragain agam again lest to them be |