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Show ' 4e 4efi 4ey ( y fi R RE E EN ENWashington Washington Washmgton D CAIR C CAIR AIR BASESCabled BASESCabled BASES BASESCabled Cabled reaction from trom Tokyo mdl mdi mdlcated mdisated mdicatcd cated sated that the Japanese were suspl suspi susplCIOUS suspicious susplClous CIOUS that someth ng more than ap appea appeared appeared pea peared red on the surface was behmd behind behmdCordell behindCordell behindCordell Cordell Hull s warn ng against agamst the themvas theinvas themvas mvas invas on of French Indo ChinaIn ChinaIn China ChinaIn In this they thcy were r ght There Therewas Therewas Therewas TherewasNobody was wasNobody Nobody in the navy department IS ISshout isshout isshout shout ng it from the housetops but butthe butthe butthe the U S fieet- fieet fieetr fleet-or fleet or fleet - < > - or r at least most of ofItWIll ofitwill ofit It-WIll It WIll - will now remain in m the Pac PacificPreviously Pacific PacificPreviously lc I necI : Previously it was cons eons dered nec necessary necessary neeessary essary to bring brmg the fleet from Ha Hawail Hawait Hawall wail wait and Cal forma fornia m order to sta stabon station station bon tion most of it around Panama and andthe andthe andthe the Caribbean This would have haveI havemade havemade havemade made it imposs ble to keep a vateh vatehful v atch atchful atchful I ful eye on Japanese operations in m the thed thed thed d rection rectlOn of the Malays and the theI theDu theDu theDu I Du ch East Ind es-aU es aU es-all all es - all Important Importantsources importantsources importantsources sources of American tin tm and rubberProbably rubberProbably rubber rubberProbably Probably it will still sbll be necessary necessaryto necessaryto to bring brmg a few sh ps to the Atlant Allant c cs cs ] s de of the canal But the Island Islandbase islandbase islandbase base deal with Great Britain Bntam has hasnow hasnow hasnow now made it poss ble to pol cc ce most mostof mostof mostof of the Caribbean Canbbean and the Atlantic Atlanticseaboard Atlanticseaboard Atlanticseaboard seaboard by air instead mstead ol of by seaNAAL sea . . . NA\AL NA AL NAAL \ % 1OTESAt NOTESAt \ NOTES 1\OTES 1 OTES NOTESAt At first the chief improvement unprovement to tothe tothe the new U S bases on Brit sh IS ISlands islands islands lands will be airports Not only are arethey arethey they needed immed ately but also alsoare alsoare are cheapest and quickest to con construct construct construct struct Naval bases wh ch mean meanoil meanoil 011 oil tanks and repair tacil facil ties bes take taket t me to bu Id ld and may never be beconstructed beconstructed beconstructed constructed to any great extent e'Ctent eCtent ' The TheU TheU TheU U S navy " will "Ill Ill sill take advantage of ofBr ofBr ofBr Br tish bsh naval facilit faciht es for the ume time umebemg timebeing timebeing timebeingSignificant bemg being bemgSlgn beingSignificant Slgn Significant lcant was the fact that many manyof manyof manyof of the over age destroyers bemg being bemgsold beingsold beingsold sold to England Englmd : were fitted out with withcables withcables withcables cables to neutrali7e neutrall7e magnetic m nes neseven neseven neseven even before thedeal the the- . - deal was publ pubi shed shedby shedby shedby by the Pres dent In other words wordsthere wordsthere wordsthere there had been no real doubt tor for a aweek aweek aweek week or so before the announce announcement announcement announcement ment that the deal would be closed closedNegotiations closedNegotIabons closedNegotiations Negotiations NegotIabons for naval bases by byno byno byno no means are terminated termmated What the thenavy thenavy thenavy navy wants more than anyth ng else elseIS elseis elseis IS a good base m in Braz I an waters watersand watersand watersand and if it poss ble bee one in m Uruguay In Informal Informal Informal formal conversations conversabons regard ng a aBrazil aBrazil aBrazil Brazil an base have been going gomg on onfor onfor onfor for some t me . . . U S REARMAMENT REARl\IAl'tIE1\T REARl IAl'tIE1 IAltIE1 T \ ' \ DRIVEThe DRIVEThe DRIVE DRIVEThe The bottleneck botlleneck of Amer Arner can re rearmament rearmament rearmament armament is factory expans e'Cpans eCpans erpans ' onIn onIn on onIn In order to produce more planes planesguns planesguns planesguns guns and tanks new factories factones are arenecessary arenecessary arenecessary necessary And part of o1 the delay delayhas delayhas delayhas has resulted from a wrangle over overhow overhow overhow how taxes shall shaU be paid on these thesenew thesenew thesenew new plant expansions expansionsIn In fairness to industry mdustry it should shouldbe shouldbe shouldbe be noted that many of its leaders leadersha leadershas leadershave ha has , e a gone ahead and financed theIr theIrown theirown theirown own plant expansion e'CpanSIOn eCpanSIOn ' without w . wa a t tmg ting ting mg ing to see what the tax picture pleture would wouldbe wouldbe wouldbe be In fact some industrialists were werefar werefar weretar far sighted enough to begin begm more morethan morethan morethan than a year ago Compan es which whichdId whichdid whichdid dId this mcludeNew includeNew include mclude includeNew New York Shipbu Shlpbu Iding Idmg NewportNews Newport NewportNews NewportNews News Shipbuilding ShipbUlldmg Bethlehem Ship Ship- ShipbuIldmg Shipbuilding Shipbuilding - - building buIldmg Bath Iron Works Federal FederalSh FederalSh FederalSh Sh pbuildmg pbuilding ' lllidvale 'thdvale thdvale Midvale Steel Carne Carnegle Carnegie Carnegle gle gie Illinois Steel Bethlehem Steel SteelBausch SteelBausch SteelBausch Bausch and Lomb General Elee Elec Eleetnc Electric Electrie tnc tric Ford Instrument company Edo EdoAircraft EdoAircraft EdoAircraft Aircraft Grumman Aircraft , , Brew Brewster Brewster Brewster ster Aeronautical Eclipse Echpse AViatIon AViatIonand Aviationand Aviationand and Walter KiddeProbably KiddeProbably Kidde KiddeProbably Probably the list takes in m many manyothers manyothers manyothers others And because of their far fars fars s ghtedness these firms not only are arereapmg arereaping arereaping reapmg reaping good profits for themselves themselvesbut themselvesbut themselvesbut but also doing domg a service servJce for the gov government government government ernment For instance lDstance the Elco Elcocompany Elcocompany Eicocompany company of Bavonne Bayonne Ba ) onne N J put up upan upan upan an $800 800 $ 000 plant extension about a ayear ayear ayear year ago in m order to mam manufacture manufacturemotor manufacturemotor acture acturemotor motor torpedo ( mosquito ) boats boatsAs boatsAs boatsAs As a result result , , it is now turning turmng 0 ov overto ' er em erto emto to the navy one new and badly badlynecded badlyneeded badlyneeded necded needed mosquito mosqwto boat each weekHowever weekHowever week weekHowever However among many other man manufacturers manufacturers manufacturers ufacturers there has been backing backingand backingand backingand and filling over factory expansIOn expansIOnand expansionand expansionand and bow how the new plants will be betaxed betaxed betaxed taxed and financed finaneed There is no noquestIon noquestion noquestion questIon but this dickering dlckermg has definitely deft deftmtely deftnitely mtely nitely slowed up the defense pro program program program programPowder gram gramPowder gramPowder Powder Shortare Shortage SeriousPowder SeriousPowder Serious SeriousPowder Powder is the bottleneck of na natonal nat nat tonal t onal defense Without it not a shot shotcan shotcan can be fired not even a revolver revolverAnd revolverAnd revolverAnd And today s powder shortage sh'rtage shrtage shcrtage ( ' Is most mostserIOUS mostserious mostserious mostseriousIt serIOUS serIOUSIt It is to avo d these shortages m in mthe inthe inthe the future not only in m regard to topowder topowder topowder powder but also other esscnt essent als of ofmodern ofmodern ofmodern modern warfare that the govern government government government ment is anxious to build some of ItS ItSo itso itso o vn plants or at least obtain obtam a I 1 en enon enon enon on thcmThIS themThis them thcm themThis This also . would could ould soh solve e the ta tax tan " prob problem probhem problem lem hem because mdustryould industry mdustry \ would \\ould ould could \ have haveno haveno haveno no need to ask for early amortIza amortIzalon amortizalion amortizalion lon lion ! on its emergency expend e'Cpend eCpend ' tUIes tunes tUIesGo tunesGov tuiesGovernment Go Gov , ernment eminent Arms PlantsThere PlantsThere Plants PlantsThere There arc are three thrce general plansOne plansOne plans plansOne One is the arsenal completely completelyowned completelyowned completelyowned owned and opeiated opelated operated by t ti ! tie e a govern governmLnt governmint governmcnt mLnt mint such as tl ti e a Franktord Franhford Frankford arscnal arsenal arsenalm arscnalm arsenalin m in PhiladelphiaTwo PhIladelphia'fwo Philadelphia ' Two 'fwo fwo is the factory complctely completely completelyr complctelyr completelyC r C vned and opcnted opented operated by pi vate m in in1 1 stry This was tt t1 ti e a pract ce cc em emplo employ cmploi plo ploy ed dur ng the World warThree warThree war warThree Three is a compromise s system systemwhereby svstemwhereby stem stemwhereby whereby the government fUYS guys ) ouys tl e egrowld eground eground growld ground and erects erccts the factory (1 1 tl ( en enlets enlets enlets lets the pr vitc v"lte vlte vite " minufacturer m"lnufacturer mlnufacturer manufacturer " step stepm stepin stepin m in " and "lnd lnd Ind operate operatc the plant tor for a man management management management agement tee fLe fee |