Show NAVY DEPARTMENT WAR AWARDS CONTRACTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO DOZEN BOAT U-BOAT DESTRO DESTROYERS E S. S Council of Defense Forms War Warin plans in Line With General Mili Mill ry ry Budget to Be Laid Before Be Be- fore Congress Washl Washington Having taken virtually every defense measure possible before be- be tore ore the of congress President President President dent Wilson and his advisers In the executive branch ranch of the government are concentrating efforts to prepare prepare prepare pre pre- pare for tor the more sw sweeping steps for which congressional authority will wUl besought be sought I IThe IThe The details of the steps to be recommended recommended rec rec- recommended are held In closest confidence confidence dence ce but let it tt be known on onS S Saturday that among the rest a general gen eral military budget co many items of expense deemed Imperative imperative im Im- Im- Im will be laid before the house and senate when the extra extra- session begins a week from Monday During the day the o of National Na- Na a. a ional Defense held a l long ng conference with advisory committee of seven even industrial leaders who mapped ou out mobilization resources the navy department detriment de de- de- de awarded contracts for twenty tour four twenty destroyers Y rs and called a conference of oC steel and nd other material companies for next week to tb consider means of speeding naval construction the he war department announced announce that failure of the army anny appropriation billat bill billat billat at the last session of congress would not be permitted to handicap t the e earmy's army's preparations a and d regulations were promulgated to guide the country's country's coun- coun try's ry's newspapers in a voluntary censorship censorship cen cen- cen preventing publication of ot details details de- de tails ails which might embarrass he the e gov gov- gov- gov In making the time awards on destroyers on Saturday Secretary Daniels accepted ac- ac accepted the maximum estimate of ot each eacIl f t the three companies submitting fig fig- ures urea O Of the twe twenty four ordered nino nine will wll be built under the ency ncy fund congress ha having specifically ly y authorized only fifteen A considerable considerable consid- consid erable rable number of other builders were in n conference with officials however and indications are that the order willbe will vIll willbe be doubled or even trebled if facilities ties ies for construction of the vessels can an be found foup-d. |