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Show Millions Needed to Make America Leader of- World in 1 Destroyers. . PREPARING PLANS H New Ships to B& Delivered Rapidly and Many Trained Officers Wanted. jH WASHINGTON, Aug. 27. Secretary Daniels expects to submit to congress this weok estimates of ?350.000,000 for the great number of destroyers which will raako the American navy the American navy the leader of the world .M in ships of that type. ' 'H The money will be used to expand oxlstlng shipbuilding plants and also . to build additional engine and boiler factories as the destroyer program jH upon which the shipbuilding industry is now engaged represents tho full ca-pacity ca-pacity of tho industry. Navy designers aro preparing plana for a standardized destroyer to facili-tate facili-tate the quantity production of the most successful weapon against sub-marines. sub-marines. Parts of the engines will be , assombled from various factories at 1 'iH central plants and forwarded to ship-yards ship-yards building tho hulls. Details of jjM tho number of destroyers now under .H construction or the number contem- plated In tho supplemental program i aro withheld for military reasons. New destroyers will be delivered so rapidly beginning early noxt year that the supply of trained officers and men will be taxed in putting them Into com-mission com-mission Moans for training new crews will have to bo expanded propor-tlonatelv. propor-tlonatelv. The $350,000,000 estimate. iH It was indicated today, is a minimum and may have to bo increased sub- jH stantially. iH |