London, Mar. 15.
The Government motion to conclude the general discussion on the Air Estimates, providing for expansion of the Royal Air Force to three times its present strength and for rearming it with modern. equipment, was carried in the House of Commons to-day by 210 votes 10-04 after rejection by 175. votes to 119, of -a Labour motion for the abolition. of aerial warfare and for international control of civil aviation, 'The Estimates amount to £88,568,- 600 gross and £58,500,000 net, an in- SPE crease of nearly 232,000,000 on' the 1036 total, which Sir Philip Sassoon, Under-Secretary of State for Air, said was required because, "We believe that 'a British Air Force, strong, ready and well-equipped, Is one of the Best contributions the country can make to the peace of the world." In dealing with the Labour motion, he emphasized the difficulty of devising 8 practicable scheme for the control of civil aviation—Reuter.
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