Congress May Baulk Over $1,000,000,000 Plans Washington, Dee. 29. President Roosevelt has ordered the War and Navy departments to ress rearmament plans with all possible speed regardless of Adminis tration hopes to balance the Federal budget and other domestic political Tequirements, inquiries at the War and Navy departments revealed to-'The President, tt was learned, expects to ask Congress to appropriate well over $1,000,000,000 for national defence in the next seal year. The Navy Supply Bill is expected to ro-quire about $580,000,000 in addition special appropriations such as extra warship construction which the President may request. The Army Supply Bl will probably amount to {$419,000,000. In addition, several deciency' supply bills are' expected to presented for approval. he President, it was learned, is considering the construction of two for more extra cruisers and at least tone aircraft carrier next year.
Replenishments Speeded Informed circles here said the President ordered War Department officials some time ago to speed pur chase of replacements and_ informed members of the Budget Committee that 1,352 new planes were then under order. These planes are being de-Tivered at a Fate of from two to five cally, with construction almost a year ahead of schedule, The President was said to have pointed out that it would bbe necessary to complete 2320 new planes by 1940, The Navy and. Marines, he said, are keeping pace with the Army in, speeding rearma-
Charles Edison, to-day' recom: mended to Congress, authorization of $15,000,000 naval supply depot at Oskiand, Calif, He announced alternate site for the base, India Basi Jat San Francisco, was "unsatisfactory.
Senate Opposition 'The so-called economy and neutrallity Bloes in the Senate to-day joined, Im opposition of President Roosevelt's plan for speedy re-armament regard Tess' of cost.
Senator Burton K. Wheeler, Demcrat of Montana. Joined In the attack fon the President's orders to the War jand Navy departments, proposing that the heavy expenditures, ear-marked for armaments be spent instead on' Irregation, reclamation and flood control projects.
"There is no danger of our heine attacked or getting into war." Senator Wheeler aid. *untese we net Into enprenostera think that Joan tangling alliances with Europe. It Is to feould effectively attack the United States or vice versa."
Senator Key Pittman, Democrat of Nevada, expressed his support of the President's re-armament lens. how= lever, "I think the greatest defence Javainst attack." he said. "is to make other governments afraid' 10 attack.
We can strengthen the Navy with a few hundred million dollars so that any single nation would be afraid to force us into war" United Press, Comment on Arms Plans Wathington, Dee. 22.
Welcoming President Roosevelt's Initiation for mora seedy naval te-Jarmament, the Influential "Wachinaton Star" says to-day that the nation will teroret the move as a reply to the intolerable affront" regarding the nambing and sinking of the USS, Panay.
"The United States" the newspaper adds, "thus Institutes her own rantees for Japan's good behaviour. "It is exactly the kind of Jmoral suasion that a force-worshtpping nation, and Wke-minded people west of Suez, understand."
Mr. Edward '7, Taylor, Chairman of the House Approoriations Committee 10. whom: President Roosevelt ad-Jdressed the letter in which he asked for more warships, declared: "We want peace, but we must be prepared to lick hell out of them if they trame on our toes." He was sure, he added, that Congress would approve the /President's request for more warships than had Been decided on in the Budeet, Opposition, however, was _announced by William Borah, Republican from) Idaho, Me. Hiram Johnson, Republican from California, and Mr.
'Burton Wheeler, Democrat from Montana well as' by the Peace Societies—Reuter.
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