Washington, Oct. 20.
The Administration may ask Çongress to authorize the construction of 500 air dreadnoughts, far out-stripping the present "fying fortresses" to enable the Army to meet the needs of Western Hemisphere defence, official circles said yesterday.
The new programme is in a t tative form, and in the event of final approval, it may be submitted to Congress early in the next regular session together with emergency Army requests for funds to meet unforeseen expenditures as a result of the European war, official circles ae-clared.
The new craft will cost about $100,- 000,000, in addition to the appropriation made July 1 of $41,000,000, The last session of Congress auth-erizod the construction ut 5,600 planes in the $300,000,000 air expansion programme.—United Press.
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