The US$2,000,000,000 national defence programme submitted to Congress by" the President called for the early completion of more than 100 new warships now on their ways, and the construction of two, additional battleships, two cruisers.' eight. destroyers. eight submarines, two seaplane tenders and one repair ship.
The proposed new battleships, it was reported in authoritative quarters, will be 45,000 tons each.
Government officials also believed that a large portion of the forthcoming defence appropriation would be used for the construction of nearly 10,000 first-line fighting aeroplanes to be built within the next three or four years—United Press. ning.
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