al Defences President Recomniends Precautionary Move New York, Feb, 28.
The long-range defence of the Panama Canal required double the present number of planes and guns, President "Roosevelt, who yesterday hhis inspection of the canal, told a press conference aboard the cruiser Tuscaloosa:
He said the planes were needed to discover an (attacking force at a us greater distance than hitherto pro-Vidéd for. Such a long-range programme, he-added, envisaged defence Operütions extending, if necessary, throughout Central America, as far south as Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela.
President Roosevelt now goes to Pensacola, Florida, aboard the Tuscak riter, House Cuts Canal Improvements "Chugai" is generally credited with reflecting the views of business apan.—United Press, Washington, Feb. 28.
The House of Representatives economy advocates yesterday made Grastic cuts in proposed defence expenüitures, eliminating entirely the Aürniistration's request for US$700,-
wine Appropriations Committee, re-fake Island, for harbour improvements at
porting the War Department's Civil Functions Bill, also eliminated virtually all the funds President Rooseevelt had proposed to spend on a third set of locks for the Panama Canal during the fiscal year, 1941.
The committee took issue with the House on the project which the President had placed in the emergency defence - category. They thought the work project—authorized during the last session—was proceed-Chinese Claim New Advance ing too rapidly.
Now Checked The White House asked for USH1IS,180,000, which the committee (Chungking, Feb. 28, reduced U.S$850000, specifying After three days of fighting along lat it was to be expended for plans the highway north-east of Nanning, for preliminary work. The commit-a Japanese attack has been repulsed, tee pointed out that a third set of locks would cost an estimated total of US$27000000 and would require six years to build.—United Press. a Chinese dispatch A im, South Kwangsi, received here
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