T repeat what I said in my annual message to Congress a few days ago: There is a new range and speed in military offence." Therefore it has become necessary that every American re-study our present defence against the possibility of a present offensive against us. Careful examination of our most imperative needs leads me to recommend that this session of Congress appropriate with as great speed as possible approximately $525,000,000.
The President said information from other nations "leads us to believe that there must be a complete revision of estimates regarding the Army force. The Baker Board report is n completely out of date. No responible Army officer advocates the building up of our air force to the total, either in planes on hand or productive capacity, to equal forces of certain other nations. We are thinking in terms of necessary defences and the conclusion is inevitable that our existing Army air force is so utterly inadequate that it must immediately be strengthened.
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