London, Feb. 13.
The diplomatic correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" learns that the French Government has suggested to the British Government that it might be desirable to inaugurate constructive talks between their service staffs on matters of special importance to the two Empires.
As British and French interests in several areas may be challenged from any one of several quarters, and the frequent totalitarian boast that their plans for mutual assistance have been: worked out to the last detail for most any eventuality, it has been proposed, the "Daily Telegraph" correspondent learns, that plans for cooperation in certain contingencies would be examined, and if possible, agreed on in advance—Reuter.
The emergency defence bill was passed by the House after a Repubrican amendment to spread the production of 3,000, of the new Army planes over three years was defeated by a vote of 183 to 136. Republican Congressmen expressed the fear that speed with which fighting planes become obsolete would moke the immediate production of 5,500 planes wasteful. Rejection of the Republican amendment gave the Army the power to built the 5,500 planes as fast as it desires. Republican Con pressmen announced their approval of the defence bill in all particulars ex. cept the speed of plane production.
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