"WASHINGTON (AP) - President Roosevelt asked Congress today to authorize millions of new expenditures on the Navy's fighting force and Army's land defenses to bolster armaments he termed 'inadequate for purposes of national security.' Outstanding among the President's requests for armed protection based 'not on aggression but on defense' was a 20 percent increase in the Navy building program. Navy officials estimated the cost would be $800,000,000."
"Mr. Roosevelt also recommended spending $17,330,000 for betterment of the Army, including $8,800,000 for anti-aircraft material. The program he outlined calls for building two additional battleships and two additional cruisers during the calendar year 1938. Mr. Roosevelt estimated, in discussing the message at his press conference, that the cost of the entire new long-range program would be $29,200,000 during the fiscal year that begins next July 1."
Schoolboy soccer participation was increasing, and two tournaments were scheduled at the Philadelphia Sesquicentennial Exhibition in November: one for elementary schoolboys and another for high and prep-school lads. President Roosevelt asked Congress to authorize millions for Navy and Army improvements, requesting a 20 percent increase in the Navy building program (estimated at $800,000,000), $17,330,000 for Army betterment including $8,800,000 for anti-aircraft material, construction of two additional battleships and two cruisers in 1938, and an estimated $29,200,000 for the new long-range program for the fiscal year beginning July 1; he urged removing wartime profits and equalizing burdens of possible war. LONDON (U.P.) - The UNO Security Council faces its most sever
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