ARMY & NAVY: To Arms

Last week, at annual Budget time, the U. S. people heard billions being bandied about for National Defense. In the name of National Defense they were to be asked to pay more taxes, spend less for Relief, less for the farmers, less for roads, less to fight syphilis. To $7,643,274,643 spent by their Army & Navy since 1934, they and their Congress were asked to add a mountainous $2,309,445,246.

At Sea. For their money the U. S. people have a wellarmed, well-organized, undermanned Big Navy. They soon will have an armada stupendous by...

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