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saige te Congress on Jariuary 12, Iast. And, within a 'few days,. theCom- nifttee, on Na v,«l-Afairs. will report a. bill which. Will emnbody..the naval phasesý of the President's. recent "minimum, defense" recomnmenda- tions. In 1916, the yearý preceding the en- tranice of the United States into the Worid War, our armament.expendi- tures amounted to* 318 Million dol- lars. For the present fiscal year the estimnated expenditures for prepar- edness amount to 1 billion 336 mil- lion dollars. In other words, the Amnerican taxpayers are paying to- day, four times what they paid. In. 1916 for the military and naval establishmepnts. Whereont dai people andiin the mlnds of their rep- résentatives in Congress consider- able fear and apprehension.,We are confused and uncertain. There is no better indication of the confusion~ and uncertainty, the fears and appre-, hensions that exist as to what our foreign poiicy may be, than the "9torm"' that arose in the Senate following the disclosure of arrange- ments with France to purchase air- planes in the United States and the "secrecy" surrounding the meeting of the Senate Miitary Affairs, Com- mittee at the White House. PÈerhaps ail the controversy over those incidents is unjustified. Per-, haps ahI these féars and apprehen- sions are without foundation. Per-. Your Week-Day innes75 * eoc Friday. February 17, 1939 Lunche@n. soc resent an enorm( people. They repi the form of debl only that. Expeni ments represent whoie economnic nroney is taken channels where i to our national w4 on People rarmaments rep- usburden on the, esent a burdèn in sand taxes. Not itures on arma- a burden on the system, for the from productive that assuran( that a free, should have m large thefr na security in a ,Wha ,ace - loving people nr called upon. to en- rai defenses to hiave litaristie worid. ,re'irn Pn1icvw9 quires by way of miiitary and naval preparedness ig directiy dependent upon what our foreign polîçy is., If, for instance, "collective security andi the application of econoriei sanc- tions agamnst ail aggressor nations" is to be our toreign policy, a. much larger arma-ment force is necessary than if our policy is to be one --of un vLiILUroe Dotrine, the American people will ghadiy unite in bearing the cost burden. (Perhaps I can be pardoned a per- sonal note by addmng that under the auspices of the Washington. Star's National R~adio Forum on, Monday, F'ebruary 13, 9,30 to 10 P. M., C. S. T., I expect to diseuss this entire question otf nt'nnlic rua'y 17.1939 Dimiuer, 75c ,i Chowder F resh Oyster Cocktail >Juice Chilled Frappe Fruit Julce Juice Fruit Cocktail Topped with Sherbet 1Brolld Soul are on cluded in a. .and Ibis one nE nited mmid or a an a aitea ,der Buitteri I