Of current interest: From AEC

With leases negotiated for the establishment by the United States of a string of air and naval bases in British territories from Newfoundland to Guiana, a joint commission actively planning the co-ordination of United States-Canada defense plans, the appropriation by Congress of an additional $5,000,000,000 defense appropriation, the calling out by the President of the first National Guard units for intensive training, and passage by Congress of a bill for general conscription, the past month in Washington has witnessed notable advances in the program to tighten up national defense.