WASHINGTON--The 1941 national defense budget, already the greatest in the nation's peace-time history, tonight became the No. 1 problem of Congress as legislators paused in their plunge toward sine die adjournment to ponder the consequences of the Nazi invasion of the Low Countries.
Congress was expected to receive from President Roosevelt, possibly tomorrow, an emergency request for an additional half billion dollars for national defense.
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