The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-24
WILL MAKE GENERAL
BOARD REPORT PUBLIC
Secretary Daniels Pigcon-Holcd DoCu-
ment OH Account of Its EStrav-
agant Proposals.
MAKE NAVY SECOND TO NONE
july Report of Particular Interest as
1t Had Been Called For With View
To Eventualities Over Iatsitinia
Incident.

! Washington. Dec. 2S.-On account
! of the criticism of his action in sup
/ pressing the original report of the
J general board OF the navy and pub
fishing instead report which the
/ board nj his request drafted within
/ the limitations he imposed. Secretary
! of the Navy Daniels has decided to-
submit the original document to the
/ House Committee on Naval Affairs.
I He is considering also the ACCESSIBILITY
( Of giving 1t out to the public before
that time. but on this point he has
not made up his mind
/ Meantime the secretary has written
to the American Aeronautical Society
asking it to name A representative
/ on the Naval Advisory Board in place
of Henry A. Wise Wood. who resigned
pa rtly because of the secretary's ac-
ton in suppressing the report and
fpartiy because of his belief that the
| naval building program proposed by
! Mr.. Daniels and endorsed by the Prest-
dent is dangerously Inadequate
i The secretary received from Mr..
Wood today a letter stating that ne
has presented his resignation to
Thomas 4. Edison, chairman Of the
Advisory Board and giving his rea-
sons for doing so. The reasons were
icouched In language sharp and 20 the
point. Anent the comments of Mr..
Wood the secretary today would say
nothing. nor would he reply to re-
marks Of Congress members who have
announced their intention Of intro
ducing resolutions TO force the secre-
tary TO submit 10 Congress ali reports
received by him from the general
board.
That these resolutions will ne press
ed despite the secretarys announce
ment today that he would submit the
suppressed report Of July to Congress
is more than likely. in view Of the
fact developed TO-DAY that there are
other reports from the general board
on naval building policy which the
secretary has pigeon hoied,
OF Particular Interest.
The July report however II of
particular interest because. as 1as
brought out today. this was the docu-|
ment which the general board SUBJ
mitted in response to an order from
President Wilson communicated 70
both Secretary Daniels and Secretary
OF War Garrison at the time when
the Lusitania controversy with Ger
many had reached 9 critical stage
calling on them 10 obtain from their
naval and army experts respectively,
full information as TO what had to
pc done TO pat the two branches OF
the service on footing to meet any
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