The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-31
HOUSE VOTES 50
 SUBS INSTEAD OF 30 AS ADVOCATED
Minority Members of Naval Committee Make Change
 Hi Program.

Washington, May 31.-Efforts of the minority members of the Committee on Naval Affairs to increase the build ing program to be carried in this years appropriation bill proved sue cessful in only one instance during the debate on the measure in the House yesterday. On motion of Rep reSentative Butler of Pennsylvania- ranking Republican on the committee the House by a vote of 114 to 104 in creased the number of submarines to be constructed from 20 to 50. Seven teen Democrats voted for the Butler motion as follows:
 Driscoll, New York; Tague, Phelan. Massachusetts; Foster, McDerhaott, McAndrews and Gallagher, Illinois; Beakes, Michigan; Linthicum, Coady, Maryland; Dupree, Louisiana; Dill, Washington; Shackleford, Missouri; i; Murray, Oklahoma; Kettner, Califor- mia; Cox, Indiana, and Sherley, Ken lucky.
 An amendment offered by Repre- sentative Butler authorizing the con- struction of two dreadnoughts was de- feated, 114 ayes to 130 noes. Fourteen Democrats approved the proposition.
 On the motion of MT. Butler to au- thor1ze the construction or six battle cruisers instead of five, four Demo- crats favored the proposition. The motion was defeated, however, by vote of S3 yeas against 1O9 nays. Five Republicans opposed it.
 A motion by MT. Butler to limit the construction of the five battle cruisers authorized to 24 months each was also defeated by a vote of 96 yeas against 108 nays. Chairman Padgett told the committee he would offer an amend ment to provide a bonus for the con-, struct1on companies if. they completed the vessels in a certain time. In clos n do1no ta cruisers Mr. Padgett exposed some of the inner working of the Repu bIican conference.
 .'I always stood for five battle cruis- CTS as proposed in this biH,' he said.
 The Republican members of the oom- m1ttee heard that was in favoA of only four Cruisers, so they decided they would demand five. When we came to draw the bill, however, and they learned I was for five, they changed front and voted for six
 MT. Padgett took occasion to answer the critics of the bill who have charged that it will not lift the United insisted that at the present time the United States navy is at least as good as that of Germany and that if the proposed program is carried out it will excel that country.
 with the completion of this pro gram, he asserted. in tbrOadside fire our navy will be superior to that of Germany, although in the aggregate it may not be so large. The five cruisers we ~propose wilE be superior to the eight Germany had at the last accurate account, and since that time we have heard that she sold one to Turkey
 Secretary of the Navy Daniels, ac- companied by Admiral Knight, head of the Naval War College, arrived in the House gallery just in time to hear himself 1auded by Representative Ware, Republican, of Pennsylvania. 1T have heard lot of criticism of the Secretary of the Navy said Mr. Ware, f'but I want to say I have always found him to be a courteous gentle man.. He plays politics occasionally. but I rather like a man who stands by his friends