Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-02
Congress Ignored
Pleas, Says Sims


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,ho orchort shins ,oross vitbor, ,rh-
marine ioss' just as we conveyed INC
troopships.
'oTbe convoy idea was tried MS a
lac. sosnoro,o ox,o1;o.. rho,. L.J
'"'' i'"u
been douot as TO ghether the merchant
marine could handle a big fleet success
fully.
"The idea worked splendidly. Had
Congress listened to the advice of naval
officers during the last ten years. there
would have been sufficient destroyers
to have conveyed the merchant shps ne
wen as tne .roopshlps without sub
marine loSs' Inc trouble was that Con-
gress listened 10 inc navy officers and
tnen neglected. to 90 what they nd-
vised'
Uipb Tributo IN Rad Cros
.l.,insI e,.,. -, -
.aa ','at w. .t ",a:S ralu n hlgn rompli-
fao,o,u al u. 'i.nc' , ol 'he hrd 'roSs
back homo had given yur troons in ovor,
stage OF the war.
-. inc men in tho ships and the
trenches watched every Liberty Loan
eagerly When loan was oycrs,Ib
scribed they took it as command to
go 10 IL. lhey felt the home folks
were backlhg them up. The work at
nome kept up the morale abroad"
hdmlral Slbs left the factory to 20
to luncheon at the Bellevue Stratfcrd
This afternoon ut 4 o'clock he will visit
the Philadelphia navy yard, where hc
will be greeted with the adnral's sal
u'u OIL en'F-oh' guns.
Inc same mod'Sty offered in his ad
"r"SS u, ''' "eu ross factory charar-
,o!a ,n," "m '"''' Wv" given carrier to the
..-,
.',,, ~" poM'r W"nii nave
;oon now, not ar,aaI a'u .i Wv Nln'r
Tho admiral ..I L n''' N""
home we have bcen roncro,nIo,;m,, o,,"
selves on the big part that thc Amcri
can ships played. They did their part
nnt J 90 nor 'h!nk We should claim
more mcrit 'han IS justly due us.
Silent mn Ow, Ac,,io,or,o,,.
,h,;nn, o;- ,-,,
~, nu'l'rn' ",'is o"Erd Wohd"riuily
",er' @nu WI hi'rr nus iohg service
aprohu' ana 'h' Soraln OF having t" meet
Prop'cihS ,lore "iIiicuI' than 'hoSc whlch
CONFRONTED any o'hcr sea commander
ne dih not explain that ne went
over TO TAX" command OF navy which
was in tho process of formation and
development 10 vastly greater proper
tions than ever had been dreamed of
before. flc said nothing about his own
great effectiveness in tho naval cOun-
ellis of the Allies.
uo did civc thc American navy credit
for two important achievements. th"
laying OF the great mihe parrae" "hu
the carrying out Oh inc cohVo! ld'a'
"Convoying the food and munition
sbips across was ore of the main fac
tors in bringing thc war to a speedy
and successful c,osc," said Admiral
Sims
,,c.. e.:,,.. ,.; .a;t g.. ,ho
"n = W. s,. '%'. a., =! ,'",", ~,
'o"'o' ava Nv "''7
NO, answered the admiral. 1T
wasn't by any means America ex-
elusive ldea. AS matter OF lac'i II
mad peen 'housht OF ana suggesteu pr-
I9lc I ,.I nniI, i'a 80 I''nm o ts @ w. & oe ", a.
ewing thc sbins oftor this measure had
hecn decided ,ipon at the conference OF
the Allied powers.
.Javinp the mine barrapc was .an
other iob largely done by the ,hips of
the United States. This idea had been
thought up before but Britain was too
busy elsewhere to put it into execution.
rna5mfactureJ mar about tbrcc martcrs Of
those lait. in the great barrsTe between
Norway and Scotland.
T. 9 NAVY Sot T.Roat Hunters
.,,,o ,.on;o, ,,,,, ,,. o+ j., .ho
,a,,n,. af sinl,;nr Gor,ou snhn,oninos
m ,,nlorsoo hnots wo Ymnl, n,oro rclo =.
,;,,o,,. fou. Tho I,ritiSh did oil th,
s,hn,orino hunting in tho North Son
Orr dostrovers fnr fcwer in numbers
tba, those of the Hritisb-about sew
ontr.6yo in oII to EnpIond,s 1OO-wcre
t,ns;,,, and rsofulIv cnooged clsowhere