The Washington times., 1921-05-23
McIEAN AMENDMENT HOUSE BILL 1908
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(which is the most skilled business in
~frSa Il your "k vote Kills this "oLp MAID"
AZ the votes n Congress cannot
force of mechanics and engineers. you
| will be responsible to the American
people fer an adequate defense Of our
oa" You Cannot % Great. BY % ~ishes o''n
Some who want disarmancnt seem
to expect the submarine will be pro-
hibited In warfare. That is not our
out that this seems far distant and
ment against the contradiction Of the
The English proposed the idea of
banning the submarine, but the
French do not concur. None other
than Mr.. Daniels and Baker have
submarine, and the League seems out
of luck on that. SO far as America ts
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"rt follows then. that the present
Government could not, without be-
trayaI Of the creators and masters.
and WILL NOT, / can assure you,
have anything whatsoever to do with
the League or any commission or COM
mittee appointed by IL or responsible
to i. directly or indirectly. openly or
We ana that 1t is claimed tina, the
British are building larger gunned big
ships than we. II this is SO, America
mighty quickly. because they can keep
far from the American shores battle
ships Of any sized guns.
| Can our battleships be changed to
"sleh A. nf SIDE Gl lin. IN tse destruction of
merchant vessels. the German subma-
rines destroyed numerous battleships,
cruisers and other war vessels to a
| Is there high school pupil in
America who does not know Of the
America does not believe In the cheap
/ ters are considered?
The situation. we believe. reduces
| itself down to money matters.
Ten fleet submarines can be built
for the price Of one battleship and
when It comes to KEEPING ENEMY
cities. % one submarine can do about
as much as the ten battleships.
In regard to money matters. we
Gsnn9t hgurs out put, what the ~DELAY
Chief Constructor to the House Ap-
propriations Committee, has to do with
| the building OF the six fleet subma-
| rines. Do the S-boats require money
that might be needed for the six fleet
submarines?
One skilled in submarines can fig-
ure out that IT may take around. say.
7-inch crank shafts with s-inch shafts
| or say eight million dollars to COM
pletely re-engine the 81 S-boats. If
seat Sc. trials ra: the The .rssr
| shafts cause some other latent trou-
BILE to develop. An expert understa nds
how the deterioration in batteries.
hulls, and parts. can run into a few
million dollars while the boats are
being satisfs ctorily engined during.
say, a year or two. Even taking for
engines NAV end in having the 81
S-boats obsolete or of no serviceable
value. and result in even a nifty mil
lion dollar loss. Would the cost of
United states Treasury? Are not the
boats bonded by surety companies for
the contractor forty million dollar
Ihs &c Shisf Ens!nssr .s, Of !.y the !, = N,yS vE
RoATs WITH ENGiNEs AS THEY
NOW ARE AND THE CoNTRACT0R
Is REQUIRED TO MAKE GOOD"
marines money is required Tor the
81 S-boats, the delay Of which is
claimed as a reason for not building
the fleet submarines?
After the record on the 81 S-boats,
surely nobody really means that the
delay Of these 81 S.boats is to result in
suspended animation in submarine ,s
in healthy shape to go ahead on fleet
submarines. Can you. figure out what
the s-boat delay had to do with the
We read in the hearings that the
Chief OF Operations thinks the clause
in the bill TO stop the construction OF
hat Ss six ,heE s'ss wsS. f "a THE Rn
ships. Is such a sacrifice OF the sub.
marines justifiable? Is there not an
alternative? Cannot savings he made
in other directions and applied to sub
marines?
What are the aeroplane carriers 60
ing to do on station off an. enemy's
coast that is guarded by surface ves-
sells and submarines?
Are not these fast fleet submarines
essential to the operations of such
their aeropianes and hold station to
receive them back, unless guarded
adequately? Is not the fleet subma.
rine a rather effective protection for
DURING TIVE WAR no sUBMA-
RINE WAS SUNK BY AN AERO
ns nsss sssnne %Ti % st Ss Big no .hS. s
in the June, 1921, tests at sea, espe-
cially II the target ship is under
mnCn nea0wdN. Inc sea COn01t1OnS
differ much from a land attack on
an object on the surface. Send out a
submarine like the So we built and
she will, UNSEEN, hnish any JOB
the aeroplane fails to make good on.
Submarines have sunk many battle.
ships and cruisers during the World
War. They do not have to prove
what they can do to big warships:
however. to make the June affair a
really interesting affair, turn lose a
few submarines. We mention this
the flying machines will not unduly
turn your mind away from effective
submarines to big ships.
When YOU get to the last analysis.
for the DEFENSE OF our cities and
coasts, the submarine is about as
cheap means of reasonably sure de-
Tense as you can secrTe.
Are YOU going to re-Run our forts
to match the 2O-inch gunned British
ships? At what cost?
Would not a few fleet submarines
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