The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-01
OPEN THIRD WEEK
 OF NAVAL DEBATE
Amendment Proposing Sus- pension of Work on 1916
 Programme Defeated
By Associated Prcss


 week of Senate debate on the s4s5,ooo.- ooJ naval appropriation bill opened to- day. with group of senators who have been prominent in the dsarma- nent and economy controversies offer Ing new proposals for naval reduction. A final vote, however, is expected by leaders tomorrow or Thursday.
 Whsn the, Senate, after it's holiday recess, resumed consideration of the bill, Senator Lenroot, republican, Wis consin, offered an amendment to cut $is,eoo, 900 from the total of $so,o0o, 900 voted on by the House and supported by the Senate naval committee for con- tinuing work on the ts1s naval build- ling programme. The amendment was rejected by a vote of s5 to 20.
 Senator King, democrat Utah, off, fered an amendment proposing tenn porary suspension of work on five of the six now battle cruisers, and also on six super per-dreadnaughts of the South Dakota class. He spoke for several hours on his amendment, and it went over until tomorrow.
 Disarmament questions, the place the United States should occupy among the naval powers, comparisons of the naval programme of the United States, Great Britain and Japan, and numer- ous other subjects were threshed out anew in todays discussion.
 should He Second Power
 In supporting his amendment, sena- tor Lenroot expressed the opinion in which Senator Williams, democrat, Mississippi. concurred, that the United States should not become more than tn. second strongest naval power in tho world Both deplored agitation for an American navy which should be "the largest in the world" Opposing the Lenroot amendment, Senator Poin- dexter, republican, Washington. in charge of the bill, declared for navy at least equal to any in the world.
 Senator Lenroot urged the cut of SIS 5000, 900 for, beginning work on two new airpianes carrier vessels. Tho Lenroot amendment was supported by 10 republicans and 10 democrats. The Borah, Idaho; Capper, Johnson, California: Kenyon. thWHZSd North Dakota; LaFoliette ShS2 bt, Wisconsin, McNary, Ore- Hots&t&keck. South Dakota. and Nor ris,l lsets6fAska The democratic sup uorfefs .TXre:s Ashurst, Arizona; Dial, South SSgolina; Heflin. Alabama; Ken driek, avy yoning; King, Utah; McKellar, Tennessee$ Pomerene, Ohio: Sheppard. TeEAs;1 Trammell, Florida, and Watson GecrRia. sTwenty eight republicans were joined by seven democrats in TO- jecting Senator Lenroot's proposal. The deIrocrats' were: Fletcher, Florida; Slmm ons, North Carolina; Smith. South Carolina; Swanson, Virginia; Under wood, Alabama; Walsh, Montana, and Walcott, Delaware.
 Senator lIling's amendment proposed suspension on all of six new battle cruiserss except the Saratoga, and also on xiiy. sfk2 super er-dreadnaughts, the so1trSE NA68ff North Carolina, Indiana, At6Nf Nf1nk. and Massachusetts. He Fl 4S15l k six super-dreAdnaughts ofEthe CA1fornia class should be com pleted.
 He urged hia amendment on the ground of economy, and also on the theory that capital ship construction should be deferred until tho value of biz ships in future naval warfare Is The six battle cruisers, h., said, were but 6 per cent completed, and tho six super r-dreadnaughts of tho South Dakota class had progressed but 1e per cent.
 In, pleading anew for disarmament agreement between the naval powers. Senator King referred to suspension, until few months ago. of Great Brit aims capital ship construction pro- xramme. The new British plan for four super-hood vessels of 55,000-tons he said appeared to be "an answer to the challenge" of this nation in proceeding with the 1916 pro- Eramme. The super-hoods. he declared, would make anything in the American navy ineffective. if not obsolete"