The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-02-08
TWICE: AS
BIG AS IS
NECESSARY
Appropriation For Next Year
to be Cut Quarter Billion
of Dollars
By GEORGE r HOLMES
IsTAFr CORRESPONDENT /. N. sERyIcE1
Copyright 1922, by I. y. 81

copy tight 1922, by I. n. s.
WASHINGTON. Feb. s.-rhs Arne~-
lean navy Is IN for the greatest cat
ting it has ever experienced at the
hands OF congress- elashing that
will carry it far below the mark set
by the armament conferences.
Republican leaders in congress.
those who handle the snoney bags, IN
formed the international News Se1-Ys Ice
today that the American navy is Just
about twice as big as IS necessary ua-
der existing conditions and that be-
io!e coAgress hnisaec up It's WORK
this session. the navy viii be reduced
by approximately one-half all along
the appropriations, PERSONAL
both enlisted and coTnnl .ssioned ships
shore stations, and other xtors that
90 lce p the navy or today.
The big navies Of shs world are
ny, .--.-.t~A tAey taid. we have de-
clAred building holiday width our
chief competitors. We are told that
the peace OF the world has been m
sured for 1fteen years at least By the
armament conference Then why do
we need big nasyf Besides, we have
an economy program 10 put through.
and we need the money"
The frnt touch OF tho knife will be
felt in the appropriations for the up-
keep Of the navy IN the next fiscal
yea-. starting June 30. next. The bud
get estimates call for an appropria-
tion OF s4c5. .952.3e7. This will be cut
at least 1926. .oOO. 900 coneressionsI
leaders said today. leaving but slight
" over 100000, 900 to run the Amer
lean navy from June 80. 1922. to June
30. 1923
In the Original estimate was $50. .ooc,-
| coo for the completion OF the 1895
building program. This will he knock
ed out completely as under the navel
treaty with Great Britain, France.
Italy and Japan, the program is not to
| be completed
In the original estimate was sf45.-
fS4,lsl for the pay and subsistence or
the navy. They aim to cut this in hale
b. the simple expedient of reducinv
the personal by half
The present authorized strength OF
the navy is approximately los. 900 ruer
and 8. 800 officers. Before the house
gets through with its present plans. the
authorized strength will not be more
than $4,000 and 1000 officers. it's lead
ers sail today
Congress also plans to DO some
scrappfnG of its own account with
number of capital ships which the
armament conference assigned to the
! Junk pile, house leaders are going Il,
! direct the scrapping of numerous older
{ vessels of all classes and then force
| obedience by the simple method of not
providing men and money for their
continued operation.
We have naval peace assured row.
they argue, why continue to pour mil
lions of dollars annually into the main
| tersnce and operation on a lot os ole
vessels that would be good only for
short defense in time OF war anyxar
They merely make the navy larger. NOT
more efficient, SO junk them and SAVE
the money
The congressional pruners are frank.
y expecting a howl to go up from nayv
heads over the slashing program pre-
pared They are prepared to meet this
however. with the assertion that war
oogey has been chased away nov for
htteen years, It least. and that this
can be translated to the voters ana
taxpayers of the country only bv re-
/ duced expenditures and consequent re-
ductions IN federal taxes