The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1922-02-23

ana represents an expenditure by the
government Of $G0,OOOOOO Il year.
Giving vocational training, without
cost to over 100000 disabled eX-service
men at an annual expenditure for tu-
ition and supervision Of $3O,OOO,OOO.
Mailing out G5OO00 checks every
month, representing $40 900, 900.
Conducting an insurance business
for over 100000 ex-service men, with
out cost Of administration to them, at
premium rates below that of private
companies for like policies. Insurance
In force $3,50OO0O,OOO.
Conducting over $4,000 medical ex-
aminations every month.
Giving outside treatment in cases
where disqualification Is not required
to 10000 eX-service men every month.
Receiving 1000 new claims day in
addition to the 100000 already on
file; employing 1000 ex-service men
and woman In carrying out the work.
G ECRETARY DENNY began last
- week strenuous fight to save the
United States navy from congressional
action which, he believes, would de-
stroy Its efficiency and at the same
time destroy the International naval
rclativity provided for In the pending
treaty for naval limitation. He is ably
seconded by Assistant Secretary Theo-
| dorc Roosevelt and Admiral Robert a.
Coontz, chief of naval operations
All three OF them appeared before
lie house naval affairs committee and
argued for minimum personnel Of
$4,000 men and G,O00 apprentices, and
Tor an appropriation OF $3.50, 900, 900
for the fiscal year 1923.
at the outset Chairman Thomas But
l"r vocing also the opinion Of other
members Of the committee, declared
the amount asked by Mr.. DENLY was
altogether too large, that the people
woulc never support vote by congress
for three times what the navy cost
In 1916 exclusive Of construction.
Admiral Coontz in his argument
said: "The secretary OF the navy has
called your attention to the expend-
lures Of the. naval establishment for
this year rs amounting to S479, 600.
IL we add to this various other trans
actions and moneys returned to he
tr''H we will have practically Il
half billion dollar business. Its rnmi-
ilcntions extend all over the world
The navy mnintains cOmnunicn-
tions In the interior Of EurOpe as far
east as Constnntinoplc and Warsaw for
the benefit Of our country, It's CONNER
clal interests and the American relief
work. Our radio communications han
die Pacific matters, and. at the present
time, due to the breaking OF the mid
way cable. are handling practically
the entire trans-paciic traffic. The
naval appropriation also provides the
funds for the administration Of our
island possessions, among which are
the Virgin islands. Haiti, San Do
mingo, Guam, and Samoa"
n Me Of the outcomes Of the unem-
ployment conference was up for
discussion in the senate Wednesday
and received some hard knocks. 1t was
the bill introduced by Senator Ken
yon by which the President would he
authorized to postpone federal con
struction and improvements I'm pros
porous times when jobs are plentiful
and then order the work carried on at
full speed when business stagnution
appears.
Senator New OF Indiana based his
opposition to the measure on the
rather ridiculous reason that the
Pharaohs were unable to discover q
formula to solve the problem OF re-
curing periods Of plenty and famine
In Egypt. He did not think congress
could succeed where the pharaohs had
failed.
NTHILE the senate foreign relations
w committee was discussing the
four-power Pacific treaty, the same pact
obtained place OH the floor OF the
upper house. Senator Hitchcock Of
fcred resolution asking President
Harding to transmit to the senate nd
diti0nal information and documents re-
lating to It's negotiation, asserting that
little of this was contained In the re-
port Of the American delegates. Ad-
ministratiOn leaders said this was be-
cause practically all the negotiations
were oral and few minutes or notes
OF the conversations were kept. The
resolution, however, was adopted.
c ECRETARY OF COMMERCE.
- HOOVER wants to publish the
trade statistics gathered by trade rs.
sociations, so he asked Attorney Gen