Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-05-05
BILLS CHANCES INCREASED BY
EFFORTS OF THE LITTLE
NAVY" MEN IN CONGRESS. !,
NAVAL MEN WANT IT PASSED
Merchant Vessels Would Be Most
Useful in Event of War-President
Harding and Lasker Working Hard
for the Measure.
BY EDWARD 8. CLARK


cut the United States navy way below
the strength allowed to it by the inter-
national conference the chances for
success of the merchant marine sub
sidy bill are increased. The merchant
ships are good for something besides
the carrying trade. They can be used
for certain purposes in time of war.
If Warren G. Harding ahd.Aibert ID.
Lasker can have their way and they
are working hard to get 1t, the ship
subsidy bin will be passed at the pres
ent session Of congress. Mr.. Lasker
has been propagandizing In behalf of
the measure, and so has President
Harding. "Propagandizing" in this
case is an affair of the heart and, as
such. probably gan be considered with.
In the proprieties.
A good many years Of watching
things from the galleries of congress
and of hearing things In the corridors
of congress confessedly make one
skeptical of the success at the present
session of the effort of the Marion man
and the Chicago man, but there seems
to be something more than an even
chance that subsidy for the shipping
interests will be provided by the con-
gress Of the United States which now
is sitting. Next winter Is not far of.
as time is counted.
OF course Limitation is set upon
the building of merchant ships with a
view to converting them into war
ships. However, there is nothing to
prevent the merchant feet when war
breaks out from becoming an auxiliary
of such waships as there may be
afiOat They are Indispensable for the
purpose Of transporting troops, for
the carrying of shot, shell and high exs
plosives and other material Of war
fare.
Navy Men for the Subsidy.
1t is apparent from what navy men
say that they Will re5eiee~ if the ship.
subsidy bill shall become law Of the
land. They never can look with
eQuanimity upon the depletion Of the
crews of the warships and on the pass
ing Of the major men Of war but they
can look on it more placidly II they
know that in the day Of possible war
the country's carriers OF nce4144
products can be used h helm. out such
a navy as Uncle Sam may ka<a
The United States, In. a .svax. haA,
tried to run its own merchant marine.
Everybody knows what mess has
been made Of things. Congress is be-
ing told that If a subsidy is not grant
ed there win be no merchant marine
at all worthy the, name, unless actual
government ownership comes into op-
Grafton and, this neither the admins
tration nor congress wants tn have
come to pass. n II
There has been some nstac FpriSS
In Washington because 6f the seemt1g-
ly intense interestwltxirf1gg fros dent
has taken and is taking Ia tlaa subsidy
proposal. Originals he beIou66@ "a
the school ofxinoli tie1atis and et0ul0z
mists which did n0t believe
dies of any Kind although personally
he may, have held ssdmething of the
views which he holds today.
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could nefermlhe uenntely JUST now
mucn progress mas peen maze IN con-
verting mdiviuusi Mleoif WeSierhers
ana soutnerne,s 20 'he cause Of tne
PROPOSES lesisla''on .Sh.ufaliy men
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