The Owosso times., 1922-02-24

| This care includes board and lOdgin:
and represents an expenditure by tn,
government Of $G0.0O0OOO year.
Giving vocational training, withou
cost to over 100000 disabled ex-servic,
men at an annual expenditure for tn
ition and supervision Of $3O,O0O,OOO.
Mailing out 650,0O0 checks every
month. representing $42,OOO,O00.
Conducting an insurance business
for over 100000 eX-service men, with
out cost of administration to them, al
premium rates below that of private
companies for like policies. Insurance
in force $3.500,00O,0OO.
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 a 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
relatlvity provided for in the pending
treaty for naval limitation. He Is ably
seconded by Assistant Secretary Theo-
dOre Roosevelt and Admiral Robert A.
COontZ, chief of naval operations.
All three Of them appeared before
the house naval affairs committee and
argued for minimum personnel Of
10000 men and 5000 apprentices, and
Cor an appropriation of $3.50, 100000
for the fiscal year 1923.
At the outset Chairman Thomas But
Ter, voicing also the opinion of other
members of the committee, declared
the amount asked by Mr.. DENLY was
altogether too large, that the people
would 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 expendi-
lures of the naval establishment for
this !eor as amounting to 5000, 900.
If we add to this various other trans
actions and moneys returned to ,he
treasury, we will have practically q
half billion dollar business. It's rami-
ilcatlons extend all over the world.
t.rrhn Int ion
tions In the interior Of Europe as far
east as ConstantinOple and Warsaw for
the benefit Of our country, It's CONNER
cial 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-Pacific 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 NE Of the Outcomes Of the unem-
discussion in the senate Wednesday
and received some hard knocks. 1t was
the bill introduced by Senator Ken
yon by which the President would be
authorized to postpone federal con-
struction and improvements In pros
porous times when jobs are plentiful
and then order the work carried on at
full speed when business stagnation
appears.
Senator New Of Indiana based his
opposition to the measure on the
rather ridiculous reason that the
Pharaohs were unable to discover
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.
VXIHILE the senate foreign relations
w committee was discussing the
four-power Pacific treaty, the same pact
obtained place on the floor Of the
upper house. Senator Hitchcock Of
fered resolution asking President
Harding to transmit to the senate ad-
ditional 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-
leaders said this was be-
cause practically all the negotiations
were oral and few minutes or notes
of the conversations were kept. The
however, was adopted.
G ECRETARY OF COMMERCE.
~ HOOVER wants to publish the
trade statistics gathered by trade as
sociations, so he asked Attorney Gen.