Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-04-16
BIC NAVY MEN
V|CT0RS; HOUSE
VOTES IN FAVOR
OF $4,000 MEN
Amendment Increasing the
Enlisted Personnel From
$4,000 Is Put Through
By a Vote of 177-13O.
OTHER SECTIONS TO BE
TAKEN UP THIS WEEK
Representative Kelly, in
Charge of the Bill, Takes
the Defeat With a SmiIe;i
Fights to Last,
(By The Associated Press.)


nearly fifty votes to spare, "big
navy" men put through the house
today by vote of 1T to 130 an
amendment to the 1928 naval bill
increasing the enlisted force from
$1,000 to $4,000.
Shot at from all sides, the bill,
as framed by the appropriations
committee and opposed by Presi-
dent Harding, wabbled at times
like a frail craft--then went down
by the head. There are other sec
tions, of course, to be taken up next
week, but the big fight was on the
enlisted provision.
The vote today was in committee
of the whole. When the measure
reaches the house proper a demand
will be in order for record vote,
but the wide margin by which the
amendment won, means, according
to most leaders, that the result
will stand.
Harding Turns Tide.
Some administration leaders as
serted tonight that the letter pre-
sented yesterday from tae presi-
dent urging that the forco be not
reduced below $4,000, swung the
tide in favor of the amendment
which was offered Jointly by Rep
fesentative Macarthur, Oregon, and
Representative Ware, Pennsylvania,
both republicans.
Fighting to tho last, holding his
ground through four solid hours of
debate, Representative Kelly. OF
Michigan, in charge of the bill. took
the defeat with smile when a
>oar, rising and growing, swept the
chamber as the march Of members
down the aisle for a man to man
count, showed that the amendmen.
had won.
Loud Shout of Ayes.
When the moment came for q
vote on the $4,000 amendment the
question was put and there was d
loud shout of ayes and an even
louder shout of noes. No presiding
officer could have decided which
was stronger in numbers. So great
b wase the estbe1lows, of the noes thai
Representative Ware, on the win.
ming side. jumped to his feet with
a demand for a rising vote. Be-
fore this could be called, the whole
house shouted for tellers and in a
the head Of the center aisle waiting
for a chance to crowd through and
be counted.
Every seat filled, the gallerie;
Joined in the tumult. Guards who
had kept the crowds in order dur,
ing the day, let them shout as they
pleased.
Kelley Has Last Word.
a11a a;-
man of the subcommittee. which
framed the bill with its provision
of a navy with a strength Of $1,000
men-less than navy under the
arms conference treaty should have
opponents claimed--had the las
word in the long debate. Half oi
the house stood as he started tc
speak. As the gavel tapped the
warning that his time was up, the
chairman, swinging away from the
point he was seeking to drive home
namely, that the demand for the
increase came from navy yard sec
tions, exclaimed:
Let me say this, we must not
permit any group of individuals OF
any combination of localities to
throw themselves across the path
Of the world in the goal of world
progress and -,euc,. as set by the
armament conference"
Madden Breaks In.
Breaking into the debate to.
wards the close. Chairman Madden
Of the appropriations committee
said he wanted to warn republi-
cans that IL the right verdict did
not come today on the vote, II
would come in November wher
they would be forced to explain
why they had failed to bring about
economy, one of the objects hoped
to be obtained by the arms con.
ference. Mr.. Madden asserted the
amendment as adopted would ado
S60,00O,000 In one lump sum to the
total Of $233,000,O00 carried in the
bill.
Argues for Increase.
Representative Padgett of Ten
nessee, the former democratic
chairman of the naval affairs com.
r1ittee. which formerly prepared
principal arguments for the in.
crease, asserting the efficiency Ct
the navy could not be maintained
without it. The movement for the
increase on the republican side was
in the hands of Mr.. Macarthur. Mr.
Ware and Representative Rogers ol
massachusetts,.
After adopting the Ware amend
ment the house. without division
adopted one offered by Representa-.
tive Macarthur increasing from
s9S,000,000 to $107,O00.00o the
amount carried for pay Of officers
and enlisted men in the next fisca
year.