The Arvada enterprise., 1922-02-23

This care includes board and lodging
and represents an expenditure by the
government Of $6O,OOO,OOO a year.
Giving vocational training. without
cost to over 100000 disabled ex-service
men at an annual expenditure for tn.
ition and supervision Of 100000.
Mailing out 65O,OOO checks every
month, representing $42.O0O,O0O
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 $500. 100000.
Conducting over $1,000 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 q day In
addition to the 100000 already on
nle: employing 1000 ex.service men
and woman in carrying out the work.
ECRETARY DENNY began last
- week strenuous hght 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
relattvity provided for In the pending
treaty for naval Limitation. He 10 ably
seconded BY Assistant Secretary Theo-
dore Roosevelt and Admiral Robert A.
Coontz, chief Of naval operations.
All three Of them appeared before
argued for Z minimum personnel Of
$1,000 men and 1000 apprentices, and
sor an appropriation Of 3S50.O00. 900
for the fiscal year 1928.
At tie outset Chairman Thomas But
ssr, 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 timea what the navy cost
IN 1916 exclusive Of construction.
Admiral Coontx In his argument
said: The secretary Of the navy has
ta'ied your attention to the expendi-
tures of the naval establishment for
this year as amounting to &478. .00O. 900.
II we add to this various other trans-
actions and moneys returned tv tie
tr"s.ury. we will have practically
half billion dollar business. Its raml-
lcations extend all over the world.
THE navy mainta'nS communica-
tons IN the interior Of Europe a. far
east a. Coostantinople G and Warsaw for
the benefit Of our country. IT, 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-Pacinc trafic. The
naval appropriation also provides the
funds for the adminlstratloo Of our
island possessions. among which are
the Virgin islands. Haiti. San Do
mingo. Guam. and Samoa"
- NE Of the outcou,es Of the Soem.
RtOJ NCS4S NOuuCA 'IICV WA1 VU I'm
discussion In the senate Wednesday
and received some hard knocks. It was
the bill introduced by Senator Ken.
yon BY which the Presldent would be
authorized to postpone federal con.
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 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.
the senate foreign relations
w committee was discussing the
four. power Pacific treaty, the same pact
place on the floor Of the
upper house. Senator Hitchcock Of.
fered a resolution asking President
to transmit to the senate ad.
Ilitional information and documents re.
|ating to Its negotiation, asserting that
little Of this was contained In tho re-
port Of the American delegates. Ad.
leaders said this was be-
cause practically all the negotiations
were oral and few minutes or notes
Df the conversations were kept. The
however. was adopted.
g ECRETARY OF COMMERCE
y HOOVER wants to publish the
trade statistics gathered by trade %.
20 hs asked Attorney Gen