Omaha daily bee., 1922-04-20
1923 Naval
Bill Passed
by House
Measure Carrying AN Amend.
ment Increasing Enlisted Per.
sonnel to 10000 Men Ap.
proved by 7l.Voie Margin.
Nebraskans Are Divided


margin OF II votes the house tonigh,
broke away from Is own leadership
stood behind the president and
passed the 1928 naval appropriation
bill with an amendment fixing the
eIlisted personnel AZ 10000.
The vote on the MeArthur-Nafe
amendment. the big point in dispute.
and which increased the man force
from o7.O00 s. provided IN the bill,
ives 22l TO l4S, with two members
answering present. Ninety republi-
cans voted against the 10000 amend
men, while ~ democrats supported
L.
There was no great shout at the
finish like that which filled the chan-
bcr a week ago when the same pro-
posal was put through the house,
sitting in committee Of the whole, by
q margin of ~ votes. The galleries.
half deserted. made no attempt at
demonstration.
With the fighting section out OF
the way. the bill was put on its pas
sage and went through. 279 10 7S. As
amended. the measure carried a total
OF $2sl. $4,000. or SlS,000.000 more
than the total fixed by the appropria-
lions committee which framed IT,
Nebraskans Split. ..
Representative Reavis. McLaugh-
lin aud .Ieiferis OF the Nebraska dele
CATION voted in favor Of the larger
personnel. while Andrews. Evans
and kinkaid voted against the in
crease
Il goes now to the senate with
the charge by Chairman Kelley OF
The naval appropriations subcommii.
see, that many millions will be added
nd to which the house would have
beer asked 10 add. had not the big
navy men changed front at the last
As compared with the ~ republi-
cans who voted against the amend
mcnt. l75 republicans voted for it,
while 10 others were paired for it.
Against the AZ democrats who
voted for the amendment, 81 demo.
rats voted against it. while IA
others we're paired against it.
Except on two occasions today
the bill sailed along through un-
Yuf,ed seas. Once. however. Chair
ran Kelley broke loose in what
members characterized as vicious
attack on the navy yard combina-
ton" charging that despite the arms
Conference there were still demands
rom navy yard and naval project
istricts for more money than was
carried in the bill.
Covers Wide Territory.
Starting in the Massachusetts vii
age OF Squantum, where destroyers
were built during the war, Mr.. Kelley
Jumped across West Virginia. with
is arnior plate factory to the south
Atlantic coast, across to New
ORLEANS and up the west coast. The
i.ouse was in a tumult as he declared
hat everywhere the feeling seemed
% be that the purpose of the arms
conference was to build UP and
provide more work for the govern
ment plants.
Half dozen members were
drawn into the fight, Representative
Dupre, democrat Louisiana, de-
claring Chairman Kelley had proved
Himself "a naval wrecker." The
oattlc ragged for 10 minutes, with
one members shouting they would
aot agree to further time to complete
he word picture the chairman was
seeking to draw.
The other clash developed when
Mr. Kelley presented letter from
Secretary DENLY, in which it was
stated that the added cost tlroug,,
increasing the enlisted force bv 49,
Geo men would be around $40.O00,-
600 Copies of the letter had been
received meanwhile, by Representa-
tive Rogers, republican, Mas
sachuscts, and others, and while Mr..
Kelley was preceding to discuss the
figures and after he had announced
lie would read the letter. republicans
shouted wildly to him to go ahead
and read it.
Mr.. Denby's increases included:
Engineering, $4,7Sl,000; construc-
tion and repair. S4,24l 900; ordnance,
Sl.200,000; supplies and accounts,
100000 fuel, and transportation,
S3,894,000, and yards and docks,
.$l,250,000.
Chairman Madden of the appro-
priations committee declared that
the cost Of the increase would reach
S60,000,000 and Chairman Kelley as
serted it would run beyond 570,-
100000.
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