Evening star., 1922-12-31
No Effort Is Made to Revive
Debate on Borah Proposal
for Economic ParIey.
ALL ATTEMPTS TO CUT
PERSONNEL ARE BALKED
Extraneous Speeches Bring Charge
of Filibustering From Sena-
tor Suoot.

The Navy appropriation bill, with the
House provision unchanged requesting
the President to negotiate with Great
Britain, France, Italy and Japan for a
further limitation OF naval armamente.
was passed BY the Senate yesterday
afternoon. No effort was made to re-
sumo debate on the Borah ainendment
seeking an International economic CON-
ference. which the Idaho senator with
drew Friday following assurances by
administration leaders that the Presi-
dent was giving the economic situation
abroad serious attention. The bill car
ries approximately 1926. .605.o0o.
Threatened efforts to amend the
House Limitation of naval armaments
provision did not materialize yesterday.
Senator King of Utah, democrat, did
not offer his amendment proposing a
land. and sea armament limitation con-
ference.
U. S. to Repair Navy Ships.
Prior to the passage Of the bill by the
Senate an amendment offered by Sena-
tor Brookhart Of Iowa, republican, was
the government navy yards work On
Navy vessels. guns, etc, which. it is
said, now liz let out to private firms in
considerable degree. On motion Of Sen
ator Brookhart the Senate struck from
the bill a proviso which would permit
the letting Of contracts to outside con-
Germs when in the opinion Of the au-
thorities the time and facilities at the
government yards did not permit OF the
work being done there promptly.
Senator Brookhart said that 1t had
been found that the large contracts were
let to outside concerns on this ground.
He insisted that the work should be
done IN the government yards.
Would Manufaetare Guns ana Parts.
Senator Brookhart also had m
amendment, which provided thst all
guns. gun parts, refining of guns and
general repairs to guns, torpedoes,
torpedo parts and all other articles of
supplies Of the Navy for the nahu-
facture or production OF which any
navy yard is especially equipped shall
be manufactured at the government
navy yards. He withheld this amend
ment. however. believing that his first
amendment would largely cover the
ground WHICH he intended to cover.
He said, however. that If it did not.
he and Senator Jones OF Washington
were prepared to put it forward when
the next Navy bill is under consld-
Grafton.
Ship Bill Brought Up.
After passage Of the naval bill the
administration shipping bill. whioh
had been laid aside temporarily. was
brought up again and placed in posi-
ton for resumption of debate when
the Senate meets again Wednesday.
Protracted speeches yesterday on ex-
traneous subjects resulted in a charge
by Senator Smoot, republican, Utah,
that filibustering was in progress.
The speechmaking stopped soon after
Senator Smoot.s statements, all sena-
tors uniting in expediting the passage
Of the naval bill. Senator Jones. re-
publican. Washington, in charge Of
ever, that Wednesday he would call
up his resolution to create a special
committee to revise the Senate rules.
with a view to checking future fill
busters.
p Important changes in the naval bill
made by the Senate included the cd
dition of s10o0,oo0 for naval reserve
training purposes and s55o.000 addi-
tional for torpedo construction. the
latter designed to maintain the New
port, r. l., and other torpedo stations.
The Senate, without q record vote,
rejected an amendment by Senator
Mcclellan. democrat, Tennessee. to cut
the navys enlisted personnel of $1,000
men authorized by the House to $1,000
men. The present strength is $4,000
men, but Senators McKelIar-and King
declared it unnecessarily fArge and
out of proportion to the British navy.
Other amendments rejected included
proposals by Senator King to reduce
the Marine Corps and also to prohibit
use of marines in Haiti and Domini-
can Republic after June 80 next Sena-
tor King was assured by republican
leaders that withdrawal of the ma
rines from the two island republics at
earliest opportunity was the admins
tration's policy.