South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-20
BIG NAVY MEN
WIN FIGHT FOR
$4,000 FORCE
House Stands Behind Hard
ing and Garry Amendment
by II Votes.
BILL GOES TO SENATE
Chairman Kelley Charges Sen
ate Will Finish Job Started
In House.

WASHINGTON. April by the
margin Of Il votes the house Wed
nesday night broke away from its
own leadership. stood behind the
president and passed the 1923 naval
appropriation bill with an amend
ment fixing the enlisted personnel
at $4,000. The vote on the Nc
Arthur-Vare amendment, the biz
point in dispute and which increased
the man force from 81 1000 as pro-
with two members answering pres
ent. go republicans voted against
the $4,000 amendment while As
democrats supported it.
There was no great shout at the
finish like that which filed the
chamber a week ago when the same
proposal was put through the house
sitting in committee of the whole.
by a margin of A. votes. A bare
handicap or two greeted the an
nouncement by the speaker. The
galleries, half deserted, made no at
tempt at a demonstration.
With the nnding section out OF
the way the bill was put on it's pass
age and went through, 279 to rs.
AS amended the measure carried a
total of 1851, 269, 900, or $4,000, 600
more than the total fixed by the ap-
preparations which framed It. It
now goes to the senate, with the
charge by Chairman Kelley of the
naval appropriations Subcommittee
that many millions will be added
and which the house would have
been asked TO add had not the big
navy men changed front at the last"
Except on two occasions the bill
sailed along through unruffled seas.
once, however, Chairman Kelley
broke loose in what members char
acterized as a vicious attack on the
navy yard com b6nation," charging
that despite the arms conference
there were still demarsls from navy
yard and naval project districts for
more money than was carried in
the bill.
House In Tumult.
Starting in the Massachusetts viii
lage of Squantum, where destroyers
were built during the war, Mr. Kel-
ley. in a picture of the plea for
more" jumped across West Virginia
with its armor plate factory. to the
south Atlantic coast, across to New
Orleans and then to California ard
up the west coast. The house was
i'm a tumUlt as he declared that ev-
erywhere the feeling seemed 10 be
that the purpose of the arms confer
ence was to build up and provide
more work for the government
plants.
Half a dozen members were drawn
into the fight, Rep Dupre. democrat
Louisiana, declaring Chairman KEEL
ley had proved himself "a naval
wreckcr." The battle ragged for ten
minutes. with some members shout
Ing they would not agree to further
time 10 complete the word picture
the chairman was seeking to draw.
Quotes DENLY letter.
The other clash developed when
Mr. Kelley presented a letter re
ceived wednesday from Sec'y DENLY
in reply TO one for information in
which it was stated the added cost
TO the bill through increasing the
enlisted force by 10000 men would
re around s4O.OOOOOO. Copies Of the
letter had been received meanwhile
by Rep. Rogers. republican Massa-
chusetts. and others which was
brought out on the floor. and while
air Kelley was proceeding TO discuss
the figures and after he had an.
nounced he would read the letter.
republicans shouted wildly TO him 70
go ahead and read Il.
Mr.. DENLY explaining that IN
creases already put into the bill,
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