Sioux County pioneer., 1922-04-13

yelling the Rotary memorial tablet at
nunlber necessary according to .he ;es-
timates Of the departments experts.
and which would force out of commits
sion many craft that are positively
needed. 1t is not likely, however, that
this crippling program will succeed,
because the "big navy" men of the
house are prepared to combat 1t, the
majority leaders in the senate declare
they will not stand for 1t, and Presi-
dent Harding probably would veto the
appropriation bill if it came up to him
in that shape. When the bill Is re-
ported to the house this week, accord
ing to the plan, Rogers of Massacfu-
setts will offer an amendment placing
the minimum strength at 10000. If
this fails, as it likely will, Macarthur
Of Oregon will propose $4,000 as the
minimum. iTssts,.
MO LESS than the navy men, the
~ army men are exercised over the
tendency toward what they believe to
be false and dangerous economy
shown by many members of congress.
: The house passed an army appr0pria-
tion bill which limits the army to 49,
600 enlisted men and 10000 officers.
General Pershing, chief of staff, and
General Harbord, deputy chief, assert
ed such reduction "would introduce
an unwarranted element Of danger in
our plan of national defense" and that
an army Of 10000 men and 10000
officers is absolutely essential to the
nations needs at this time. At first
the bill carried a provision limiting
the Presidents right to determine the
size Of garrisons In the Hawaiian is-
lands and the Panama Canal Zone.
This was eliminated when Anthony of
Kansas said he had the promise of
the War. department to reduce those
garrisons, but Secretary Weekss slhdig-
nantly declared that he not only had
made no such promise but had no In
tentiOn of making the reductions.
General Pershing says the Hawaii and
Panama garrisons cannot be cut down
without violating the soundest princi-
Piles of security,
A S PASSED by the house, the army
"A bill appropriates about S2Ss, ,O0O,-
600 for the expenses of the War de-
partment, but the representatives
made their claim for genuine econo-
my look decidedly foolish by the adop-.
tion Of an amendment increasing by
$15,OOO,OO0 the amount carried as a
lump sum toward continuation Of
work the coming fiscal year on river
and harbor projects. (.
The budget bureau and the apprO-
priations committee Of the house had
recommended an appropriation of $27,-
100000 for. this purpose. but the
'pork barrel' forces, under the gem
eralship Of Mann of Illinois, insisted
upon the larger sum, and had their
way despite the earnest efforts Of
! AI0ndell of Wyoming, Burton Of Ohio
and others. President Harding was
somewhat disturbed by this open def
ance Of the budget system, for he be-
lieves in the budget and intends that
/ It shall be given a fair trial. L: y.
"A T MIDNIGHT Friday operations
= ceased in nll the upiOnized btu
minous and anthracite coal mines of
the country. $4,000. miners laying
I + down their tools. All efforts to pre-
vent the great strike were futile. Ae-
cording to some Of the. union leaders,
the walkout is likely to last about
sixty days. During that time, pres
sumably. both sides will formulate
their demands and present their cases..
and 1t may be that these will result
In the negotiation Of new CONTRACT ii,
The operators insist that wages: must
come down In correspondence with the
decline In the cost Of living. but they
have not yet revealed what percent,
age Of reduction they will demand.
] The miners, In reply, say that the
5. stagnati0n An the coal Industry Is due
y to Wastefpi methods 0f prod ducti0n, ex-
cesslve profits, violation Of the laws Qf
!. supply and demand In control af mar.
kets and prices, and that costs Of liy=s
I Ing In the mine areas have atlyRpce,1
while wages remained stationary li.aSss ss
IN some regions, as Pittsburgh,
EsoNtharp Ohio and IKanawha, Va, the
t,operatOrs have posted nptices Of wage
! reductions and hope to be- able to- run
! their mines with nonAnion lahat. III
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