New-York tribune., 1922-04-10
Minority Report to House,
Signed by 6, Demands
us. Shall MOI Be Made
Third Rate Sea Power
Warns of Loss of
World Influence
Cites Superiority Of Japan
if Cut Is Made: Scores
Dreams of Pacifsts

'o7' f'e Iri0hues Washington Ru-en-I
WASHINGTON. April a.-Five Re-
publlcans and one Democrat Joined to-
Day IN minority report on the House
navy bill, vigorously opposing the ma
iority view set forth Yesterday IN tho
Dill which called for a personnel of
$1,000 men and 1856 officers In 1923.
Inc minority demand that the enlisted
personnel be increased from $1,000 to
$4,000.
Charges that the bill ignores the
policy Of the 5-6-3 ratio and "bears
no reference to the other powers. whose
strength must determine our proportion
in this ratio" are made in the dissent
ing report filed by the six members of
the House Appropriations Committee
They are Representatives George
Holden Tinkham, Of Massachusetts: ::
William S. Ware, Of Pennsylvania; Ed
ward H. Wason, Of New Hampshire !;
Walter w Magee and Jumes W.
Husted, OF New York, all Republicans,
ard James A. Gallivan, Democrat. of
Massachusetts.
oTdZen disregard or Advice
So "brazen' Is the committees dis
regard Of the advice Of the President
the Secretary Of the Navy and large
number OF members, it may even bring
revolt of the House against its pres
ent system of centralizing all appro-
prlatlng power in one committee, Rep
resentative c. n. Macarthur, Of Oregon
Republican member of the Naval At
talrs Committee, which also opposes
the bill, warned to-day.
Discussing the impending fight
which may get its start tomorrow in
the House, Mr.. Macarthur declared that
after canvassing the membership. eve
are prepared to say that the prospects
for the adoption Of the $4,000 amend
ment are excellent
Representative Britten, of Illinois
another member Of the Naval Commit
tee. also attacked the bill
The report of the six Appropriation
COMMITTEE members says:
Having carefully examined this bill
and duly considered the arguments ad.
vanced in it's accompanying report, we
regret TO state that while agreeing
with the noble objects this bill under
takes to accomplish namely: to trans
late into reality the hopes of the peo-
| pie that the burden of war might be
lightened and to provide adequately
for navy that would leave our rela-
tive strength uninlpaired, we find moth
ing in the provisions of the bill that
would justify the assumption that it
does in fact provide adequately for a
navy Of the relative strength contem-
/ plated by the treaty.
"The underlying principle on which
! in future the strength of our navy
/ ~ I1%o l..
relation to Great Britain and Japan
This is the policy of the 5--5-3 ratio
that is, equality with Great Britain
and hve-thrds Of the strength OF
Japan. This is the basic naval policy
Of the United States as set forth ir
the limitation of arms treaty which
has no* been ratified by the Senate.
Others Powers Strength Ignored
and bears no reference to the othe,
powers whose strength must determine
our proportion in this ratio.
The dream of pacihsts to disarn
the world through example has never
scrapped a gun, The principle o1
limitation by international agreement
on the contrary, has made the only
| great step along this line.
This bill is an attempt to ignore
the agreement. to disregard the navies
of Great Britain and Japan, to give
US the smallest force of tho threE
and to establish q principle for which
no responsible statesman in the world:
history has ever stood-the principa
of limitation of armament by example
"The fact that the committees re
port shows formida BILE array Of ship!
allowed on paper should deceive n,
one-they are NOT fully manned. Mer
ight-not ships-an undermanned shiy
is sick ship. Necessary as is eoot
material, it is the officers and me,
that make a navy and they cannot b'
trained except in time OF peace.
For the first time in its histor.
this country has adopted g. naval pol
icy. It means equality with thu
strongest. If that policy is now disre
(contjuusd on net pase,