New Britain herald., 1924-12-06
SUBS MADE IN THIS
 STATE UNDER FIRE
Senator King Wants Inquiry
 Into Manufacturers Profits
TWO YEARS GETTING DATA
Investigation Would Bring Out Every Detail of Undersea Boat Construc- tion Contracts Including Rights to Patents-Senate Gets Resolution
BY GEORGE II. MANNING

Washington, D. C., Dec. 6.--The
 united States senate may betvean now and the date set for adjourn. ment, March {, undertake an inyes- tigation of every particular connect ed with the construction of abou, IDA submarines for the United States navy by the Lake Submarine com pany of Bridgeport and the Subma- rine Boat company Of New London.
 The Investigation, if started at this short congress session, is planned 10 bring out every detail Of:
 1-The patent rights held by these two Connecticut companies.
 2-Why these two compan,s have hcen given contracts to ouid 1o4 of the 124 submarines constructed for the U. s. navy during the last ten years
 "-How many million dollars of profit these companies have made from the contracts worth about s150,Oo0,0OO.
 4-Have the submarines been in- effective and unserviceable and faiI- ed to meet the requirements of the navy, as charged.
 King Leader of Investigation
 Senator William H. King of Utah democrat, member of the senate naval affairs committee, who is lead ing the movement to bring about this Investigation, is one of the most thorough, persistent, tenacious and relentless lnquisitors the senate has ever seen. He has been gathering data on this question for more than two years and now plans to have the investigation put under way as quickly as possible.
 Senator King Is still at his home In Utah and has not yet come to for the congress session, hut is expected here next Monday or 
 But Senator King did hot wait un- til he reaches Washington to get the machinery started for his inyestiga- tion. He drew up a long resolution, filled with several pages of "Where- ases' about the navy, especially concerning the submarines, ana wound + up with ! provision for an into the scores Of .hinEs mentioned in the preamble. This he sent by special delivery mali q Senator Andreas Jones of New 1 Mexico who presented it to the sen ,te yesterday.
 Senator Jones explained to the enate that he was prest nttng the tsolution at the request of Senator King and asked that 1t be printed nd lie on the table.
 Senator King is expected to make T effort to have the resolution talk n from the table and adopted by ! he senate ns soon as he Ieaches 
 $50 100000 Spent in 1O Years
 The first two sections of pream- le of the King resolution read as olows:
 'Whereas congress in the last ten ears has appropriated and there as been exrended more than sl5o,- 1 On o0O for the construction of sub 1arlnes for the naval establishment nd trere have been delivered with , , that time 19+ submarines Of va { ous types, none of which have ~oven satisfactory or effective for ,e rurrose for which they were roiected and for which such exren- iturcs were 7uthorizHd; and
 "Wherras said submarines, with bout 2o exceptions. were construct ! under contract hy the Lake Sub .arine company of Bridgeport, and ,e Submarine Do0t company of New ondon. Conn.,. after designs made Y said corporations and according :! patents claimed tn he owned by ' Yen, as 8 rosu't of which said cor 1rations have taken many million II ouars of proots and have failed to silver submarines which meet the ot the government Or 7 @ effective or snrviceah'e as a part ! '. the naval establishment; and-' |, The resolution then goes on to V a.a that tre government has navy |, .rdt. armor plate plants, docks, inways, machine shops. furnaces, |, undrias. etc, together with a i, aimed personnel capable of build n z submarines, warshirs. etc, for |, e government at lower cost and n tA proper ani adequate results. c Time. or the lack of if, at this n reress session which must end on arch 1, will likely do more than f; " other factor to prevent the sen st Q undertaking the exhaustive h. r stic 'lon sought by Senator King, r,