Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-17
HOUSE URGES
DISARMAMENT.
.CONFE:REN CE.
Amendment to Naval Pro-
gram Asks President to
Call Farley
USE NAVY YARDS
Half of Sixteen New Ships
Will Be Constructed by
Government
USE NAVY YARDS

| WASHINGTON, March 16 tP-
Without debate the house today
adopted an amendment to the $274, :
100000 new airship construction pro-
gram to request the president to
urge the necessity" for another
international conference for the limi-
/ tation OF naval ornaments.
The proposal, sponsored by Repre-
sentative Sproul, republican, Kansas,
was accepted without a vote Shortly
after its adoption an effort to reach
a final vote before night adjournment
was blocked by Representative Blan-
ton, democrat, Texas, and the measure
was carried over for disposition to-
morrow. @
The house also accepted by vote
of lis to 102 an amendment by
Representative Dallinger, republican
Massachusetts, to provide that eight
of the proposed 16 ships should be
constructed in government navy
yards.
Dallinger contended that it was fair
that at least half of the proposed
Is cruisers and one aircraft carrier
should be built in the navy yards,
and several members supporting his
stand said that the statement had
been made that the program had
been offered to congress for the reliet
of the private Shipbuilding industry.
WASHINGTON, March 16 tP-The
great double headed congressional
broadcaSting station under the capital
dome worked today with the senate
set nluffled by prolonged executive
session In this emergency, the house
came to the rescue, however and
poured out page after page OF
congressional record copy in debating
the naval building program.
The senate had finally locked horns
on the nomination of John j. Esch,
Of Wisconsin, to succeed himself on
the interstate commerce commission.
the immediate pivot on which the
battle over the lake cargo rate de-
cisionS by the commission turns. Be
hind closed doors and with corridors
blocked off against possible long
cared visitors, the fight went ahead,
to end in Esch's reJecUlcn Dy VOTE.
of 80 to 20.
In the house, naval strategists of
many sorts whanged away regardless
with a final vote being put off until
tomorrow. They fought not only
wars, past, present and future, but
political battles They put on more
raids on Secretary Wilbur for his
floor appearance yesterday that set
off fireworks, but he was not there
to listen. They talked about the
British navy, American economic
supremacy in the world, the 5-5-3
ratio, ST. Patrick's day, and also
heard from naval Subcommittee
chief that the full cost of navy
additions, building or about to be
authorized, would go over the top
at above $2,OO0,O 100000 in the mex,
few years.
Committee work in both houses was
restricted Hearings included the cot
ton marketing inquiry and the Ship
stead atlti-labor injunction proposal
in the senate wing; while on the
house side plea for the Furiow plan
for a system of national express high
ways by its author, and urgency by
Williams, of Texas, for approval OF
the Dallas federal reserve bank in
vestigation he would like started, were
heard by the rules COMMITTEES; and
1dAAlSl, VI ACAC'o' ouPpOA IOu CAAS
Caraway plan for registration OF
capitol lobbyists before the judiciary
committee.
Among these committees, the senate
cotton inquiry was the only one to
take action, deciding to spread its
net wider in seeking information as
to reasons for the 1927 market slump
and call in witnesses from all sections
of the cotton marketing bII1aess.
Other senate committees, working
in executive session, did considerable
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