Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
SENATE SUPPORTS
HOUSE PROVISION
ON CRUISER BILL
Declares for Construction of
Eight of Warships in Gov
ernment Yards.
SHOWDOWN NEXT WEEK
ON PROGRAM SCHEDULED
Coolidge Desires to Eliminate
Clause Requiring Start on Ship
building by 1881.

The Senate yesterday voted to stand
by the House provision in the cruiser
construction bill requiring that oi
the proposed Is new warships be built
in Government yards.
This cleared the way for show
down next week on the big controversy
raised by President Coolidge's desire tc
eliminate clause to require stars
on the naval program by 1881.
The Dallinger amendment, requiring
the eight cruisers to be built in Gov
ernment yards, was adopted with q
provision suggested by Senator Swan
son and offered by Senator Mckellel
which enables the Secretary of the Navy
to purchase for the Governments built
are mot customarily manufactured" in
Government plants. This provision was
adopted in lieu of one put in by the
naval affairs committee, which, it was
objected, threw the doors wide open
for the Secretary of the Navy to make
tt4C navy yd1ND 1AkClC dcoEIhUlAtlS pldkAla
for private materials and private equip
ment.
Accepted WithOut%Roll Call.
The modified Dallinger amendment
was adopted without a roll call. Senator
Hale accepted it. At the same time,
without a roll call, the Senate de-
feated a substitute by Senator Bingham
for the amendment. This contemplated
construction in Government yards un-
less they could be built for less money
in private yards.
The Bingham substitute met oppoSi-
ton from Senators having Government
plants in their States and those who on
principle favor Government construc-
tion.
While discussion in the Senate on
the bill yesterday revolYed about the
Dallinger amendment, A9 controversy
ragged in the cloakrooms and corridors
over the question of striking out the
1891 time limit. Senator Borah began
poll of the Senate on this question.
Indications are the time limit will re-
main in. The poll indicates that a ma
of the Republicans will part
3any with %the President orr the
ter and stand by the time limit.
t how the Democrats viii divide
not yet clear. but it is expected a
ajority Of the Democrats win stand
for retaining the time limit. Those who
want to strike the time limit out, how
ever, declared they still had hope it
would be eliminated.
Although President Coolidge favors
removal of the time limit, the House is
against its removal. The situation is
such that If the Senate should strike
out the time limit, 1t would imperl pas
sage of the bill. In the closing days of
the session, deadlock over this issue
would probably be fatal to legislation.
Percefying the vital Importance of the
time limit proposition, opponents of the
bill directed attention to trying to organ
l2e TO knock it out. Senator Borah is a
leading opponent of the time limit.
Discussion Delayed.
Discussion of the bill was delayed in
the Senate until 2:45 on account OF
lengthy morning business and a speech
by Senator Nye on the Stewart-Rocke-
feller contest. When the debate on the
cruisers opened, Senator Bingham took
the floor and introduced his proposed
substitute for the Dallinger amendment
ut is important" said Senator Bing-
ham, that the decision be left to the
Secretary of the Navy. The private
shipyards are seriously depressed"
In q sharp Wrangle over the Bingham
substitute, Senator's Mcclellan and
johnson expressed strong opposition tC
1t. Senator johnson held it would en-
able the Secretary of the Navy to avoid
building any of the ships in Govern
ment yards, and he declared Mare Is
land was equipped to build vessels foi
less than private yards.
Senator Edge argued that under the
Bingham amendment the ships woulo
be built in Government yards if it could
be done for less cost there, but Senator
johnson was not sure of it. He sug-
gested he would like ito make the COM
putation," indicating that the cost fig.
ures could be interpreted differently.
Senator Swanson fatty opposed the
Bingham substitute. He pointed out
that for 20 years there had been con.
troverSy over relative costs in Govern.
ment and private yards, and If half thu
cruisers weTe built in Government yard!
and half IN private yards, there woulc
be fair test of costs.
Senator Mcclellan offered an amend.
ment to the Dallinger amendment
which would allow the Secretary of tn,
Navy. in having eight cruisers built il
Government yards, to purchase from
private parties only such parts as can
not be manufactured in Government
yards.
Senator Hale, chairman of the nava
committee, explained that it was de
sirable to use the ways of the navy yard
which were not in use. Those in us'
are Mare Island, New York Yard ant
Puget Sound Yard, he said. He sal;
the committee had taken testimony OIL
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