Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-09
S10,O)Q,ODO navy
SAVING AFFECTED
Lower Commodity Prices,
Delayed Construction
Produce Economy.

Economies effected during the cur
rent fiscal year. In reduced operating
schedule for the Navy. lower commodity
prices and the poStponlng Of part VI the
public works schedule throughout the
country will result In All uneXpended
| balance Of some $40 100000 when the
| fiscal year closes on June 80. This fig-
ure Is Identical with that announced
after the conference Oh naval economy
held over the week end at President
| HooVers Summer camp on the Rapidan
! Neither the White House nor high naval
officials would say whether these were
| the savings announced by President
| Hoover.
Rear Admiral John Halligan. jr, as
assistant chief Of naval operations. on
October last, announced that during
this fiscal year savings under the new
operating plan for Uncle Sans naval
forces would be $344O 600. This sum. he
explained. would be distributed as fol-
lows: Personnel. 81 579. 900: maintenance,
81 1886 600, and fuel. $475,000.
37.75s.s4s Saving Forecast
For the fiscal year ending June 80,
| 1882, Rear Admiral HallisAn asserted
that $7,75S SAG would be saved. This
he apportioned as follows Personnel
S. .42s gag; maintenance, $36l4,OUO,
! and 1lRcl, S1l6.OUU.
The chief economies announced at
the Eapldan conference are those which
| come under the fleet operating plan. put
into force. by Admiral William v. Pratt,
chief OF naval operations, shortly after
| he assumed that post at the Navy De-
partment last Fall The rev plan was
credited with cutting the enlisted per-
sonnet OF the Navy about 1900 men,
through reducing recruiting from 400
to 200 per month. commencing Novem-
Der last. This phase of the economy
WAS announced by Rear Admiral F. p.
! Upham chief Of the Bureau of NaYiga-
ton.
| The appropriations for the Navy De-
partnIent Tor this fiscal year total 1892, =
UUU.UUU. but do not include emergency
| appropriations which total about SIS
| UUU UUU. Naval appropriations for the
| Coming fiscal year which ends June 80,
| 1892, total $36U. UUO UgU ard this repre-
seats SaVijIE VI sOIne So 900 U0u for
| tAr coming II months, according 10 the
! officials.
Yards Slated 10 Go.
| Observers CONSIDER 1t Significant that
| Rear Admiral Archibald L. Parsons.
| CHIEF VI the bureau VI Yards and Decks,
| Navy Department, was Ole VI those at
| tenulns the kapidan Conference Of
| President Hoover. lie las charge OF
the public works program Tor the Navy
ahd has been able 10 secure from Con-
| sfess mach larger sppru priations for his
! bureau Than have previous chiefs
While There LAS Leeu no decision an
Aounced as yet regarding abolition Of
| shore establishments, II Is known that
thefe las LONG been program afoot
~ abolish such navy yards as those at
Portsmouth. N. II; Charleston 5 c.:
the ALEXANDRIA, Va, torpedo station.
| and The este LILslImenL NJ South
Charleston, W. Va.
/ SHIPS ~ Remain
1t was lcarned definitely at the de-
partILIcIIt that the authorities at this
| Time DO not proPose 10 effect economies
by laying up either U. ). 5. Saratoga or
l.eAlIIgt ton, the big Airplane carriers; by
shelving the u. 5. :. las Angeles, the
naval ulrlgIL.e or by Cancelins the con-
sLluCtlou VI the giant ZkS-5, after the
y. ,. ,. Akron, her sister ship, now fast
nearing completion at Akron. Ohio, Is
launched Naval OtnclAls feel that in
astnuch Is the Navy II entltled " build
| thc s<CoHd large lirlsible Ivr about
~ 43UUUU after the Akron. which is
costing 50 $40 UUO. Is completed. II would
lie IaLse ECONOMY 10 defer this conStruc-
ton. The department Is apparently
going ahead tull TIT on the construc-
ton VI the big dirlglble base at Sunny
Vale, Calf, and the officials who are in
terested III lighter than air craft, say
that two VI these ships are necessary to
demonstrate their suitability u the full
est extent