The Washington times., 1934-08-22
WESTERN FIRMS
. FAIL To SEND
. THE|RBONDS
Private Yards Given Share
of Work; Four Cruisers
Numbered in List
BY International News Service

BY International News Service
President Roosevelt's plan to
build up the American Navy to
full treaty strength moved swiftly
forward today with award Of con-
tracts and allocations by the
Navy Department for the con-
6truction of "a new naval vessels
in private and Government ship
building yards.
Contracts for the construction
OF II of the new naval vessels
were awarded to private yards.
The other 13 warShips will be
constructed in Navy yards.
Two Cruisers Listed
= The awards to private ship
building companies we're as fol-
lows:
One ten.thousand ton light
cruiser to the Newport News (Va)
Shipbuilding and Drydock Com
pany, for $11,650, 900; one ten.
&housand-ton light cruiser to the
New York Shipbuilding Company,
of Camden. N. j., for $l1,975, 1000.
Two heavy destroyers to the Fed
Aral Shipbuilding and Drydock
Company, of Kearney, N. j.. for
$3,946,000 each; two light destroy.
ers to the Bethlehem Shipbuilding
Corporation, Quincy, Mass, So
$4,000 each; two light deStroyers
to the United Shipbuilding and
Drydock Company, Of New York
$3,430,000 each. and three subma-
Tines to the Electric Boat Com.
pany, of Groton, Conn, $2,397,-
900 each.
Navy Yard Favored
:. Construction Of the 13 vessels In
Government yards were allocated
as follows:
One light cruiser to the New
York Navy Yard. one heavy cruiser
to the Philadelphia yard, two sub
S1narines to the Portsmouth N. H,
yard, two light destroyers to the
Boston yard, two light deStroyers
to the Puget Sound, Wash. yard.
three light destroyers to the Nor
. folk yard, and one light destroyer
and one submarine to the Mare
Island, Calf, yard.
Calls For Division
- The law requires that construc-
ton of naval vessels shall be
equally divided between private
and Government yards unless
award Of contract to the private
firms is found inconsistent with
public interest.
Explaining the ALLEGATION of an
additional destroyer to the Navy
Yard, Acting Secretary of the
" Navy Roosevelt said the contracts
for destroyerS we're awarded in
groups Of two vessels to each COM
pany and it was found that it
would be an excessive cost to have
the single destroyer constructed in
. private yard.
- Failure of the Navy Department
to award bids to any one of the
West Coast private companies
which submitted bids was ex.
" planned by Colonel Roosevelt as
due principally to the West Coast
companies not filing bonds with
their applications.
Couldn't Raise Bond
- Mr.. Roosevelt pointed out that
the law provides bond must be
: filed with submission of the bids.
. He said they all had ample notice
: Of the necessity for filing bonds
: but that with the exception of the
= Wallace Bridge Company. of
= Seattle. Wash, none gave any ex-
:. planation for failure to do so. The
: Seattle company, Colonel Roose-
% welt said, wrote that it was unable
a to raise the bond.
- ALLEGATION of most Of the con.
= StruCtion work in the Government
= yards to the East Coast was ex.
= planned by Mr.. Roosevelt as due
: to the fact that the Navy yards on
= the West Coast had to be left
- available for the fleet which is sta.
- toned on the Pacific Coast