Evening star., 1934-01-22
COMMITTEE SEES
NEAR TREANN NAVY
Appropriation Of $284,747,-
600 Is Reported to House
by Group.
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those operating with the fleet, includ-
ing those In reduced commission and
rotating reserve, are splendid ships, and
their effective useful life will extend
we'll beyond the arbitrary treaty life of
IL years"
An extra allotment for fuel was
made by the committee, in view OF the
visit to the Atlantic Coast the United
States fleet Is to make during April in
order that President Roosevelt may re-
view it in New York Harbor.
Restoration Of one-third of the pay
boosted the estimates for the Supplies
and Accounts Bureau by $l0,500,0 900,
tlonS allowed under the economy pro-
visions Of the independent Offices bill
will cost S2,972,000
The Bureau of Aeronautics was al
lotted $l8,880,0Q0, a decrease of s3,340,-
600 under current appropriations OF
this, $6,131 900 is set aside for new air
planes. However, $7,500,000 in recov-
cry act funds also has been allotted for
procurement. The number of planes
to be bought in 1885 is 142, which, the
committee said, will leave 297 to be OBJ
tanned by July l, 1885, to round out
the 1,000-plane aviation expansion pro-
gram
IS Per Cent for Salaries.
The Marine Corps was allotted Sal.
141,8l9, compared with S21 $40 900 in
the current period, this despite an in
crease from Is, 900 to 10000 in enlisted
personnel
Leaving out of consideration the
relative merits of naval and civil prof.
ects.' the committee said, "it is oues-
tionable if any better way existed for
complying with the spirit of the N r. A.
OF getting money into the hands of
wage earners in return for valuable and
useful services rendered. both from the
standpoints of promptness and ratio of
labor to material. and either by contract
of navy yard or station labor
Approximately IS per cent of appro-
priations for construction of ships, it
has been calculated. goes to the pay
ment of salaries and wages in produc-
ing and fabricating raw materials
gathered practically in every State of
the Union Approximately 73 per cent
of the pending naval budget goes di-
rectly into salaries and wages
considering the labor incident to the
several stages Of putting materials into
the yards for fabrication, finishing con-
struction or installation, it is easy to
see how the SIS per cent figure may be
about the general average"
The committee provided funds for
the reopening of the Great Lakes Naval
Training Station at Chicago, allowing
$227,503 for this purpose, an increase
of S188.7 725 over the budget
Arming for Dsarma ment.
Representative Ayres chairman Of the
subcommittee that drew up the supply
bill, believes the best way to get dis
armament is to arm
This is the way the Kansan figured:
II have come to the conclusion that
the surest way for us to contribute to
the cause of reduction in armaments Is
to build to the capacity We may under
existing treaties
In other words, let the world know
by unmistakable tangible evidence that
We mean to have a navy, second to
none, and then. If that course. be too
expensive for those powers who may
wish to keep apace, or proportionately
so, let them sue for more moderate
program.
1T would be cheaper to build and
scrap, and we would scrap from the
bottom, than to engage in competitive
armament or to continue the evidently
futile policy to hoping the other fellow
may take our cue and establish limit
well within the treaty quotas"