Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-03
BY j. A. FOX.

The Senate Naval Affairs Com
mittee today voted. to 5, to approve
the nomination of Frank Knox of
Chicago to be Secretary of the Navy,
a few minutes after concluding a
two-day hearing on the appointment
of the publisher, who was the vice
presidential candidate of the Repub.
lican party in 1886.
The nomination is due to be acted
on in the Senate early next week,
along with that of Henry L. Stimson,
another Republican, who won the
1913 approval of the Senate Military
Affairs Committee yesterday for the
portfolio of Secretary of War.
A week ago the Senate Naval Com
mittee was reported to be lined up,
II to 5, against Col. Knox.
Committee Vote Announced.
'Today's committee vote was an
nounced as follows:
For the nomination - Senators
Walsh, Massachusetts,; Russell,
Georgia; Byrd, Virginia; Gerry,
Rhode Island; Andrews, Florida;
Ellender, Louisiana. and Lucas. Illi-
nois, Democrats. and Hale, Maine,
and Barbour, New Jersey, Repub-
licans.
Against the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Smith, South Carolina; Tydings,
Maryland; Bone, Washington, and
Holt, West Virginia, Democrats, and
johnson, California, Republican.
Senator Walsh, speaking formally
as committee chairman, said Col.
Knox possesses the driving force
and general knowledge of existing
conditions to contribute much to the
speeding up of our naval building
program"
Knox Reiterates Denials.
The Knox hearing was concluded
after the nominee repeated q denial
that he had advocated sending
American forces to aid the Allies.
and had scoffed at the argument
that his appointment and that of
Mr.. Stimson meant a move toward
a coalition Government.
The Chicagoan was asked by Sen.
ator Holt: do you see any danger
of a coalition government"
You haven't got a coalition GOV.
eminent" the witness responded.
"A coalition, as see it. is made
effective by the action of parties on
both Sides
This instance, he continued, he
and Mr.. Stimson are acting indie
pendently, and mot on a political
status in accepting the cabinet
positions.
Favors Aid to Allies.
Earlier Col. Knox had repeated
to the committee that he favored
all aid to the Allies short of war"
but emphasized again that he had
never advocated sending manpower
to aid the Allies.
Not only did Col. Knox deny en-
phatically that he opposed the dis
patch of troops overseas, but he de-
clared with equal vigor that he was
neither an interventionist nor q
war monger."
Denies Being "War Monger."
Senator Lucas, Democrat, of ILL
nois, told the publisher that these
terms had been applied to him after
his surprise nomination by Presi-
dent Roosevelt, and asked for his
comment.
The Chicagoan said that as he
understands ''interventionist" it
means:
Intervention by armed force" and
that he emphatically opposes that;
nor, he said, could he be accused Of
being war monger."
Col Knox said in response to other
questions that he thought it one OF
this country's first jobs" to estab-
lish defense bases along both coasts
. of South America. He said he had
talked to great many public men
in South America and, while they
don't like a great many things
about us, they do feel that we have
a mutually of interests so far as
defense is concerned"
There is universal recognition
that their fate is tied up with ours"
he added.
Chairman Walsh asked the wit.
ness whether he thought the YER
sailles Treaty was a contributing
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