Britten itt tt Committee tte J t to Study l I Pr Prohibition 1 ion Expense j Compared With Cost Of OfU U U. S. S A Protection I Navy Advocate Seeks to to I Keep Fleet Up to tok I. I r. r k Pact LImItI Limit LImIt- WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Oct 9 U UP UP- UP Cl Chairman BI BiVans ms m's hou house o na naval committee will wUl examine critically ho tho navys navy's latest order ra r curtailing personnel and and Britten advocate ad of ot building up the United Unit Stat States s fleet to Lon London on naval aval treaty limits announced toay today today to- to day ay that such an examination will willbe bo be o made made and that the committee w will will check check tJ tIle proposed naval approprIation ap- ap reductions against requested requested re- re quested increases in appropriations for or prohibition enforcement enforcement- Homade It clear that he be approves es Secretary tary of ot the tile Navy Adams' Adams navy program calling for tor fora tora a reduction of men and cUm cUm- nation of or tons tonea a a b beginning lit In n conforming to the treaty's Jim Uni its HIS ts Britten a big navy man said sald that the Adams cuts cut m made madet dc It t all aU the more Imperative that this build bund up to the London urn urn- Its ts categories wherein increases are are necessary to obtain tho the parity agreed on n in tho ho London conference The committee Britten said will hold old hearings t to determine how much luch tho the budget bureau has cu cun cut n n 41 aval appropriations as compared with appropriations from other governmental departments The Thc committee will go go into these r reductions very cry carefully and will critically compare th red reduction for tor navy avy with reductions in for tor prohibition the chairman chair man said sald Tho The maintenance of a proper roper national defense to the tho high high- cst cat st point of or efficiency mcl ncy is much more Important to the peace peace of or mind of the he country than further waste of ot money mone- for tho attempted enforcement enforce ment of a sUl silly and unpopular lal lawI law I 1 1 am told that the prohibition bureau has bureau has baa requested a an increase o of for tOl enforcement next year when all other branches the branches the of-the goVernment gov gOY are requested by executive order to retrench It If If the army and navy are to be reduced educed in the solo Interest of ot economy econ con conomy omy my at a a 30 time when all aU Europe is sitting on a 3 volcano I think that retrenchment should be bo doubly applied applied ap ap- ap- ap plied to prohibition lUon and rind other departments de de- not directly concerned with the national defense I I US S. Begins Cutting Armaments F Forces W WASHINGTON O Oct t. t 19 19 United Press The Press The United States has started reducing Its sea sea- forces to toc c conform to the limits limits' set act by the London naval al treaty and orders have ha lavo been issued for the most drasIc drastic dras dras- tic Ic fleet In the last decade The new plan has been worked out DUt to achieve a a. combination of greater efficiency and lessened cost of maintenance In decreasing tho the fleet personnel by men and the and the fleets fleet's tonnage by Secretary of or the Navy Adams believes savings s of ot will be accomplished accorn- accorn hed by the tho nd of or the 1332 1032 fiscal year With savings already effected at the Ithe order of ot President Hoover the tho navys navy's total reduction of expenditures will amount to nearly it If was was' as' as estimated FLEET CUT DOWN Tho new nC plan announced last I 1 Secretary Adams puts out of commission eighteen destroyers two cruisers and twenty five sub sub- marines It establishes a a. new training raining squadron of two battleshIps battleships battle battle- ships and el eight ht destroyers oper per oper operating with reduced complements reduces the number of ot destroyers in each cacti division from six to four tour reorganizes air forces afloat redistributes redistributes redis redis- tributes submarine divisions and consolidates s the mine force The plan was developed by Admiral Admiral Admiral Ad Ad- miral William m V. V Pratt as his 1119 first Important act as chief of ot naval na op op- It will be put Into effect as as soon as practicable according to io o Secretary Adams Rear Admiral John Halligan Jr Jl assistant chief of ot naval nl operations estimated savings at for forthe forthe or orthe the present fiscal year car and for tho tIm year yeal ending June 30 30 1 1932 9 3 2 The reduction in enlisted personnel personnel personnel per per- will be bo accomplished by re reducing reducing reducing re- re recruiting from to OO 00 per pel month commencing November 1 1 according to R Rear r Admiral F. F B B. Upham chief of ot the bureau of navigation I t I Ri Reduction 1 n Eid b 1 t IO