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Show HARDING IN FAVOR OF ADEQUATE NAVY PRESIDENT-ELECT WOULD KEEP PRESENT BUILDING PROGRAM WITHOUT GREAT CHANGE. Party Leaders Predict That Letter Received by Seqator From Mr. Harding Will Have Potent In- fluence In Coming Contest. Washington. It is nnnounced that tho influence of President-elect Harding Hard-ing will he thrown behind tho big navy program of tho senate naval affairs af-fairs commltteo nfajorlty and against the stand of tho houso for decreased appropriations for tho unval establishment. establish-ment. Tho vlows of tho president-elect were set forth In a lettor received by a prominent sennte Republican and quickly reached tho party rank nnd lllo In both senate and house. Party leaders promptly predicted thnt Mr. Harding's letter would hnvo potent lnfliK'nco In tho forthcoming contest in t.io senate ovcr tho naval appropriation, appro-priation, which jvus Increased $100,-000,000 $100,-000,000 by tho sennte naval committee, nnd In differences with the houso In case tho appropriation bill passes tho senato with Its augmented total. Tltu prcirident-clect in his letter, It uns snld authoritatively, cxpressol himself cs desiring n continuation of tho present nnv julhllng program without substantial reduction. No reference wns mndo by Mr. Ilardln? In his letter, It wns slated, to tho disarmament proposal of Senator Sen-ator Borah, Republican, Idaho, Itu-publican Itu-publican and Dcmn.r.i to loaders, however, how-ever, Joined In private predictions that the Uoii'li resolution, requesting rho president to call a naval dlsarmnmcnt ' conferenco of representatives of tho United Stntes, Great Britain nnd Japan would bo adopted by tho sennte, eltJter in tho form of a separate resolution or us a rider to the appropriation hill. Senntor Borah Is umlormood to favor tho latter course. Tho appropriation bill wns presented formally during tho day in tho senate. As rep6rted it carried $100,000,000, against $305,000,000 voted by tho house. |