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Show STRONGER DEFENSES UPiGEO I CONGRESS Pension Appropriation of $164,000,000 Is Passed Without Debate. WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. Appropriations Appropria-tions for national del'enc occupied the attention of both houses of congress today in the. general rush to clear up the supply bills for the government be-foro be-foro the adjournment. The seunte dis-o.UM'od dis-o.UM'od until late tonight tho army appropriation ap-propriation bill, carrying approsimutely 10.'t,U00, nuo, while the house eoutinuctl debate on the fortifications bill. Whilo jiroprcss was being mado on both those measures, the. senate committee commit-tee pnict Hy completed consideration of tho mivul a impropriations measure, and the senate paused for four minnti-s to pass without, delmto tho pension bill carrying $ii4,00t),ouu. IncreacM for submarines and aviation over provisions of tho house bill are proposed by the senate, naval commit.-toi, commit.-toi, its amendments including $l'nO,(HiU for aviation, instead of $3o(i,0iHi, as authorized au-thorized in tho house, bill, provisidu for six 6oagoing Kiilmarines instead of one and sixteen instead of eleven of tho smaller type submarines. Senator Smoot sought unsuccessfully to provide for fifty fif-ty seagoing and twenty-five of the smaller const defense submarines. Ship Bill Shelved. 'Notwithstanding the progress made on appropriations in the senate, there 'were indications today that nt all the bilUi e ou Id lie passed, even though no attempt were made lo renew the" ship-purchase ship-purchase bill fight,. Several Democratic, senators said tliey feared it niiuht bo nernssary Lo adopt somo omorgvnry resolutions res-olutions in the closing hours of the session. ses-sion. S-o far as the shin bill is concerned con-cerned not li i ng hay yet Keen done by tho con forces. Considerable discussion prefaced consideration con-sideration nf the n nn v bill. In ii rgi ng prompt action. Senator Chamberlain explained ex-plained the absence of provisions for reorg'i n ia t ion of the ji riny, w i I h I lie statement lhat. the shortness of ihe session ses-sion would not permit proper cunsideni-Linn. cunsideni-Linn. lie predicted that tile renraui-za renraui-za t ion and reserve a rmy bills pen din if would be pushed al the uet sevdnn o? congress. Many Speeches II;Kkv 1 Many speeches were n-ade iu tho house on the fort i t'ica I in .). bill. Xr-1 Xr-1 rosen t al i ve Po rdney of ,1 ii-higa n, It'e-'pnbliean. It'e-'pnbliean. )iredi'Lt"d' that, yexi ye:ir the I a dmi n ist ra I. inn wnnid ha vw in tuia ct. a so ca lied war tax i evij nue measure, u-suo u-suo bonds as in l'.O, im-i-ease tariff rates, or inn feria 11 v reduce n criiineut. expenditures. Renresi'il ta t . Moore of pen up y I a nia , re I Vrri ng to tee sinking of the ph-anier V, el n, said s'u w eu't into forlihlden water'', at the risk of the 1'nileil Staten go eminent because she v.a iiiMired bv the j- rii k liearil. Iiepre.Milal n o duhn: nn nf No 1 h 1 an. lina. Drpoi.T.'il , .iepre.'Mled v a r ' .-are tail,-in tail,-in I he new. .papers, b'e .i iM'ii I a , i e ,,,, ..d of W 4iin 1 1 1 u epi e:.scd i .grel, I liaP some, people indulged in treasonable baiting of foreign peoples by continually contin-ually proclaiming the probability or certainty cer-tainty of an armed struggle, near or remote, re-mote, with Japan. ,y ' Preparation Urged. Representative Miller of Minnesota and Gardner of Massachusetts, Republicans, Repub-licans, urged more adequate military preparation. At the night, session the senate naval committee submitted its report on the naval bill, carrying a total of $152,9(51 981. SS. an increase over the houso bill of 313,030. Provision also is made for the appropriation of $400,000 for the marine barracks at Norfolk and Mare Island. The naval' building programme of the senate bill would provido for five seagoing sea-going submarines, sixteen smaller submarines, sub-marines, six or more destrovers. one oil fuel ship, one gunboat, one hospital ship at $.100,000, and two first-class battleships. battle-ships. Among the increases recommended recommend-ed are $500,000 for a projectile plant: $130,000 for naval reserve"; $400.00 for a high-power radio station, and $1,000,-000 $1,000,-000 to be applied on construction of an armor-plate factory, not to cost, to exceed ex-ceed $8,000,000. if' the secretary of the navy cannot purchase armor in "the market mar-ket at a reasonable price. Debate on the army bill 'was resumed after the naval biUwa,s reported. |