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Show GENERAL BOARD 111 PLANS TO BE IJEPUBLIC Secretary Daniels Makes Up His Mind on Account of Criticism of Adminis tration Programme WbHIGTO Dec "3 The f 1 text ot th rei ort ol the navy gene a board g ug t) at the Uu ted Mates na y be pii ed on a equal ty w th the stro ge t aflo t bv 19 probably w 11 be n ad ubl by be eta j Dan e s before onre s onal co in ttee hear ugs beg u on the ad n strat on s na y pla Mr Dan els said ton ght he was g v mg the matter ser ous thought as a re suit of statements made bv various membe s of ongress that they would seek ts pubhcat on and also because th s report was ment oned in the letter of res gnat on rece ved today from Henr A W se Wood of New ork se e ng h s connect on w th the re centl orga,n zed c -ll an adv sory board Mr Vk ood sa d he res gned to be free to ad ocate s bst tuting the general boarl s pol for what he deserted as the wholl uadequate li e year $d00 GOO 000 new constn ct on programme reton men led to congress by the adm n istrat on becretarv Dan els w 11 ask the Amer can Soc et of Aeronaut cal En g eers wh eh selected him for member h p on the adv sory board to name his successor Board s Report fhe general boa d report eterred to b Mr oo 1 was made last July n rcspon e to an oral oraer ol the secre tarv that the board express its opin ion at the earliest practicable date as to a pol cy wh ch should govern the de elopment of the navy and a building programme In a subseq ent report already made pubbc, prepared in reply to a request that C formulate a continu ing fi e year bu lding programme during wh ch time $o00 000 000 was. to be ex pen led for new ships, the board sum Diarized the policy previous presented, as follows The navy of the United States shnnld lilt mntaltr Ka alnl tn (ha mvet powerful maintained by am other na fcon of the world. It should be grado SUy increased to this point by such a iate of de elopmenVyear by year as jjay be perm tted by the facilities of pic country bnt the limit above de fined should be attained sot later than 192o Two power Standard Publication of this report in full is the matter beeretary Daniels now considering lie said today he had de tennined to present it to the committees af congress when the hear ngs began So pobbuhing such reports t was Pointed out Mr Daniels established a precedent for the department two years ago it having been the custom of pre-Tiona pre-Tiona secretaries to disclose them only ( iB confidence to congress onal commit teea The general board s policy appar ently contemplates a two power stan oard for the navy in declar ng it 'should equal the most powerful main tamed by an other nat on in the world not later than 95 The British Brit-ish navy now far n advance of that of an other power n strength is mam tamed upon a pol cv that it shall at all times equal the navies of any two other powers although tacitly at least the American navy has oeen excluded from that calculation in the past War Possibilities Wh le navy officials are unwilling to discuss the boarl s statement of policy in a J an e ot ts pubh at on t is nd atcd that the posb I t that the ho ted Mates n ght be called upon to ueet ene cs n both the Atlant and la fi oceans s multaneou'lv was on Icre ei b ng a on 1 i on Th first i bu 1 ug a one under the roran e i epo tel no II i dl tf e e t re fi e ea a 1 n n strjt on p o gramn e n ost approa h ng $50 000 10 hp e a Dan els th nks the a lm n s t jl o pa of fo r ap tal h ps the first ea two I ealn gh t an 1 two lat le s r no Id tax he b M nt, a t o he at on to th 1 m Th a f mpo tant fa r on II id t n ght n a r nj, at the figi res to be present 1 to congress At present onlv fi e p ivate ards an I one na y varl arc equ pped for battle sh p onst ct on a tho gn t s plannc 1 to add another na a 1 to the 1 t th s ear anl proba ly three o he s the near fut re |