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Show II1L 11 BILL READY FOR DECISION WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. Considera-. tion of the annual naval bill, appropriating appropri-ating about $365,000,000 to continue the building programme and carrying various vari-ous emergency provisions requested by the administration to meet the international interna-tional crisis, virtually was completed in the house today, and the bill will be brought to a final vote tomorrow. Under a special ryle an administration amendment giving authority -to take over private shipbuilding plants in time of stress was adopted, and tiie construction authorization for the coming year as ! agreed on in committee was approved after various amendments to enlarge and curtail it had been voted down. The sec- j tion authorizes one battle cruise,:, three 1 battleships. eighteen submarines and . twenty vessels of other types. Only two amendments remained to be disposed of when the house adjourned, and they will be voted on at the start of tomorrow's session. They are the proposals pro-posals for a S12.000.000 additional appropriation appro-priation to fit navy yards for construction construc-tion and for an appropriation of $1,000,000 to purchase basic patents of aircraft. Both were recommended by Secretary Daniels and are expected to pass. Before the amendment providing for taking over private plants was adopted, the house struck out a specific authorization authoriza-tion for suspending eight-hour labor regulations regu-lations in emergency. The provision was rejected on the ground that navy officials already have that authority. |