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Show KING ASSAILS COSTOFARMS Utah Junior Senator Takes Exception To Remarks of Coontz. SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 28. (IT.HJ A battle of words involving two fundamentally different concepts of armaments, developed today between be-tween a United States senator and i retired naval commander. Senator William King vigorously assailed recent statements here of Admiral Roberts E. Coontz, former naval commander. "Admiral Coontz," the Utah sena- j tor said, "says battleship building will put money Into circulation and thereby help relieve, the economic i situation. False Philosophy "That is false philosophy and un-brtunate un-brtunate teaching, particularly when we are striving to create a peace psychology." King asserted the United States expended $8: 0,0i;0,000 on its army last year, $200,000,000 more than Great Eritain. He added that army ind navy leaders demanded one bil-Lon bil-Lon dollars for current expenses next year and another , billion for new armaments over a period of years. , He said this country is spending twice as much on armaments today than Germany did before the war. And yet, (he argued, we accused that nation of trying to dominate the world by creation of a mammoth mam-moth military machine. , "Taxpayers." he declared, "should go on strike." King said he opposed issuance of bonds to meet current expenses and said he would introduce a bill to raise income and estate taxes in the higher brackets in order to raise more revenue. |