Show ANTI Spy HEAD TELLS PERILS TO UJ U. U s S. S NAVY House Group Hears Secret Report of Inimical Plots By Associated Press WASHINGTON April 30 30 Congress was vas informed today that su subversive activities are threatening the security of our fleet Captain William D. D Puleston chief o of naval intelligence made that statement in hearings bearings on the naval appropriation bill before a ahouse ahouse house appropriations subcommittee a report of which was released to toda to- to da day The growing necessity for protection protection protection tion against subversive activities Puleston said is clearly evident Further details were lacking because because because be be- cause most of it was waa off oft the rec rec- ord Vessels Building Testifying on other naval matters Admiral Emory S. S Land chief of tho the bureau of construction told the subcommittee the navy now has 86 vessels under construction and plans to start work on between 18 and 20 new ships of various types the next fiscal year Land said three aircraft carriers three heavy Y cruisers nine light cruisers 13 heavy destroyers 40 light destro destroyers ers 16 submarines and two gunboats are being built Completion Completion Com Corn of f the vessels will require about Principal items In the contemplated contemplated contemplated plated 1937 fiscal year program include include in in- clude elude a star on construction of probably 12 12 d destroyers to cost a total otal of at and six submarInes submarines submarines rines to cost A record l peacetime appropriation I of for tor more marc men inca ships and planes was approved by the committee toda today Other Nations Build What world other powers are dOing do do- doIng Ing lag to build up their fleets was wa re reviewed reviewed re- re viewed carefully before the Rear Admiral J. J K Taussig assistant assistant assistant as as- chief of or naval operations was the informant He called attention attention at at- to an extensive program m of naval air force expansion Undertaken undertaken undertaken un un- in Japan and an extensive exten sive modernization plan indicating that by the end of 1936 it is expected expect expect- ed that every capital ship and modem modern modern mod mod- em ern light cruiser will have bave been modernized The increasing power of Japan in the Oriental waters the tho lessened interest of the United States resulting resulting result result- ing irig from the independence of the Philippines and tho the weakened naval position of Great Britain outside of home waters also were cited by bythe bythe bythe the officer er as having caused in tho the Netherlands a growing concern tor fox the safety of the Dutch East Indies |