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Show FIGHT ON NAVAL MEASURE IS COW ! Battle Royal Expected Over I Plan to Increase Personnel Person-nel to 80,000 WASHINGTON. April M.T-Llnea were drawn In the house today for the battle over the peraonnel section of the nsval appropriation bill providing for an enlisted force of 65.000. Both sides were claiming- victory In the vote on the amendment to Increase the force to S0.000. with 00 apprentice seamen aa aalnat.J000 provided in the bill. The peraonnel section was expected to be reached late today, although It appeared ap-peared doubtful whether debate on the1 amendment would end In time to permit per-mit a vote In committee of the whole before adjournment for the night. Chairman Kelley of the appropriations appropria-tions aubcommlttee. which framed the bill, said he waa confident It would be paaaed by the houae substantially aa reported. Bupporters ef the amendment to In-creaee In-creaee the enlisted atrenmh, on the other hand, while making no estimate of the vote, aald they had obtained 14 pledgee which could be counted on absolutely, ab-solutely, j |