Show CONGRESS NATIONAL DEFENSE feENA TORS AND represents f TIVES JIVES GO ON RECORD ON THE ARMY AND NAVY PLAN ain in the senate sixty three favor program and but one against house houie stands for and k twenty three against washington A canvass ot of congress a completed sunday by the new Y york k american shows an overwhelm overwhelming M majority in favor of increasing of 0 the army and navy in both senate and house the following questions wore were put to senators and representatives 1 do you favor increasing the st strength of tho ilia a amy and navy 2 it if so BO to what extent on the bare question ot of increased defense the answer was clear and overwhelming The question as to the extent ot of defense brought plans plane from a program somewhat orne what short of that proposed by lP president resident wilson to proposals for hur four and live and six alx battleships a year bear the bulk of the legislators however were prepared to leave the extent oi of the tha program riun to the congressional committees or to the in military experts among tho the democrats a sentiment favoring submarines mines and aircraft craft in preference to battleships developed ve loped and in several cases increases cre 0 ees in the army were vere deemed subordinate ord 1 nate to augmented naval strength lore here Is the tha way according to the poll that congress stands upon tho alie Is anuar bua of the democrats in the house are in favor of ther the increase wh while lie but seventeen are registered as against it the republicans aligned themselves for and four agai list it thirty ono democrats and forty six elx republicans were wera absent and thirty seven democrats and twenty eight republicans were noncommittal tho the socialist congressmen stood one for and one against it while the only prohibitionist declared himself to bo be opposed to the increase in the senate forty democrats were for or the greater measure of preparedness with one against it eight appearing as absent and seven declining to voice their views twenty three republicans were in favor of the increase with no dissenting voice while twelve were absent and five noncommittal coin tho the total figures for the house show for and twenty three against the increase with including ong arll in nl not nat toting the senate total shows sixty three for and one against with thirty two either cither absent or not voting |