Show E S AGAINST DANIELS DECKER REVIVES REV IVES DISPUTE IN ATTACK UPON SECRETARY OF NAVY commandant of seventh naval district asserts that testimony be D fore committee was waa Dell deliberately ber misrepresented washington washingto n tho the sinis sims daniels row over the lie navys conduct or of tho the war was revived on juno june 20 with tile the publication li of a letter from rear hear admiral benton 0 decker commandant of the seventh naval district florida in fit which lie charges that flint secretary daniels til ili hta his testimony before tile the senate investigating committee dinten tio tlona nally lly and deliberately misrepresented certain attacks of rear admirals sims fullam and fiske the letter dated june 17 nuil aud addressed to chairman itale hale committee It tee was published polished in tho the army and navy avy register a service magazine admiral decker satu said lie he had also sent ent 8 a copy of it to secretary daniels admiral docker decker formerly was waa naval at madrid buts but was removed during the war secretary daniels tins has stated that his removal followed representations from ambassador wll lard to tho the state deportment department that lie he was encroaching on oil diplomatic tune fune eions in his activities there ivr jp tho the Alin fral dejter ei that from my personal knowledge of mr daniels character I 1 inn am led to believe that whatever la Is cited in hla his statements to the alie discredit odthe of the cers Is so perverted and twisted as to give the actual facts a false mean beani ing 1 in in any reorganization of tile alie navy today admiral decker continued life lio navy needs and the best interests of tho the country demand that thai libio there shall be placed in ili the lip navy deportment department part ment it naval officer lilg big enough and brond broad enough and of sufficient ability to maintain tho the standards ot of tile the navy against tile the encroachments encroach ments of the civilian secretaries who seek to make of the navy it a political organization |