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Show mSST i to trim navies BLcTAHY DANIELS ADVISES Kllino OF CONFERENCE Ml on that purpose. Bidlna Program Should Proceed, Kwever, and If No Agreement Can MZ Reached, United Statei Should Build Greatest Navy. HLhliigtnn.-Tho present tlmo was Krlbcd us rlpo for u movement to-K) to-K) limitation of naval nrmnmentB international agreement by Secro-ML Secro-ML Daniels mid acting secretaries of ilntc department, In testimony on ILry 11 before the houso nuvnl nf-Bj nf-Bj committee. Hocrctnry Daniels declared that, In opinion, the move might properly Bmade by President-elect Hurtling M, he siiul, could "call and hold an Hraatloiml dlsarninment conference in two months after his Innugurn- Br, Harding as president, lie pointed K 'woutd have authorization to call i a conference under the 1010 nnvul roprlntlon act. ocrclnry Dnvls said President Wll hud not called such n conference iusc be fclt 8,,CM nel,on would cm-Krass cm-Krass the new administration. Mr. .on did ot uso tne l)0WL'ra grunted B ti lhc 101 flct after tI)0 uur' Mr 'els n1'lc(1' because he thought pur-Btloo pur-Btloo by the United States In the Btue of nations would result. Be committee was urged by Mr. Blcls to nuthorlzc coutliiunuce of k on the uncompleted pnrt of the sthree-ycnr nnvul building program B International agreement wns bed. He asserted If no such ngree-Bftt ngree-Bftt could be obtained, the United its l0U'1' lj""tl tn0 Greatest navy he world." |