Show CONGRESS ADOPTS GREATER PLAN HOUSE ACCEPTS THE OL BUILDING PROGRAM PROPOSED BY THE SENATE measure provide provides for war veil vessels within the next three years eight Cru cruff fr ri ord pd anias to be built in 1917 congress virtually completed the national ae defense tase program in on tuesday finally a approving proving the great increase in naval construction and personnel written into the naval bill 1111 and urgently supported eup ported by the administration the house accepted the building program to which its conferees on the measure had refused to agree by a vote of 0 to 51 with seven ot of the members present and no voting the pert personnel onnel increases on which there aleo also was a disagreement in conference were approved without a record vote the personnel and construction sections which at eady have the approval rt the senate renate authorize an increase in enlisted men to and the build ing of war vessels wilbin the next three years with four battle and four battle chips included among the ships for 1917 s previously tho the bouse house had refused to adopt a arg af pf build bulldog ng program pr bad had authorized oaly only ore ove capital ships all of them oa ba tie cruisers and had provided for a personnel of only 65 on several less important sections including appropriations for improvement of navy yards tho the house insisted on its disagreement to senate striate inches increases ws and I 1 nd eted to send the bill back to con ference trence for settlement of theeo these points an early aa ament 1 ie in expected ho ver and the measure may be bent sent to the president for his signature with in s f week |