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Show wbloh may be advisable In party poll-' tlcal matters, aa It la In public service Navy Short Program. Galium for an expenditure ef $155-488.000, $155-488.000, spread over a period of 20 years, a concrete program for develop ment of the shore establishment of the United State navy, formulated by a special board and approved by Acting Secretary. Boosevelt, la now ready for submission to congress. ' The Immediate outlay, to be Included Includ-ed In the budget this year, la $7,676,-800, $7,676,-800, to be followed by slightly larger, annual appropriations during the next 19 years. The estimate for this year includes $776,800 for essential ..repair work In tie Philippines, Guam and Samoa, where, ', under the treaty limitations, lim-itations, no new, development can b ; undertaken, . , , Of the total of more than seven mil- ; Hon recommended for Inclusion In the budKet thla year, more than one-fourth ; $2,002,000, la for developing the base I In the Hawaiian Islands, the most ', pressing and vital naval need, according accord-ing to all naval strategists, that con- '. fronts the United States. The other principal items are San i Diego naval base, $1,295,000; Paget ' sound, $828,000; New York-Narragan- ' sett bay, $758,200; San Francisco bay, $470,000; Quantlco (Marines), $340,- '. 000; Boston-Portsmouth, $201,000; Philadelphia, $215,500; Chesapeake bay, $165,000; Canal Zone, $250,000; Great Lakes training station, $140,000; Key West. Fla., $100,000, and Charleston, Charles-ton, $32,000. I For Naval Air Stations. Development of naval air', stations, ', outlined In a supplementary report and approved by the department, '. calls for a total additional expenditure of $16,458,835, to be provided In equal ' annual appropriations during the next 20 years. ( For the budget this year an estimated appropriation of $820 000 will be needed, to be augmented by the amounts necessary to purchase four ; air stations Sand Point, Wash.; Lakehurst, N. J. ; Chatham, Mass., and ; the Marine flying field at Quantlco, provided legislative authority for their ; acquisition Is secured from congress. Carrying out of thla program, naval authorities say, will give the United States a system of naval bases well '. equipped for the peace-time operations opera-tions of the navy and susceptible of ', rapid expansion Into complete bases 1 for war. The total cost of carrying It i out Is estimated to be equivalent to the cost of seven battleships of the California type. While the United States cannot, under the treaty, Increase In-crease the number of its battleships, It can, the report saya, greatly Increase In-crease the mobility and effective fighting fight-ing value of the number It Is limited to by building up Its bases and stations sta-tions as recommended. Not until thla Is done will It be possible to utllhvt the full potential strength of the fleet Quicker Work Advisable. Calling attention to the fact that all of the Items of the program would be immediately necessary in the event of war, the board declares that to spread their completion over 20 years Is a risk and Is a postponement of that degree of preparedness which constitutes good national insurance and which is most effective in furthering our national na-tional policies during peace. The recommendation rec-ommendation is therefore made that If the national finances at any time permit, per-mit, this program be pushed to a more rapid completion. Of the total of $16,458,835 recommended recom-mended by the board's supplementary report on development of naval air stations, $820,000 Is recommended for inclusion In the estimates this fall, $554,000 for the station at Coco Sola, Canal Zone, and $206,000 for the Pearl harbor station. The board found that the development develop-ment of air stations is entirely lacking In the capacity to carry out their mission mis-sion In the navy's lollcy as outlined In the Rodman board report, which Is: 1. Reconnaissance and patrol of coastal sea areas. 2. Convoy operations. 3. Attacks on enemy submarines; aircraft or surface war vessels. 4. Operations against enemy vessels engaged In attacks on our coast Declaring that It believes It "Imperative "Im-perative for the national defense" that the development program recommended recommend-ed be carried out as soon as practicable, practi-cable, the board specifies the order of procedure In order that "the most urgent items of development" be Initiated. 1111 OF SLEMP. IMSpiSE CAPITAL CORRESPONDENTS WIRE ALL SURE CLARK WOULD BE SECRETARY TO PRESIDENT. WHAT APPOINTMENT MEANS Coolldge Apparently Selected Virginian Because Ha Wantad a Political Ad. vlsar Formtr Conaraesman Wall Informed In-formed and Without Party Enamlaa, By EDWARD B. CLARK Washington. Newspaperdom In Washington gets a blow to that poa-aesslon poa-aesslon which high-browed gentlemen sometimes speak of as amour propre. rhere was not a newspaper correspondent correspond-ent In this town who had any thought whatsoever that any man other than Edward T. Clark was to be appointed aa secretary to the President. It follows Just as thunder comes after lightning, therefore, that there was a distinct surprise and something of chagrin, because no one had guessed It, when the announcement was made at the White House that former Representative Repre-sentative Campbell Bascom Slemp of Virginia had been appointed secretary secre-tary to the President and had accepted the office. It Is, of course, impossible always to analyze correctly the motives of men, but the politicians In Washington, notably nota-bly those members of the two political parties who are charged with the work of directing campaigns, think that employment em-ployment of Mr. Slemp means President Presi-dent Coolldge wants a political adviser as well as a private secretary and thut he wants one who was not raised In the New England school and has not been an active participant In polltlcul dealings In any section of the country In which there are party troubles. Of course there may be Republican troubles trou-bles In the place in Virginia from which Mr. Slemp comes, but they are Isolated and local. Campbell B. Slemp knows the political situation In all parts of the .United States as they affect af-fect the Republican party and its alms, but from the beginning he has been no party to the differences between the f ictions, wherever they may have had their being. Has No Ensmlaa In Party More nearly than any other man perhaps per-haps who readily can be named. Mr. Slemp stands as the figure of one who knows all about It but who hns aroused no animosities by knowing all about It He never was a neutral probably as between Republican factions In any section of the country, but It Is certain that in his capacity as a member of the Republican national committee, end In his political work generally, he never has been active on one side or the other In ony trouble between the factions of his party in any state except ex-cept his own, and Republicanism in Virginia Is not strong. He has made no party enemies East West or North. Will H. Hoys, who was chairman of the Republican national committee In 1020 and as such directed the victorious victor-ious Harding campaign, leaned upon Committeeman Slemp for advice upon Important matters affecting not Mr. Slemp's home state, but other states. Mr. Hays apparently recognized the value of Mr. Slemp as an observer who was disinterested as between wsrrlng cliques and who, therefore, could be depended upon to give unprejudiced counsel. All of the Wnshlngton newspaper correspondents, or virtually all at them, know Mr. Slemp. He has been a conspicuous figure about Republican headquarters In Washington, New York und Chicago for some years' and, moreover, more-over, he was exceedingly prominent In congress, not only because of his legislative legis-lative endeavors but owing to the fact that he was the only Republican representative repre-sentative In the house from the state of Virginia and one of only three or four Republicans to represent southern districts. Clark la ths Prlvata Secretary. Edward T. Clark will remain as President Coolldge's personal private secretary. There are some politicians iii-re who see in uie auai arrangement a condition necessary for the President, Presi-dent, if he hns further political ambitions. ambi-tions. Mr. Clark knows all about the party troubles In New Kntclund. He was for years tho secretary to Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. New England Is likely to make Calvin Coolldge Its favorite fa-vorite son candidate for the presidency. Mr. Clark will fit Into the personal secretaryship sec-retaryship situation admirably; or, at least, so It would seem In the other and outer office, the more public office, Mr. Slemp will be In evidence. He knows every member of either house of congress. He knows all the governors of states. Democratic or Republican, and he knows probably what they have been thinking about politically for the last decade. In other letters from Washington something whs said about frfrnier President Pres-ident Hnrdlnif's office aids. It was said specUkally that Mr. Harding Imd a public secretary and also what in the most specific senRe can be called a prl-vate prl-vate secretary. One was George B. Clirlstlitn nnd the other Judsnn C. Weill Wei-ll ver. It would seem today that Calvin Coolldge mny tnke a leaf out of the book of his predecessor. If he tries to enrry out the Hnrdliig policies he will tnke many leaves out of that book ; but the oce leaf mentioned Is a i'.r-sonal i'.r-sonal and private leaf, a perusal of |
