Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-02-27 | Page 4 | Harding Fights Borah Plans

HARDING FIGHTS BORAH PLANS A special dispatch from Washington eays that on the eve of his lnaugura-llOtt, lnaugura-llOtt, President-elect Harding will witness wit-ness the first rebellion in the senate -Sgalnat his policies The casus belli j 2s the annual naval appropriation bill. The preliminary skirmishes of the coming clash occurred Friday in messages mes-sages to Republican leaders of both the senate and house the president-j 1 elect eipreesed earnest desire rhat tlu bill 6 reported out by the senate naval j affairs committee be passed at present jjession. The bill calls for an expenditure expen-diture of nearly half a billion dollars and U a direct slap at Sen Borah and j Jther Republican senalora who have i teen insisting on disarmament regard- loss of what other nations may do A number of Democrats Including Sena ,tor King of Utah, are supporting the Rebellious Republicans. President-elect rlarding virtually so BBLbm lift dorses SfCretAT) DWlelg' naval pro-gram pro-gram ant' stands for the completing nt i he man big supciilreadnaughts who ii will bring Amerlcj into frsl DOSt i"" SI 1 naval pow i i This attitude of the president elect on the naval program me,) lonvsliailnw n broader policy lor thf army than hga 1 bo far been indicated. In this phn:e I of preparedness Ogden Is deeply coti-I coti-I cerned, because, if 'he army program keeps pace with that of the navy, and if should IhC arsenal south of this OltJ vvill bg developed according to plans worked out by the general slalf which call for an Inner line of defense covering the Pacific const, with exten slve equipment and supplies nt the opden arsenal