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Show COMPROMISE ON NAVY EXPENSES MAY SAVE BILL Senators King and Borah Oppose Op-pose Construction of Alameda Ala-meda Naval Base WASHINGTON. March 2. Pros-1 pects for passage of th naval appro priatlon bill were said b senate lead-! ers to have improved when the senate convened todav to continue Us struggle strug-gle Conferences between leading supporters sup-porters and opponents of Ihe senate increases wrre said to havo opened a path toward a compromise by which tho bill might . saved from defra;. ! Proposals dfSCUMOd were said to In-j In-j elude elimination of amendments for the Alameda. Cal.. and other Pacific roast nuval baHes, upon which Sena-lore Sena-lore Borah. Republican. Idaho, and King. Democrat. Ftah. have centered their fire BONUS IS AVOIDED Reduction of committee increase for navy aviation and POTSOXUIS to a point which might be acceptable to ittae house also talked of. Senator Polndexter, Republican. Wa-uington. in chare of tbs bill, gave notice that he Intended tp kOOp the senute In continuous session until a vole was had. Some senators said that the navy bill was being UBOd as a buffer to pre-ivent pre-ivent consideration of the o)dier I bonus and other legislation which ra-'ribus ra-'ribus senators oppose. CONFERENCE OF POWERS B unanimous vote. S8 senators answering an-swering the roll, the senate last night 'attached as an amendment to the. na-;al na-;al appropriation bill a section call 'iDg upon the president to call a con-IfcrsBes con-IfcrsBes of ihe rjnJtOd State. Japan and Great Britain to consider naval disarmament. Tbe proposition originally presented present-ed by Senator Borah. Republican. Idaho, was put before the senate under un-der unanimous consent agreement by Senator Edge. Republican. New Jer-say, Jer-say, and the vote was taken upon his amendment. SECRET DISCUSSION. The vote was taken after seven hours of debate, which Included an (executive session at which foreign af j fairs, particularly in reference to I Japan, a as discussed. |