Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-02-25 | Page 1 | Harding Wants Plenty of Coin for U. S. Navy

HARDING WANTS ! PLENTY OF COIN FOB II. S. NAV? President-Elect Sends Word He Favors Continuing Present Pres-ent Building Program WASHINGTON. Feb. 25. (By The Associated Press.) President-Elect Harding sent word today to senate 1 Republican leaders thai hf desired i adequate appropriations for tho navy and favored continuing the present building program without material reductions. With this definite statement of Iwhat wa-s regarded as the n w administration's ad-ministration's naval pollcv, senate Republicans Re-publicans declared they would insist (upon the senate increases over the house totals In the naval appropriations' appropria-tions' bill, even at the rik of defeating de-feating the bill at this session. Mr. Harding's views were given in response to Inquiries regarding the reduced appropriations mode by the house. Tho president-elect replied that he was in complete sympathy with tho action of the senate naval committee yesterday in increasing the house totals. The president-elect It was said, did not indicate his position with reference refer-ence to Senator Borah s disarmament proposal. Some leaders said, however, how-ever, they lelt assured that he would favor disarmament provided a gen ierul agreement could b" obtained and l that consequently prospects for adop Jtlon of Senator Borah's disarmament 'resolution had improved Leaders expressed doubt whether the house would yield to the senate increases proposed in the naval bill and said it might be that ih.- bill l would not be passed before MiiYch 4.