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Show I PLANE CARRIER I VESSELSURGED Senators Favor Speedy Boats, Which Should Cost $25,-000,000 $25,-000,000 Each WASHINGTON. Feb. 6. First steps looking to the construction of a fleet of modern high speed nlrplane carriers car-riers for the navy were taken today H in congress. Senator Gerry, Democrat, Rhode Island, introduced an amendment to the naval appropriation bill providing for four such vessels to cost not more than 2H,600,000 each Before, the houso oavaj committee, Representatives Representa-tives Britten, Republican, Illinois, and Oliver, Democrat, Alabama, announced that they would present bills each providing pro-viding for two airplane carrier. DIVERT OTHER FUNDS. All naval Officers and Brigadier General Gen-eral Mitchell of the army air service, who have been testifying before the houso committee for two days, have stressed tho Importance of obtaining such carriers as soon as possible. General Gen-eral Mitchell said today American aviation officers had little knowledge of the uhcs of the proposed vessels because Great Britain is keeping the data secret. I Representative Oliver's bill would 1 Bet $30,000,000 each as tho limit or cost for the two curriers and would j provide that until money was appropriated appropri-ated none of the fund authorized for tho battleships Massachusetts and Iowa, already under contract, could be available. The Britten proposal would divert $52,000,000 authorized for twelve destroyers, one transport and six fleet submarines for the two airplane air-plane carriers. UNITED UK SERVICE. General Mitchell told the houso committee com-mittee that a united air service would save the government money and would place the air service under flying officers offi-cers who would be Interested In its development. Under present conditions in both the army and navy, he said, aviation is under officers who are unsympathetic. un-sympathetic. Members of the navy general board and Captain T. T. Craven, director of naval aviation, will present thp navy's side of the case In opposition Monday. Mon-day. The senate naval committee today continued hearings on Senator Borah's resolutions to suspend naval building for six months while experts study types of ships. Rear Admirals W .s. Sims and B. A. Flske, before the com-1 nilttoe today in executive session, op-1 posed the resolution. on |