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Show GUNS IN THE NAVY PUTTIED UP BY EXPERTS Washington, June 10. "I have sworn affidavits that cracks in guns made by the Bethlehem Steel company com-pany have been puttied up by experts ex-perts in order that they might pass Inspection," declared Representative Hughes of New Jersey, in advocating the construction of battleships In navy ynrds, during a discussion of a conference report on tho naval appropriation appro-priation bill in the house today, Mr. Roberts of Massachusetts, a member of the naval affairs committee com-mittee challenged this statement. "And thse.se guns' added Mr. Hughes, ''are more dangerous to the men behind them than they are to the enemy In front of them." Mr. Hughes said ho did not know whether such guns had been accepted by the government. |