Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1926-12-24 | Page 6 | Ten Cruisers Now Planned

i Ten Cruisers Now Planned Washington Expenditure of $105 000.000 for ten light scout cruisers would be authorized under a bill introduced in-troduced by Chairman Butler of the house naval committee. This amouni would be exclusive of armor and armament. ar-mament. The measure v as drafted by the chairman upon his return from a conference at tho White House, and I lie bill is represented by Butler as being In harmony with the president's financial program. The trend of thf discussion at (he White Ilouee.