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American Interest First, Said
Judge Crisp on ‘Little Navy* Bill
One of the best speeches made in
the House of Congress in behalf of
a naval personnel of 86,000 men, in
stead of the 63,000 men advocated in
the naval reduction bill, was made
by Congressman Chas. R. Crisp, of
Americus, on Friday, April 14, just
before the passage of the 86,000 men
provision. His speech, brief as it
was, gives an excellent impression of
the high Americanism of Judge Crisp
in considering matters affecting the
national welfare and distinct from
party interest. His speech is re
produced from the Congressional Re
cord, and follows:
“Mr. Crisp. Mr. Chairman J have
never been a militaristic man; I have
always opposed a large army, but have
favored a big navy. Large armies
sometimes Prussianize a country, but
large navies never do this. I favor
sweeping reductions in the army, for,
if we maintain a sufficient corps of
trained officers, in time of trouble
we can soon equip any army of tie
finest soldiers in the world. Our coun
try is fortunately situated geographi
cally, with an ocean between us and
any country that might jeopardize
our national security and defense. If
American rights and American secur
ity is ever assailed, the foe must come
from across the sea; therefore I have
always believed that America should I
have the best navy of any country in
the world: (Applause.)
"Mr. Chairman, I am not familiar
with the technioal deia ls and needs
of the navy or how many men it takes
to equip and maintain ships in com
mission. I can truthfully say that 1
have the greatest love for the gentle
man from Michigan (Mr. Kelley) but
I <lo not think than he knows any
thing more about the navy or the
needs of the navy than does the gen
tleman from Tennessee (Mr. Pad
gett), who for eight years was chair
man of the committee on naval af
fairs. They differ diametrically as
to the number of men required to
maintain a navy on the 5-5-3 ratio.
The gentleman from Michigan (Mr.
Kelley) in a speech stated that 63.000
men authorized by the appropriations
committee bill, will maintain our navy
on a basis of the ratio of 5-5-3 and
give us practically as many men as
are in the English navy. The gentle
man from Tennessee (Mr. Padgett),
who is a profound student of the na
vies of the world, disputes this. In a
speech on the floor of this house he
said:
“ ‘Now, the British navy and ma
rine personnel, not including reserves,
for the fiscal year ending March 31, ,
1923, officers and men, 98,500; col
onial navies, 7,289; also one-third of j
the aviation personnel were co-oper- ■
ating with and constituted a part of
the naval personnel, 11,969; making!
a total of 117,758. There is no in- .
formation of the number of men in |
the naval communication service,
naval recruiting service, or the Royal
Indian Marines. They are not count- i
ed in the 117,758. I want to call at- j
tention to another matter. England i
had a reserve on January 1, 1922, of- ■
fleers, 10,332; men, 38,800, making a
total of 49,130. They are not count
ed in the figures I gave a moment ag-'.
And yet what? They op mats 35
oilers, 1 repair ship and 1 supply i
ship. In pther words, those reserves |
operate 37 ships and are not counted ;
in their 117,758. Add the 38,808 to I
your 117,758 and you have got 156,-
556 men in the British navy availa
ble to operate their ships. And yet
they come before this congress and
say that with our 67,000 that may be
provided by this bill and our 19,500
marines we have got as many as the
British have, but you can not make
the figures tell any such tale as that’.
“It is frequently said here in debate
that we can not pay any attention or
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give credence to the recommendation
of naval officers as to the needs of
the navy for they are biased and un
reliable. I know very few naval of
ficers. Those whom I have had the
good fortune to meet are honorable
men, and I think they low? their
country and desire to ierve their
country just as much as does the dis
tinguished gentleman from Michigan,
myself, or any other member of the
house. I think when it comes to tech
nical knowledge as to the number of
men required to operate the navy,
they know very much mure about it
than any of us. (Applause.) We
are perfectly willing to rely upon na
val officers and entrust millions of
dollars of property and the precious
lives of our boys to the gentlemen
when they are baring their breasts
to the bullets of the enemy, to the
storms of the seas, when the country
is at war. Why are they not entitled
to some confidence and their opinions
entitled to some weight as to the
needs of the navy when we are at
peace?
“Appealing now to my Democratic
colleagues, we have a right to be
proud of the American navy, because
our party has played a conspicuous
part in it. It was during the Cleve-
I land administration, when Mr. Wil
liam C. Whitney was secretary of the
navy, that the American navy first
took a prominent place on the sea.
“And it was during the last Demo
cratic administration, under the Dem
ocratic program of 1916, that the
American navy became the best one
in the world. Why should we follow
the Republican majority leader and
take any chance or cast any vote that
may reduce it to a second-class navy?
“Now, genii: men, as I said before,
I do not know the number of men !
required to maintain this navy on the I
ratio of 5-5-3, which we all want to [
maintain. Now, if there is any doubt
about the number of men required to
do this, without criticizing any of my
colleagues, I, for one, shall resolve
the doubt in favor of giving the num
ber of men that the naval officers and
the navy department, the secretary
of state, and ail those who have stud
ied the matter fiom the government’s
standpoint, declare it is necessary to
give, to-wit, 86,000 men. (Ap
plause),
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other thing I wish to call to the at
tention of this house. When we
1 adopted the budget system and con
solidated the appropriations in one
committee, the committee on appro
priations, it was expressly stated and
argued on this floor that the commit
tee on appropriations was not a leg
islative committee. In bringing in
this bill the committee on appropria
tions has transcended its authority
and is usurping the prerogatives of
the committee on naval affairs by leg
islating for the navy. The bill legis
lates by providing that the personnel
of the navy shall be ortly 63,000 men.
The committee on naval affairs, which
under the rules of the house has
charge of legislation relating to the
navy, after two months of hearings,
has reported a bill recommendinglhat
the personnel of the navy be fixed at
80,000 men and 6,000 apprentices.
The question for us to decid? is
whether we will follow legislation
suggested by the appropriat.ons com
mittee or by the naval affairs com
mittee. Are we willing, bv accepting
the report of the committee on appro
priations, to say that the naval affairs
committee and the other former ap
propriating committees of the house
-hall be reduced to mere nonentities?
“1 am going to say very frankly to
the gentleman from Michigan (Mr.
Kelley), as I said when I started out,
that I am not familiar with the de
tails of this legislation. My infor
mation was from prominent members
of the committee on naval affairs that
the mill authorized a personnel ‘of
86,000.
“Now, to sum up and not take any
more of the time of the house, it is
my intention to vote to increase the
personnel to 86,000 men. (Applause.)
And I shall do it for the reason that
the naval affairs committee, which is
the proper legislating committee for
the house on this subject, after ex
haustive hearings has recommended
86,000. I shall do it because Secre
tary of the Navy Denby; the assistant
secretary of labor, Mr. Roosevelt;
Admiral Washington, chief of the bu
reau of navigation, and all other na
val officers, who are charged with the
duty of managing the navy have said
it was necessary to have 86,000 to
maintain our navy on a 5-5-3 ratio,
which we are authorized to do under
the disarmament treaty. I shall do it
because the secretary of state has
advised this house that the naval
board that was intrusted with the re
sponsibility of advising our peace
commissioners when the international
conference was being held say it re-
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quires 86,000 men to maintain the
5-5-3 ratio. (Applause).
“The present strength of the navy,
• as I understand it, is 104,000 men.
If it is reduced to 86,000 there will
be a reduction of 18,000 men, which
will effect a large saving to the tax
payers, and if you give the 86,000
there is no question but what our
navy will be efficient and be equal
to the navy of Great Britain. I have
no criticism of any colleague who
differs with me, but I shall take no
chances for my country’s safety. I
shall give the country the benefit of
any doubt in my mind by voting for
86,000 men, the number that those
charged with the responsibility say
is necessary to maintain 5-5-3 ration.
(Applause.)
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Despite coke shortage, mills of
the U. S. Steel Corporation continue
running on an averoge of 75 per cent
capacity. New onjors are being book
ed on a still large.* scale. Open
hearth operations in the Youngs
town district are going on a fuel-oil
basis. Prices continue upward es,
pecially pig iron.
The Betting
In the stock market rails have been
having their best market since before
the war. The average of leading rail
road shares was down to about S6B
after the reaction from the $93 peak
of the 1919 bull market. Recently it
climbed around SBS, the highest in
three years.
Coming Back
About 400,000 freight cars are idle
now, on account of business condi
tions, especially dull coal movement.
Tremendous ft eight movement is k‘
sight for next fall.
Railroad buying continues on a
heavy scale. Prices are attractive.
Steel rails, S2B a ton before the war,
climbed to $57 in the wav boom and
now are down to S4O. Standard 30-
ton freight cars now cost SIBOO,
against SISOO before the war and
$3200 at the peak of the boom.
Brisk Auto Trade »
Ford schedule calls for production
of 120,000 cars in May. That’s one
car every 6 1-2 seconds.
Detroit reports auto sales have in
creased so rapidly since Anrib 10
that an acute shortage of fi4jied
parts, especially axles, is devvpp
ing.
More Building
Sales of bement have doubled in
last 45 days, and now are a sixth
bigger than a year ago, due to build
ing pick-up.
Strike Gains
Coal strike is developing more
favorably for the union miners than
the great strike of 1919, in the mat
ter of strangling coal production.
While this is partly due to lessened
spot-market demand, coal reserves are |
being eaten into rapidly. i
TUESDAY, MAY 2 .1922.
During the 1919 strike, the ra
tion s coal output in one week
-. dropped to 600,000 tons a day. Then
. it began climbing upward rapidly, as
, open-shop mines began producing.
I I In first three weeks of 1922 strike
■ 1 output continued slumping. Trend
. -till was downward April 24.
I ' Leading New York coal brokers
predict the strike will end by first of
June.
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