AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 January 1929, Page 6

AMERICAN ITEMS.

U.S.A. CRUISER VOTE

TO BE FORCED THROUGH

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WASHINGTON, January 24

Mr Britten, of the House of Reprc sentatives. to-night announced that he would introduce a bill next week t; provide:-; for cruiser c'piist) upi'ioii. h utter? the k annua I Na vy' App.ropria tion Bill, unless the Senate takes action pii the “pending,- Cruiser JL.f in tin hicantihio. A

The announcement was made alto' Mr Britton had conferred with ITesi dent. .Coolidge, •Senator Curtiss, amothers"on the question of a prompt passage of the Cruiser Bill, which Mi . Britten ,said the.country wishes. Such action as that proposed by Mi Britton,, however, would require a special ruling, as the House cannot appropriate on the Appropriation Bill for items not authorised in the original, measure, i; . ... • i Senator Britten said: “My idea is to (introduce a,Bill calling dor,a. rule to make 1.2,500,000' dollars in Navy Appropriation Bill which will ■he .reported from committee next week. Sitch a- rider to ithe hill could he passed in the House in less than fortyfive minutes,- ;as did the Cruiser. Bill which was held in the Senate for nearly a iyoar. - . Ho explained that such a hill, it adopted by the House, would automatically have the effect off stopping llic Senate from further considering the Cruiser Bill, and also that, it passed by both Houses, it would en--jrure-the construction of the vessels regardless of the success of the Cruiser Building Bill. Senator Britten said that his action .'was to, expedite the cruiser logislUtiuii' and : to ‘“submerge the small group of htiiigrv-lookmg professional pacifists and internat.oiia anarchists hanging' round ti?o capital to impress memhers of Congress. He states that President Coolidge did not commit hi inselff to the proposal Imt lie would not oppose it.