UNITED STATES NAVY
APPROPRIATION BILL
(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Australian * N.Z. Cable,Association.)
(Received 4th Jan., 10.10 a.m.) WASHINGTON, 3rd Jan. A Naval Appropriation Bill, carrying 324,394,680 dollars, which is nearly 10,000,000 below the present appropriations, was reported to the House and is expected to be duly passed. ’• Heeding the President’s request for economy, the committee asked for no appropriation for three cruisers and two giant dirigibles, and left the navy personnel at the present figure of 82,500, Recent proposals- for ten cruisers were approved.
President Coolidge stands independently in another’Bill calling for no actual appropriation funds; hence the present situation. There is no actual demand for money for new fighting craft, though it may develop as the session progresses.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 4 January 1927, Page 5
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