Washington, Mar. 1.
The House of Representatives Naval Affairs Committee which has been conducting hearings on the Vinson Naval Expansion Bill. tom day enlarged provisions of the bil! during a private session.
One of the major decisions reached to-day was the appropriation of $3.~ 1000,000 of the $19,000,000 experiment fund which the bill would prot for the construction of a din about the size of the decommissioned Los Angeles for training purposes.
An "additional $5,000,000 was earmarked for experiments with surface craft and $7,000,000 for experimental work with "airships,—war planes, air bombs and torpedoes.
'The' Committee defeated demands lof Mr. Ralph E. Church. Republican lof Mlinois, who demanded that the Navy Department submit to the Committee, reports on naval Jmanceuvres off the Pacific Coast last year in which Navy bombers were alleged to have "destroyed" several Mr. Church's demands for formation regarding recent ce tions between American and Jnaval oMfcials in London also were rejected by the Committee.
The Committee also enlarged the scope of the bill in accordance with Navy Department suggestions that the Navy be authorized to increase [shipbuilding facilities to handle the lenfarged naval building programme.
Mr. Carl Vinson, Democratic Relnresentative of Georgia and author the naval expansion bill, predicted to-day that the Committee would soon return a favourable report on the bill to the House—Uniled Press.
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