Maintenance Expected to Be:
$25,000,000 Extra Washington, Mar. 8.
Maintenance of President Roose-vell's expanded Navy will. cost the United States $25,000,600 to $35,000,000 more a year than the cost of upkeep for the present fleet, it was learned here to-day.
Mr, Fred M. Vinson, Demoeratle Representative of Keniticky anda thor of the Vinson Naval Expansion HI estimated "that the enlarged Navy might cost as high as an addltional $90,000,000 annually for maintenance.
'The House Rules Committee voted expedite Mr. Vinson's measure last 'Thursday, granting 'Mr. Vinson's request for' limiting debate on the bill Senator Key Pittman, Democrat of Nevada, warned the Senate that the Naval Expansion Bill was vital to the protection of the Panama Canol—United Press.
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