Admiral Stark Discusses Weaknesses of German 26 Expected; Japan Still Pocket-Battleships and Super-Battleship Feeling Friendly Washington, Jan. 10.
United States Navy proposes to spend $4,000,000 during the next fiscal year for improving facilities at Guam—dredging seaplane runways and erecting breakwaters—Admiral Harold R. Stark, Chief of Naval Operations, told the House Naval Affairs Committee here yesterday.
Funds for this purpose have been included in the budget for the 14th Naval District Headquarters at Hawaii, he revealed. A specific authorization, such as was asked for last year, is not necessary, he declared. Admiral Stark's statement immediately raised last year's controversy, in which Guam was removed from the group of authorized naval bases. Committeemen sought to determine whether the proposed improvements are authorized.
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