New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 26, 1928, Page 36

NATION T0 OBSERVE NAVY DAY OCT. 27 Anaiversary of First Resolution | to Authorize Warships U. & Navy recruiting efficer in | this city, John J. Bergin, has re- ceived from the navy department at ‘Washington the following statement concerning the history and purpose of Navy Day, which will be ob- served throughout the nation on Oc- tober. 37: “Navy Day was first sponsored in 1923 by the Navy League of the United States, an organization of pa- triotic individuals animated by a de- sire to place before the public, in- formation concerning our navy. Oc- tober 27th was chosen as Navy Day by its sponsors for two reasons. It was on October 27, 1775 that the first resolution to authorize Ameri can warchips, was introduced into the Continental Congress, Wwhich measure was very shortly afterward authorized. “October 27 is also the anniver- sary of the late President Theodore Roosevelt, who developed much of his life to the establishment of a sound American naval policy. He it was who wrote a splendid naval history of the war of 1812, and who later as assistant secretary of the navy, and still later as president de- voted his energics to impress on the American people the necessity of an adequate navy and of its primary importance as the first line of de- fense. ‘Official endorsement of the ob- ®ervance of Navy Day was given by President Harding in 19 and, throughout the country patriotic so- cletles and individuals cooperated enthusiastically to make this day a day of understanding for the pco- ple of this country, of the merits of their navy. | Visitors Welcome Aboard Ship | ‘It has long been felt that not a great many of our pecple know much about the navy, what it is doing, and of what use it is in tix of peace, Only the pcople on the seaboard see the ships of our naval forces, and not many of them ever get & chance to visit them. October 27th s the navy's day at home; visi- tors are cordially wil-oined at ai pavy yards and stations and cn board ships in harbor. The movies and the, press have loaned their re- sources to show the public by pic- tures and timcly articles of the navy's activities ashore and afloat. It is unfortunate that nature pre- yents the majority of our citizens from seeing their navy. Could they but see it, they would be proud of it. “Our country's intcrnational ob- ligations have limited the size of the mavy insofar as capital ships and aircraft carriers are concernéd; no actual limit has been placed by treaty on the size and number of other units such as cruisers, de- stroyers, submarines and types, but the representatives of our people in congress have shown an unwillingness to unduly incrcase the numbers and size of the latter types. In effect, a limitation of all types of wap vessels has been imposcd on the navy of the United States, | “Not all the vessels we have are in full commission. Many, particu- larly destroyers that were built dur- Ing and immediately after the late war, are laid up for lack of crews to man them, but these could be commissioned in case of war. It must be remembered that the lives of these ships are limited; like au- tomobiles or any other picce of machinery, they deterforate with | the passing of time, no matter how | &00d care they may receive, ‘ “Despite the limitation of arma- ments treaty, the unwillingness to| bulld large numbers of ncw vessets, | and the vessels now lald up, our navy is atill an efficient fighting or- | ganization and a guarantee of peace. | he best proof of this is the universal respect in which this country is held | throughout the entire world, * { Merchant Marine l *For the past few years special | emphasis has been placed on the in- | terdependence of our forcign trade, | our merchant marine and our naval protection. Our present merchant marine is insufficient to carry our enormous experts; most of it being carried in foreign bottoms. The shipper naturally prefers to ship his §00ds by the most economical car- rler, and it 18 a fact that most for- eign steamship lines can be and are operated at less expense than com- Peting American lines, The reasons for this state of affairs are many and varfed, the principal one bring Jower labor costs abroad in building and operation. From the business Concerning Coneerning Our Triends Between this dairy nud gratifying friendliness pr They appreciate our rich precautions we take And we appreciate has made possible the Best By Test lesser 1 | foreign commerce and essential for standpoint this state of afairs scems ' Navy is simply & war-time weapen. natural, and in times of peace it is It's peace-time uses are many and often difficult to foresee the ruinous varied, such as protection of Amer- result of this condition, were war to ‘can citisens and property in law- be declared with a first class power. |less countries where the local au- What would happen if our l.htppeu thorities are unable to protect them, were unable, owing to the outbreak 'various diplomatic missions of good of war, to ship their exports in for- | will, charting and surveying un- cign bottoms, due to their with- |charted waters and coasts in differ- drawal for their own government's ¢t parts of the world, relieving dis- use? Whose carriers could we rely ; tress in varlous parts of our own on? The surest answer is to have and other lands in times of great our own Merchant Marine, calamities, such as earthquakes, and fo ahsalentad hurricanes, and relieving distress at “The water borne forelgn com-:sea. The Navy through its Hydro- merce of the United States involves 8raphic office, furnishes information the transportation annually of more ©f conditions in various waters of than 113 million long tons of freight the world, and information of valued at nearly eight billion dol- Wwrecks and danger to all marigers. lars. The cost of transporting The Navy sets the clocks of the na- nus commerce amounted in the year tion through its observatory at 927, to 760 million dollars. Thirty- Washington. Navy radio compass lhree different countries are now Stations furnish valuable naviga- participating in this transportation 'tional assistance to any ship that de- of the forcign commerce of the sires it. Its communication system United States. More than 66 per assists in every possible way Amer- cent of this transportation is done ican private radio and telegraph by foreign flag vessels, Less than companies, particularly in the Pa- 24 per cent of our foreign water- ' cific ocean, where extensive private borne commerce is carried in Ameri- | facilities are lacking. The American can bottoms. Thus about 66 per flag flying from our outlying men- cent of the 760 million dollar of-war brings security and confl- freight bill goes into foreign pockets. | dence to the many thousands of our We pay the 4,000 vessels flying the 'citizens who live and trade in for- flags of forcign countries about 502 eign countries. million dollars annually to carry| “Our Navy today is not as well American products abroad. | balanced as it should be, owing to “The question naturally arises, 'the lack of cruisers. These are nec- why should not Americans Teap | cssary to protect our lengthy trade | this cnormous profit? Because OUF | routes and outlying posscasions, as merchant marine is too small o jnformation posts for ‘our fleet, to ‘:”Y :’1‘" “““1“"91 "‘fi’ ”i’""d"" K)"‘ protect the lines of communication the ships, that's al nd Who of the flect, and to defend our ships, | would carry our exports In case of merchant and naval, from the en- a war fn which we found it neces- 'omyig submarines and destroyers. sary to rely on our own ShippinE 4gajn it s well to repeat, the greae- resources? It would take some time .t needs of the United States to- for this country with all its enor- guo rrom a maritime viewpoint, are mous shipbuilding and manufactur- "' q.0uate merchant marine and ing facilitics to build sufficlent . gisient cruisers to round out and ships to rcplace the present 8hort- .4 .o'a palanced fleet. DR | *“The world outlook for peace at Dosa AL not soem 1 the prescnt time s indeed bright Mo hipve A and encouraging. No sane person or now, sufficient to guarantee us in- 200 SRR o Teveryone dependence of forelgn bottome? . "oepeg gy that, Yot if Bhstory Surcly it must bo clear that &R . .,.q yy any lesson it Is that the that we marine o My i d';:as‘::“:fi best insurance against war is ade. Baiot quate preparcdness. Our democratic Dificulties to Overcome is a safe ‘““mfi" “Many difficultics must first be use of our military overcome bef get a mer- rorms for aggression. The applica- chant m 't tp guaran. tion of a moderate proportion of & our income to the first line of de- te this independence of © alen ot Yot it would seem [cnse as an insurance against war is t this could be done, for we have day the example of a few Ameri- can privately owned and operated teamship lines competing success- fully with forcign lines. “As an auxiliary to the regular a me of war the ¢ would be of um- ommander of & c of war most urgently % “re I’ .’d Lize Masic” P it Detroit, Mich. -—’.!ybn"v.:sm. e 'm”‘(of .,I(m c;:,( ':1,’ cezerna and I sceined DDGIObER. panngt. | BS ‘\ to relicve him, I had ' motics Y, t Sluoflo‘{or resources of marine floet in tin vant and t 34 provnl to is ual the treatn: ng 1 bought dO":tmen’..'rcmva. ! d alter using them ea Pl the tronhla healed zned) Lhos. Saund In 'urm t with the nec >n 1o command- er would feel secure, Not as fight- ing forces wonld onr merchant ma- b ost role, although' or many merc v wonld othing, hea! ideal forkcepingbaby's l :in cloar and novmal, 'uny‘«un. der ot the QUICKNESS ol its ne. tion. For adults, too! ‘Wry it. 48 el druggiste. For ‘ree rample of cach, write Res'nol, Dept. 34 Baitimers, Mid. would they be mo this too, with very litt their non-combatant o carricrs. m the days of President ngton to the day of President , for over one hundre nent Americans of and from all cctions of the country ve de- clared the wisdom of providing the nation with merchant ships of its own, because such ships are indis- pensable in the promotion of our fifty v the national defense. “The Navy too, has fits wuses in| Lach Motors Inc. peace as well as in war. 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Grdbli sisees i 7 ‘The Oyster Season’ the best and most ecomomical way to perpetuate poace.” START T0 DRAW TAXATION TREATY Trying to Awid Toll in Two Dillerent Countries Geneva, Switserland, Oct. 36 UP— First steps toward the drawing of & multilateral treaty to avoid double taxation have been made by Prof. T. 8 Adams of Yale university, American delegate to the interna- tional double taxation conference now in session here. Terms Prof. Adams has been negotiating with the delegates of the various na- tions represented at the conference with the idea of determining how many nations stand ready to join the United States in a common conven- tion to get rid 'of double taxation by which & person . domiciled abroad must pay taxes both in his home country and in his place of residence. The exact tergis of the proposed treaty would be negotiated later. The present conference is confin- ed to the problem of agreeing on the texts of model treaties, but the American delegation believes that the Interests of American commerce require an actual treaty to be signed |by as many nations as pessible. With commercial asrial navigation between countries rapidly develop- =~ Prof, Adams today made & strong appeal to the conferencs not iy 10 vefrain from the double tax- ing of the profits of air transport, but declared that air companies should be taxed only in the country | where the controlling interests exist and that no exception be made to this rule. Under this doctrine, future Zeppelins for instance, would be taxed only in Germany. He urged that the same- principle be applied to profits on merchant marine as calculated to insure the orderly development of internation- al economic life. Passes Amendment Prof. Adams’ amendment concern- ing alr navigation later was adopted by the conference. 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