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THE BEE: OMAHA. SU.NDAY. NOVEMBER 13. 1921.
StopNavyBuilding,
Scrap Many Ships,
Is American Plan
.Secretary Hughes PmenU to
Duarrnament Conference
Propoial for TeoYear
Naval Holiday.
Citlaa4 rnm ft Om.) ,
turin, Ajx, Hood, Renown, Re
pule, Tiler 22.
Totil tonnage, 604.4S0.
Japan: Naualo, Hiuga, Ite, Ya
frushiro,' Fu-So, Settiu, Kirishima,
Haruna. Hi-Ycl, Konfjo-10.
Total tonnage, 299,700.
Kegarding the naval armaments ot
France and Italy, the American pro-
i oti iav:
j "In view of the extraordinary con
jditions due to the world war affect
ling tlx existing strength In the
tnaviei ot France and Italy, trie
United States doe not consider nec
rttary the discussion at this stage of
the tonnage allowance of these na
tions, but proposes it be reserved for
the later consideration of this con
ference. Completing 1916 Program.
The United States is now com
pleting its program of 1916, calling
for 10 new battleships and six battle
cruisers. One battleship has been
completed. The others are in various
Mages of construction in some cases
from 60 to 80 per cent of the con
struction has been done. On these
15 capital shins now being built over
$3J0,000,C00 has been spent. Still
the United States is willing in the
interest of an immediate limitation
of naval armaments to scrap al! these
ships.
For the United States the pro
gram would scrap all capital ships
under construction, 15 ' in number,
and 15 of the older battleships.
Required of England.
Great Britain would stop con
struction of her four new ships of
the Hood type, and scrap all her
second and first-line battleships up
to the King George V class.
Japan would abandon plans for
two battleships and four battle
cruisehs not yet laid down, and in
addition would scrap three capital
ships and four battle cruisers in
process of construction and all 10
of the pre-dreadnaught and battle
ships of the second line.
A proviso also would be included
permitting replacement of capital
ships when they were 20 years old
and prohibiting construction of any
ship built in replacement with ton
nage of more than 35,000 tons. The
text of the proposals as its details
concern the three leading naval pow
ers, is as follows:
The United States proposes, if this
plan is accepted: .
"1. To Scrap all capital hsips now
under construction. This includes
six battle cruisers and seven battle
ships on the waya and in the course
of building, andy two battleships
launched.
"The total number of new capital
ships thus to be scrapped is 15. The
toial . tonnage of the new capital
ships when completed would be 618,
000 tons.
U. S. to Scrap 30.
2. To scrap all of the older bat
tleshipsup to, hut not including the
Delaware and North Dakota. The
number of- these old battleships to
be scrapped is 15. , Their total ton
nage is 227,740 tons.
"Thus, the number of capital ships
to be scrapped by the United States
if this plan is accepted, is 30, with
an aggregate tonnage (including
that of ships in construction, if
completed), of 845.740 tons.
GREAT. BRITAIN: The plan
contemplates that Great Britain and
Japan , shall take action which is
fairly commensurate with this action
on the part of the United States.
- "It is proposed that Great Britain:
"1. Shall stop further construc
tion of the four new Hoods, the new
capital ships not laid down, but
upon which money has been spent.
The four ships, if completed, would
have a tonnage displacement of
172.000 tons. .
"2. Shall, in addition, scrap her
pre-dreadnaughts, second line battle
ships, and first line battleships, up to
but not including the King George
V class. . : - 1 i
"These, with certain, pre-dreadnaughts
which it is understood have
already been scrapped would amount
to 19 capital ships and a tonnage re
duction of 411,375 tons.
"The total tonnage of ships thus
to be scrapped by Great Britain (in
cluding the tonnage " of the four
Hoods, if completed) would be 583,
v55 tons.
Proposed for Japan.
JAPAN It is proposed that
Japan :
; "1. Shall abandon her program of
ships not vet laid down, viz., the
K-ll, Owari No. 7 and No. 8 battle
ships and Nos. 5, 6, 7 and 8 battle
cruisers.
"It should be observed that this
does not involve the stoppage of
construction, as the construction of
none of these ships has been begun.
"2. Shall scrap three capital ships
(the Mutsu, launched, the Aosa, the
Kago, in course of building) and
four battle cruisers (the Amagi and
Akagi, in course of building, and
the A toga and-Takao, not yet laid
down, but for which certain material
has been assembled).
- Would Scrap Seven Ships.
"The total number of new capital
ships to be scrapped under this para
graph is seven. The total tonage
of these new capital ships when com
pleted would be 289,100 tons.
3. "Shall scrap all pre-dreadnaughts
and battleships of the sec-
ond line. This would include the
scrapping of all ships, up to, but not
including the Settsu that is, the
scrapping of 10 old ships, with a
total tonnage of 159,828 tons.
"The total reduction of tonnage
on vessels existing, bid down, or for
which material has been assembled
(taking the tonnage of the ships
when completed), would be 448,923
tons.
"Thos, under this plan there would
. be immediately destroyed, of the
navies of the three powers, 66 capi
tal fighting ships, built and building,
but a total tonnage of 1,878,043."
Limit U. S. Navy to 18.
It is proposed that it should be
agreed by the JJnited States, Great
Britain and Japan that their navies
with respect Jo capital ships, within
Alliance City Manager
Tells How Plan Operates
If Omaha Is to Have Modern Government It Must
Eliminate Politicans and Substitute
Business Men,' Says ,
Kemmish.
If Omaha is to modernize its
municipal government and win the
city manager plan, it must be led by
its business men instead of its politi
cians," said N. A Kemmish yester
day. "When the city commission
Is elected tinder the manager plan it
ought to be made up of an entirely
new batch of citizens. If it isn't,
then things will run on in the same
old way, no matter how the govern
ment is changed."
Mr. Kemmish is Nebraska's only
city manager. Since taking hold of
affairs in Alliance, early this year,
he has put in economies that more
than have paid his salary. In the
public safety department he made a
saving of 25 per cent on police ex
penses and 60 per cent on the fire di
vision. Expenses in the public service
department have been cut 35 per
cent More work is being done now
than' before, and no salaries have
been reduced. He is an engineer,
with long experience in managing
public utilities.
Watch System Operate.
Many cities in the state are watch
ing the progress of Alliance under
the new system, and Mr. Kemmish
is in demand as a speaker before
civic organizations. He now is on
his way to at,tend a national conven
tion of city managers in Chicago,
and on his way home will address
the Kiwanis club at St. Joseph,
which is considering the city man
ager plan, It is probable that he
will speak later before a business
men's organization in Omaha.
"Politics and business don't mix,"
is the slogan of Mr. Kemmish. "The
plain American citizen, who is not
in with any political machine, is be
ginning to realize that our old sys
tem of city government docs not fit
modern needs," he said. "Is it any
wonder that our costs of government
have gone up by leaps and bounds?
It would actually pay the city of
Omaha to hire a big executive at
$50,000 a year to handle its munici
pal business. Of course no such
salary would have to be paid, but
the saving would warrant it.
Present System Wrong!
' "Our city government, and espe
cially our national government, has
grown to be one of the most gigantic
business institutions, requiring the
highest skilled and trained business
men available. Yet we continue to
place men in office who have haA
little or no business training and
have little or no conception of the
problems before them. How long
would a business man continue in
business operating under such a sys
tem? .
"Suppose, for example, that a bus
iness house employed only the most
papular or goqd looking managers,
stenographers and bookkeepers,
without ascertaining whether or not
they have' ever had any business
training or knowledge of how to
keep a set of books or run a type
writer. You know unless they hd
an unlimited capital to draw from
that such .a business would fail.
Everyone knows it would fail and
yet we cling to that very idea in our
city government and complain be
cause our taxes are high.
Present Plan Expensive.
"Under our old system we select
a man -who can pull the most votes.
If he is a vote getter he is the man
we want. We elect him and he pro
ceeds to run a business in which he
has had no previous knowledge or
experience. He is full of ideas as
to how the city should be run. He
proceeds to try these out by putting
them into practice at the taxpayers'
expense. About the time he begins
to really learn something about the
business it is time ior a change, and
out he goes, and we vote for another
green hand to take his place and try
his luck, with equal results. All
three months after the making of
the agreement, shall .consist of cer
tain ships designated in the proposal
and number for the United States
18, for Great Britain 22, for Japan
10.
The tonnage of these ships would
be as follows:
Of the United States, 500,650; of
Great Britain, 604,450; of Japan,
299,700. In reaching this result, the
age factor in the case of the respec
tive navies-has reached appropriate
consideration.
Replacement.
With respect to replacement the
United States proposes;
1. That it be agreed that the
first replacement tonnage shall not
be laid down until 10 years, from the
date of the agreement.
2. That replacements be limited
by an agreed maximum of capital
ihip tonnage as follows:
For the United States, 500,000 tons.
For Great Britain, 500,000 tons.
For Japan,. 300,000 tons. .
3. That subject to the 10-year
limitation above fixed and the maxi
mum standard, capital ships may be
replaced when they are 20 years old
by new capital ship construction.'
4. That no capital ship shall be
built in replacement with a tonnage
displacement of more than 35,000
tons.
"I have sketched the proposal only
in outline," said Secretary Hughes,
"leaving the technical deta'ls to be
supplied by the formal reposition
which is ready for submission to the
delegates. . . . -
"The plan includes provision for
the limitation of auxiliary surface
combatant craft This term em
braces three classes, that is:
"1. Auxiliary surface. combatant
craft, such as cruisers (exclusive of
battle cruisers), flotilla leaders, de
stroyers and various surface types.
"2. Submarine.
"3. Airplane carriers.
"I shall not attempt to review the
proposals for these virions classes
as they bear a definite relation to the
provisions for capital righting ships."
When in Omaha
Hotel Henshaw
this time we continue paying the bill
for his mistakes and for educating
these men only to throw them out
again.
"We keep on doing this same thing
ever and over again. We don't seem
to realize that this sort of thing is
unnecessary and it can be changed if
we make up our minds to do it. It
is a very simple matter, indeed, and is
no experiment whatever. All we
need to do is to apply the business
jrinciples that are used in any other
lines of business. If we are to keep
taxes within bounds we must use
efficient business methods in admin
istering the affairs of our govern
ment whether it be city or nation.
We must get away from the old hap
hazard, happy-go-lucky, "pass the
Luck" way ef doing business in our
governmental affairs and get down
to .real honest-to-goodness methods
of doing business in a business way.
Must Choose Carefully.
"By applying the same business
principles to our public corporation
or city business that we do to a
private corporation we will get the
same results and do it just as effi
ciently. In a private corporation all
the etockholders do not try to. run
the business. They choose among
themselves a board of directors who
act on all matters of general policy
for the stockholders. This board
appoints a general manager and
holds him responsible for the cue
cess or failure of the business. If
he cannot produce results they fire
him and get someone else who can.
It is the same way in the ctiy man
ager form of government. The city's
business is carried on by men trained
in business practices.
"The best type of man for a city
to obtain, as city manager is usually
an engineer who is a successful busi
ness manager of a public utility cor
poration or a private corporation.
This type of man has had experience
in meeting and dealing with the pub
lic. This is especially true of those
cities owning one or more public
utilities. It is more important that
a city secure a competent manager
than it is for a private corporation.
This is true because in his activities
the city manager comes into contact
with nearly every line of business
in the city.- The matter of choosing
a city manager is a very important
one. Whether this form of govern
ment is a success or not depends
largely .upon the man chosen.
He must have the following qual
ifications: j
Must Be Honest Official.
"Above all he must be honest.
This should be an inherited trait
of character and not simply acquir
ed. He must be honest in all of his
dealings with city affairs and give
the same treatment and considera
tion to each and every citizen re
gardless of the social or financial
standing they may have in-the com
munity. "He should not be a politician in
any sense of the word. If politics
are to rule there is no need to make
a change in government (or name
only. The city manager should be
chosen for his butinets qualifications
and not for political batons. If he
has ever been in politic. rpccial!y
in the community in which he is to
serve, that alone shouldb disqualify
him a his old political friends will
want to dictate to him and influence
him for their own personal benefits.
"He must be industrious and must
not take an active part in any one
particular club or organization, but
must be free to exercise his best
judxment and have only the welfare
of the entire city at heart He mutt
be an executive, capable of showing
consideration for those with whom
he deals and mutt have ability to
know and the courage to do at nil
times what is just and right for the
best interests of the entire city."
Attorney Congratulated "
For .Winning Dread Fight
Lincoln, Nov. 12. (Special.)
"Congratulations on winning the
bread bill."
This telegram was received to
day from Omaha by Assistant At
torney General C. L. Dort, signed
by the following Omaha men:
United States Marshal Dennis H.
Cronin, James Walsh, Frank P.
Shotwcll, John F. McArdlc, James
McLeod, Samuel Rothwell and Har
ry Asher. ' '
City Attorney of
Grand Island Pays
Damages for Accident
Grand Island, Neb., Nov. 12.
(Special Telfgram.) All of the
damage claim and the criminal com
plaint growing out of the accidental
death of William Sothman, president
of the (iorhriug Sothman company,
last Augtitt. were settled when
Harold A. l'rincc, city attorney, con
feed judgment in the sum of $9,000
and pleaded guilty to the lighter of
the counts of the state's complaint,
misdemeanor, in exceeding the speed
limit it the time, and was given the
maximum fine tinder the lighter
count, The attorney collided with
Sothman, driving a light runabout
which he used in hi business of
building contractor. Sothman was
hurled through the windshield and
upon a cement pavement and was in
stantly killed. After a thorough in
vestigation, County Attorney Supr
filed a complaint under the new
statute which permits a jury to de
cide a Mony with imprisonment for
manslaughter, or only unintentional
ly causing death and permitting a
money fine
Sothman was protected by the em
ployers liability act, the Goehrins
Sothman company having insured his
life. Two comi.aniet have been satl.
tied in the judgment, aside from Mrs.
Sothman, widow and admiuUtraior
(or the to children,
In the district court the county at
torney agreed to accept, upon the re
quest of Mn Sothman for d mis
al. a plea on the liiiht charge with
4 maximum fine of $50. In the police
court City Attorney Prince filed his
own complaint against himself, plead
ed guilty and paid a fine of $25 and
costs. '
PrUonw Plead. Guilty
To Dewrtlon of Family
Aurora. Neb.. Nov. 12. (Special.)
Clifford Smith, who recently was
returned from California by Sheriff
James E. JIoward.'plca.M guilty to
wife and child desertion when ar
raigned before County Judge Fred
Jeffrrs and was bound over to the
district court. Smith has been absent
from the state (or several years and
hat been working in the oil fields
of California.
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