Sponsor: CUMMINS, Albert Baird (R-IA)
Description: TO AMEND H.R. 15947, BY REDUCING FROM TEN TO TWO THE NUMBER OF FIRST CLASS BATTLESHIPS TO BE BUILT WITH HEAVY ARMOR AND AS POWERFUL AS ANY VESSELS OF THIS CLASS, AT A COST EXCLUSIVE OF ARMAMENT AND ARMOR, NOT TO EXCEED $11,500,000; TO REDUCE NUMBER OF BATTLECRUISERS TO BE BUILD FROM SIX TO FOUR CARRYING SUITABLE ARMOR, HIGHEST PRACTICAL SPEED AND GREATEST DESIRABLE RADIUS OF ACTION, TO COST NOT MORE THAN $16,500,000 EACH, EXCLUSIVE OF ARMAMENT AND ARMOR. (P. 11366-1)
Original source documents: Congressional Record vol. 53-11, p. 11367; Senate Journal vol. 64-1, p. 518;