to power, to deal with industry suffer- ing from unfair competition by some meanps analogous to the safeguarding of the industries act.”’ : Washington, May 2rnd.— 3erious I¢fi- ciences in the United States fighting flect, mobilized in Southen waters last Winter, .were reported by Admiral Coontz, Commander-in Chief, in his ofii- eial report to the Navy Dlepariinent of what was demonstrated during the man- oeuvres. Adniiral Cooniz said. in his yeport, extraets from which were ob- {ained today at the Navy Department, that the fleet was seriousiy embarrass- ed by the slow speed of the auxili- ary ships, that ships generally had not heen kept ‘‘properly repaired’’, be cause of iack of appropriation, that thir- toen of the older battiesnips needed modernization «f machinery, elevation of tavret cuns 2and equipment with anti- nireraft defences and that the subniarine hpe “atiors were the worst of all com- hatznt stips taking part in the manoeu- vres~. °‘‘All subtmarimes are so deficient in sheed as to be of small use for fleet work. except by accident of position,”’ Adiiiral Cooniz reporred. With, reia- tion 1o the slowness of various ships, boil: combatant and auxiliary, the ro- port said that on one problem during the manceuvres, uider which the entire ' fleet was supposed to cruise at a main- tained speed of ten knots, the