UNITED STATES NAVY.
ITS rUTtmj! STRENGTH. CBy Oablfr—Press Associate—Copyfi?M.) (AudtrttUui and N.Zr Cable Association.) WASHINGTON, March 2. Mr Franklin D. Roosevelt, AssistantSecretary of the Navy, in a speech at the National Harbours Conference, pleaded for the maintenance of the American Navy at the strength fixed by the five-five-three ratio. H© was of opinion that the personnel should not bo reduced to less than 100,000. He declared that the Navy should be maintained at treaty strength' for the purpose of having a basis of influence in future international conferences on the limitation of armaments. Mr Roosevelt attributed the success of the Disarmament Conference partly to the well-equipped navy maintained by the United States.
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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17395, 4 March 1922, Page 11
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112UNITED STATES NAVY. Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17395, 4 March 1922, Page 11
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