AMERICAN PACIFIC POLICY
I WASHINGTON, September 24. /Mr. ,W. G. Magnusson, chairman of a special House naval sub-committee, called foie the permanent acquisition of sea and island bases in order to make the Uikited States Navy an effective post-war policeman of the Pacific. He said that his con.'mittee would consult State Departuieiit officials and subsequently the Secretary; of the Navy, Colonel Knox, to ascertain what additional Pacific bases are required and what Congress must do to acquire them. Representative W. B. Barry has submitteOl to the House of Representatives a resolution urging the creation of a Pacific Chartey similar to the Atlantic Charter." He suggests that a Congressional committee shall be directed to study and determine (upon the. principles and policies which sl’iould be observed in order to assure tbei peoples of the Pacific area of the grealtest possible measure of peace, freedom s(.nd security in the future.
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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 1, 27 September 1943, Page 4
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148AMERICAN PACIFIC POLICY Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 1, 27 September 1943, Page 4
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