AMERICA'S NAVY

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 24, 29 January 1929, Page 11

AMERICA'S NAVY

CONSTRUCTION BILL

HOOVER AND COOLIDGE

VIEWS ENDORSED

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(Eeceivcd 29th January, 1 p.m.

WASHINGTON, 28th January.

A messago from President-Elect Hoover to President Coolidge, endorsing tho President's naval views and denying statements inferring the contrary, was read to the Senate on Monday by the chairman, Senator Hale, of the Senate Naval Committee.

Senator Thomas Walsh (Democrat), of Montana, in the Senate on Monday said that the supporters of the Cruiser Bill had in mind the possibility of war with Britain or Japan. No ono had indicated that the navy as it stood was inadequate to meot tho results of controversies with auy other country. He was opposed to tliu Bill, because lie believed it would interfere with any attempt of the United States to obtain a further curbing of naval armament. He said that he was wedded to the idea ol: parity with Britain, but preferred that it should bo attained by scaling down. Ho said that tho sponsors of the Bill were no less attached to the cause of peace than the rest of them. Not a few take the view that the defeat of the Bill would encourage the belief that thero was no purpose on the part of tho United States in any event to build.