RECEPTION IN AMERICA
UuHcd Press Association—By Electric lety
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WASHINGTON, 7th February
A contrast is drawn here between Mr. Stimson's statement to-day, whereby the United States would be ffiven^ •> 327,000-ton cruiser strength and the 315,000 tons which was tentatvely suggested last yea.r, 300,500 of which comprises ■ the total provided in America V adopted . building . programme/ and the known desire- of Mr. Hoover that this strength might be reduced, to 285,000 ,tons. '. . \ : .. It is pointed out, however, that it would be necessary in carying out 'Mr. Stimson's proposals for the United States to sacrifle five 10,000-ton cruisers called for in the authorised fifteen cruiser programme of 1929. The saeri-. fice, nevertheless, would bovcxclusively in,blueprints, as none of'tho work has been commenced. It is furthermore felt that the United.States would have nothing to fear in British superiority in total cruiser tonnage, due to America's greater number of. the ten thousand tons type.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 33, 8 February 1930, Page 9
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