NAVAL CONSTRUCTION
AMERICA’S PLANS Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. WASHINGTON, January 30. President Coolidgc, addressing Governmental and departmental heads, said: “The construction programme for the navy is now receiving the consideration of Congress. Tho authorisation of 1916 was the last complete navy programme, and that has been practically completed. The recommendation now before Congress is to replace obsolete vessels and moderately to increase our naval strength. We contemplate orderly construction procedure, and nothing more. It is contemplated that tho construction programme will he carried out as conditions dictate and the Treasury balances warrant. It considers our own requirements alone, and carries no thought of entry into competitive construction with any other nation. The plan I have endorsed docs not contemplate any limitation of time relative to beginning or completion. This is a tentative programme, but it does contemplate building ships as fast as possible.”
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Evening Star, Issue 19779, 1 February 1928, Page 5
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142NAVAL CONSTRUCTION Evening Star, Issue 19779, 1 February 1928, Page 5
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