AMERICAN NAVY
ENLARGEMENT PROPOSALS ("Timea" Service.) , LONDON, August 10. *‘Th«' Times’s” Washington correspondent says that though President Coolidge is unperturbed over the Geneva failure, it is suggested in other quarters that a vigorous attempt will be made to persuade Congress t<» enlarge the cruiser building programme. It is expected that the eight .10,000 tons, ships, already begun, will be completed rapidly, necessitating Congress to vote ten millions sterling. The questloh will then arise whether there shall be ten or twelve new cruisers for which, however, it is improbable that more than mere authorisation will be sought. President Coolidge, feeling that it would look over dangerously like a naval race, may oppose this, but probably it is too much to expect that he would resort to a veto, if more than authorisation were involved.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 12 August 1927, Page 7
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