AMERICAN NAVY
UNDER-MANNED
.SECRETARY’S RECOMMENDATION.
{United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright).
(Received day at 10.20 a.m.) WASHINGTON, December 3. The annual report of the Secretary (Mr Claude Swanson), published on Sunday, asserts that “the continued .. operation °f the fleet with an insuffi'Y cient number of . men is a serious • ) menace to success in a battle in tiie { event of an unanticipated emergency.” The minimum safety love] is eightyfive per cent of the full 1 man-power for larger vessels, which will mean an increase of 6000 unlisted men, iand 2000 officers. He urged Congress to continue to provide funds for the replacement of overaged craft.
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 December 1934, Page 5
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