WARSHIP CONSTRUCTION
CONTROVERSY IN AMERICA ACTION BY THE PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, April 28. (Received April 29, at 10 p.m.) To settle a controversy over whether immediately to construct two battleships President Roosevelt has instituted legislation which, if passed by the Congress, will authorise the Navy, Department to lay the keels next year if any other Power initiated such construction. The Navy Department wishes an immediate appropriation for the ships, while President Roosevelt is reluctant to act immediately and put the nation in the position of initiating battleship construction. '
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22868, 30 April 1936, Page 9
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87WARSHIP CONSTRUCTION Otago Daily Times, Issue 22868, 30 April 1936, Page 9
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