AMERICAN NAVY
STRENGTH NOT MAINTAINED MORE CRUISERS WANTED APPEAL TO THE PRESIDENT By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. Received Dec. 16, 5.5 p.m. Washington, Dec. 15. The Naval Committee of Congress unanimously voted that the chairman confer with President Coolidge regarding the present state of the navy, with which the committee expressed dissatisfaction. and particularly with the President's decision against building cruisers. The committee, in a secret session, examined reports submitted by the Navy Department and intimated that they found America lagging far behind Britain and Japan in naval tonnage, the ratio of 5—5—3 working to American disadvantage. The committee feels that there is little hope of another armament conference. Admiral Everle informed the committee that the United States would need 33 cruisers to equal England and Japan, such ships to be built by 1932. It would involve an expenditure of 500,000.000 to 600,000,000 dollars to make the entire fleet comparable to those of the other two Rowers.
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Taranaki Daily News, 17 December 1926, Page 9
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