AMERICAN CABLE NEWS
AMERICA’S NAVAL PROPOSALS. f Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.! WASHINGTON, Jan. 12: Mr Wilbur emphatically denied the charges that the naval programme was designed to compete with Britain. Chairman Butler requested Mr Wilbur to return and tell just what a first class navy was. lor Butler, having criticised the Navy as too large, was shocked by Mr Wilbur’s statement that it was not .ot first class.
Mr Wilbur stated : “ We will allocate the expense of the programme at 168 million dollars per year and must build seventy-one new ships in order to bring the Navy up to the necessary strength!
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 January 1928, Page 3
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102AMERICAN CABLE NEWS Hokitika Guardian, 13 January 1928, Page 3
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