Washington, May 9, Representative Fred 1. Britten off Iinois, chairman of the Naval Committee, to-day presented]
Bill carrying proposed expenditure of approximately a billion dollars gold.
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wat the United] achieve parity with Great]
He declared that America would never induce Britain and Japan to accept further ship reduction by taking the lead herself. Both, be forecast, will build up to the extent} permitted by the London Limitation Treaty.
The United States is at the present time leading in the wealth of the world, Mr. Britten asserted, and such a country does not deserve second-class navy. fe are entitled to parity with England," he went on. "National pride, if nothing more, should Prompt the United States to do as much as England in creating navy."—United Press.
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