New York, Dec. 27.
In a speech here to-day Senator Butler vehemently declared he. would persevere vigorously in his endea-yours to force Congress to adopt the Naval Committee's programme.
Senator Butler asserted that the United States must build virtually new Navy at a cost of over $400,- 000,000. "A high-speed race for naval supremacy is proceeding between nations and we are not in the race" he went on. "When we scrapped over $300,000,000 worth of the finest warships ever designed we willingly and gracefully dethroned Jourselves from the potential position Jof mistters of the seas and now we fare a poor third and are likely to be the fourth." solared that America a fooled. The'r_ trusting, nature had got them into trouble. It would require 60 warships to bring the United States up. to her place.
Whether the present armament would be renewed when it expired in 1982 and the terms of renewal, he concluded, depended upon the potential naval strength the! United States could show then, so)
States must build fast.
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