Further opposition was offered the Vinson Bill following the. attack launched yesterday by Senator William Borah, Republican €f Idaho. Although a small but determined Senate minority formerly attacked the Vinson Bill on the grounds that better defence could he had if more money was spent on the aviation arm of the Navy than on powerful warships, Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, Republican of Michigan, today said the United States was still bound b; e London Naval Treaty limitations. He demanded that authorization of construction of 45,000-ton battleships ko stricken from the records.
Senator. Gerald P. Nye, Republican of North Dakota, meanwhile joined in the attack on the Vinson Bill attributing Communist suppost of the bill to Communist hopes that the United States some day could be prevailed upon to assist the Soviel. Union, He also urged withdrawal from the Philippines as soon as postible to avoid possible entanglement in the For East.
"Britain should have cheered," he said, "when the U.S. High Commis sioner to the Philippines, Inv, Paul V. McNutt, made clear during his recent visit here that it would be utter folly to give the Philippines indes pendence, "Every hour we delay 4n with drawing from the Philippines is one other hour of pressure upon us to throw billions of dollars into the defence of the Philippines in a possible emergency.'
Senator Nye said if the United States assessed the Philippine Commonwealth for the cost of defences in the islands the demands of Filipinos for a delay in independence "would soon cease.
Attaeking the Vinson Bil! which he has opposed from its introduction, Senator Nye said:—"Why are the most ardent supporters of the naval expansion bill—Communists?—they.
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He said that he would introduce ar. amendment' authorizing the building of 105000 tons of naval war vessel instead of 125000 tons. He did not specify the grounds on which he was basing his contention for the Gecrease.
Later, he explained that he felt the United States was morally bound not 10 invoke the escalator clause of the London Treaty and that it had' not exhausted the possibility of maintaining the limitation ruling through E ce coa of other powers, "I limitation," he said, will not pass on the 1k aspects
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