States" was not initiating a new foreign policy to meet the threat of aggressor ations. (Proposed increases in the strength of the American Navy, he said, were pot in contemplation of any open or secret alliance for offence or defence against any nation or group of nations.
Indeed, we are proceeding with just the opposite theory," he said. "We contemplate a Navy of such size that it may single-handed afford
—United Press. discus ower or combination of Powers."
adequate defence against any
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