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"guam. Strong opposition to this move already has been in evidence in Con gress since the recommendation was submitted to Congress by Rear Admiral Arthur Hepburn, chairman of the special board of naval experts. The board, it was recalled, recommended the conversion of Guam into a mighty "advance fleet base" second in strength only to Hawaii to serve as a projection point for the defence of Hawaii and to render the Philippines immune to attack. Admiral Hepburn's report said establishment of the base would "facilitate American naval operations in the far Pacific.
The Navy board's report described the fortification of Guam as one of the fifteen. "urgent" cases in the ex-sion of American naval bases. Significant was the fact that President Roosevelt specifically recommended adoption of the Hepburn report in his message to Congress last week, calling for an initial expenditure of $44,000,- 000 to begin construction work on the 15 sites most favoured by the Navy.
Some Congressmen who are unfriendly to the general question of naval expansion are believed certain to attack the proposal to fortify Guam, but thus far strag support has been forthcoming from the White House and naval affairs committees of both houses of Congress—United Press.
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