Asked if the 20 per cent. increase in naval strength provided by the Vinson Bill would promote world peace, Admiral Leahy replied in the affirmative.
"It would immediately promote peace," he said, "because when the new construction had been completed, the United States would attain approximately the old 5-5-3 ratio. This would discourage any attack on the, United States by any naval Power."
Admiral Leahy yesterday indicated a possibility of the establishment of a strong United States naval base in the Philippines following complete independence of the islands. He has clearly indicated through his three however, that the Navy now considers its Pacific defence line extending only from the Aleutians to Hawaii, Samoa and Panama—
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