Washington, Feb. 2.
Admiral W. D. Leahy, Chief of Naval Operations, to-day recommended (0 the Hoise of Representa. tives Naval Affairs Committee conducting hearings on the Vinson Naval Bill the construction of additional warships to permit the United States Navy" to re-establish itself in the 5-5-3 naval ratio set by the London' Naval Conference.
Admiral Leahy said that Japan and. Britain had upset the 5-5-3 ratio by new warship constriction and warned that the United States, would have to: match vessels. with other Jeuding Raval powers.
Giving evidence for the third day before the Committee, Admiral Leahy said the United States Navy has no plans for ce-operation with any foreign navy in the event of war.
The Navy's building programme, he said, had been designed to protect the United States against aggression without assistance from any foreign nation of group of nations. Replying to a specific question by Mr. Melvin 4. Maas, Republican Representative of Minnesota, Admiral Leahy denied the United States Navy had any plan for ce-operation with the British fleet in the event of war.
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