Naval Affairs Committee to increase the strength of the American Navy by seventy per cent. when he testified before the committee here yesterday.
Such an increase would give the United States the largest navy in the world, exceeding even the combined fleets of Britain and Japan, Admiral Stank declared. He said such an armada was necessary in view of present world conditions and was imperative for the defence of the Western Hemisphere and the Monroe Doctrine.
Admiral Stark's was made as the House Naval Affairs Committee considered the Vinson Naval Bill calling for a 23 per cent. increase in the Navy's fighting tonnage. Admiral Stark's 70 per cent. increase included authorizations in the Vinson Bill.
The Vinson Bill would add 84 new warships to the United States Fleet, giving America its greatest naval strength in peacetime history.
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