The Archive · 1938

Brother Hits Navy Bill

United Press

Washington, Apr. 28 The $1, 000,000 naval expansion programme of the U ited Stet Genounced as unjustified by Se Robert La Follette (Democrat, cousin) in the Senate today.

La Follette expressed the t the programme originated with President Roosevelt, not with the Nav:

"Complete destruction of the British vigorously, "would have to be a prerequisite of an attack on any country in this hemisphere.

It was to Great Britain's interests, he added, to keep the shipping lanes of the Atlantic open.—Reuter.

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