London, Aug. 15.
Jp emphasized here that the Air "If we had a 3,000,000-ton Navy at present," he saicly' we would unquestionably control the Atlantic and the Pacific. But our expanded Navy will not be ready until 1946.
Col, Knox pointed out that if Britain is defeated, Germany will control shipbuilding facilities far greater than the United States.
The Navy Secretary stressed that his earlier calculation that the United States needs a regular army consisting of a mere 300,000 men supplemented by the National Guard was made before the collapse of France.
"It was always presupposed that the greatest army in the world was the French Army.. he said. "What one may have said in May does not apply now.
"I believe our greatest danger is nct immediate..and I am dealing with a situation in which I am considering the possibility of England being defeated. I think there wilt be no immediate attack on us.
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