Washington, May 16.
Senator David I. Walsh, chairman of the House Naval Affairs Com. mittee, in a formal report urging the Passage of the Vinson Naval Bill yesterday, reversed the committee's earlier stand and urged the conversion of Guam into an aviation and submarine listening post.
Mr. Walsh, however, asked that every effort be made to preserve peace in the Far East, because "we can, if we have to, defeat Japan, but the effort required would be enormous."
"At the present time," Senator Walsh said, "due to a lack of United States naval bases in this area, a war in the Far East could be undertaken only ju conjunction with Britain, France and Holland."
Aircraft without the assistance of surface vessels have failed to prove they can prevent the enemy from controlling the sea, Senator Walsh continued.
"The Armies of Europe and Asia do not menace us.... without bases in this hemisphere," he declared.
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