Show HARDING WANTS GREATER GREATER NAVY Pleads for Merchant Marine and Navy Competent to Defend Mercantile Interests Norfolk Va An An America preeminent lent nent In maritime commerce iI in Ing friendly relations but jealously determined to defend Its rights wi was plc pictured by President-elect President Harding on Saturday as he ended hIs Ills vacation and turned to the task of formulating policies of isis his administration In a half dozen short speeches he hens ns asked ed for a government aided merchant merchant merchant mer mer- chant marine that would make tho the United States the greatest nation on earth and for a navy fit to be the tho first line of defense for a people everlastingly determined to defend Its commerce and Its Us rights He albo aho spoke for an international peace understanding that should not sacrifice American nationality and took note of ot his presence In the south by forecasting a n national unity that would have the people of the old confederacy uD understand that that's only a n memory |