Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-10-26 | Page 13 | Building up to the Treaty

4 1 Building Up to the Treaty I 1 J. J PRESIDENT RESIDENT HOOVER has removed the I order which temporarily temporarily held up construction construction construe tion of the navys navy's new i ton oooo-ton cruiser No 38 and the work will begin at once so that the ship can be finished in the spring o of 1934 and it is reported in Washington that tha the president feels that the nation might jusas just jus justas as well wen begin building up toward the limits I imposed by the London treaty It is hard to see how there can be any I quarrel with this viewpoint Few naval experts ex ex- ex- ex pens perls would agree that the nations nation's needs need I could be met by any strength much below belou that fixed by the treaty and the treaty itself itsel removes from the process pro ess of building new nc ships any fear that foreign nations might entertain of Americas America's intentions There ma mabe may maybe maybe be valid grounds for criticism of the treaty treat itself itself- but now that it has been ratified th the nation might mi ht a as well wen build th the ships that th the treaty permits