Show The Greatest Navy j i Last winter the administrations administration's shipping ling bill was defeated D b by a determined filibuster in the closing b days of congress r The rhe I probability of just such contingency as the sinkin sinking of the Lusitania Lusi- Lusi tania tanin had hadd been urged b by the spokesmen of the administration i that only by use of their own ships could Americans travel or j make shipments shipments' with an absolute assurance of safety I The emergency was here and the time was ripe for action b by j congress which would restore the commercial supremacy of this country on the waters Popular sentiment had crystallized beh behind behind be be- h hind the administration measure The rhe people wanted the ship purchase bill Powerful and entirely selfish interests killed it by bya a a. a long condemned method W Where er do o we the thc people of America stand today Neither Germany nor England will permit the shipping of American products in their antagonists antagonist's vessels American citizens citizens citi citi- zens themselves may mar not travel on oil business or pleasure on such vessels except at the risk of their lives according to German Germany There is but one solution of the problem that problem that American vessels vessels ves ves- sels floating the Stars and Stripes be he commissioned so that the theaters waters aters of the earth will again be free to our people Conditions I demand that they be government owned vessels A BILL FOR NOT A GREATER BUT THE GREATEST NAVY AND A SHIP PURCHASE BILL SHOULD BE ENACTED ENACTED EN EN- ACTED AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE MOMENT Then and only then can we look at eYer every man or nation with ith level and WE VE ARE e eyes es say TOO GREAT GREAr TO ro FIGHT |