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Show : v ' 2 . martt - Charles Edison, honorary president tf aaty league. Teddy' Roosevelt, Sire of Our Modern Navy Endorsed and Supported League Bark In 1903 Theodore Roosevelt, then President of the Vnltcd Slatea, wrote a telling letter to a then email organisation known aa the Navy League of the United Btelrt. "All good Americans." be said, "Interested In the growth of their country and sensitive to Its honor should give hearty support to the policies which the Navy league la founded te further." Thrse policies are today aa accepted national creed, namely, that aa adequate navy la not only a first line of defense, but now that there la a war the Implement for carrying the attack to the enemy. Jt f Ls&J 'Teddy' Roosevelt |