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Show H The Secretary of the Navy tells H Congrcs that he wants 2200 American tars. Congress will H probably consent. It will be ens- H ier for Congress to make provis- H ion for their enlistment than it H will be to secure them, We need H a great big American merchant H marine, manned by Americans, H and then whenever necessities of H our navy require a large increase H of rrien, we have a resource to H fall back upon. Congress cannot H provide an American-built, Amer- H tcan-owned, American.tnunncd H merchant marine one minute too B soon. |