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Show LH$ WWW Hl NOT OIWOLKTK H. ", Congress wisely decided not to regard the battle- . -r ship as obsolete. Undoubtedly the battleship of 1914 LLH ji-t'i ..jisrould be obsolete In a contest with the submarine M 'r's'SGm6' bul tno designers and builders of battleships H ;vl?(itf'not (jull worU In 1914. Adoquate methods wprt H :' , rfjtiiiuqvlsed for protection of battleships affalnxt sub- H ''.- ' -iMflnrt and other moans will be dcv)scd for protec-fl protec-fl fFf5fc.-Uon ol ,D ' vessel from attack from tbo air. J ' i'u"" 2$t Transportation of troops to Europo would hare been H L?"C? i Ips&lblo without the heavy fighting ships., and these LLl " Jr" vessels will be as exMMlat In the future as In the H X, fifcv past. Development of now methods of attack will necessitate, new methods of defense, but will not render ren-der tho battleship obsolete. |