Show Reasons For The American Navy There are lue certain c who would have us believe that the welfare welfare wel wel- fare of or our country can best be be- beat at attained attained at at- by the reduction or the abolition abolition abo abo- I HUon of Navies and of Armies W-akness W they say ray will cause others to respect our rights and result in greater security and less chance o of war The fallacy of such an argument argument argument ment should be a apparent even to a t child chUd It Is about as logical as to say 5 tl Wt t the abolition o of a fire department de- de d de department p- p would eliminate the UIA danger danger dan dm- ger gel of a great conflagration that thatTo i I 1 ti To hJ Iton cf doctors and of or hospitals v uld eliminate I Such logic is ridiculous Armies an and l I Navies are maintained d for fOI the protection protection pro pro- t and security of our country pro pro-I. Th Tho officers and men of our ArmY I and Navy have nothing to do wit with 1 i I any on of war war It is the tho civil population on through th their lr re representatives ro ro- J In Congress that declare de de- declare clare war It is s the Army and Navy Nay Na Na- I Y vy that are called upon to restore peace The hue i 1 va I Hey Pc-Hey of or our country provides pro s fiat at for the maintenance of a Navy in sufficient strength to support the tho national policies of oC Commerce ce and to guard guar l the continental con con- and overseas possessions of Jt the United States Our policies aro are rot not aggressive or Imperialistic NT No country has a more more- unselfish policy Ki than a n las tas tics the United States Millions Mil Ml- lions of Ot doD rs have been beon poured nto Into the Philippines Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands for the tho benefit of tho the Irr Irrl of ot those thosa Is islands ands and th the Canal I nal Zo Zone e h s been S formed from a spot pct filled with fever feyer and disease diso ino o one of the most wonderful and healthful p prices In n nTO TO I 1 h world We Ve Insist upon the preservation preservation preservation pre pre- of law and o order in ill tha this countries under our control and in inthe the tho o s o ot of Central America and the Caribbean O for we hold tint that Tl nations J have duties duCles as well as rights and no 10 country i is 3 to make international 11 nuisance nui nui- sance canco of Itself and to endanger the lifo liCo and property of foreigners who there Such policies are unselfish unselfish un un- un selfish and deserving of support rut DUt they cannot be oe supported Without With WHO out military and naval force Coree I IVe I'Ve We Ve are arc apt to think that tInt our OUI i products produces Within its hour hour- tiers dera everything that Is necessary I for our life lite and comfort but If wo Wi examine deeper into tho the mater lt rf we Wi find there are aro many materials which ar are ara neither found nor produced produced pro pro- ducro in the United States upon which we are vitally Ru Hn nu mica manganese 5 shellac silk coffee coerce and tea tire are but buta a few rew of materials r r for a moment the millions million o oT automobiles automobiles auto auto- mobiles which are arc dependent dependant upon rubber for their tires the millions of or electrical machines machin tint that require mica tr millions of beal u s vv which requires for it it it- production c Coffe and tea lea may mar not Continued m ii lU last t page Reasons aso us For Fe The In American Navy Continued page one be as a absolute thC many ou con out yOU of or pounds pound or Ut pr pC or thousands into iMo items Illch aro are they can our country year than a other ower be bo regarded as All these materials am seas must come from across to our coun- coun brougHt must bo ho uy Ly m lit L Su sa re- re The very exist exist- I uce euce o ot 01 a in time tImo ot or I movement ot or our tree rice tl and un- un sate sato 1 e across seas In du tame o or vur ur it itu IS ISIL ISU u IL guarantee of protection to o that that trane which to tc our POOI O from aboard tim timare products I Iare are so vital viul to our welfare I IIII bring I In III years rs of prosperity we bIllions billions bil bIl- bli- bli wm across tho the sea some ornO four foul lions of dollars worth of ot produce and alid we sent to other countries a ap approximately ap- ap proximately an equal amount amount- A ln otner owel words our foreign commerce amounts to more than eight billion dollars collars annually Much q t be wealth of our country that trade One of the thc c causes uses of the recent depression was the d in our foreIgn loreign commerce for when foreign countries cannot buy it ItI I less lessens ns tibie need of pr production in lour our country This resu ts in de decreased dc- dc cr creased ased employment and lower r tend to doer do de- wages which iI m in turn er crIse se J-se the tile purchasing ot or people in our country and further lessens the demand fo for materials The rhe protection of our trade i Is vi vital vital vi- vi tal to our welfare and your Navy Is necessary to protect that trade No one Cine will vill deny our right or orthe orthe orthe the desirability of our protecting our continental and oversea pOSS posses posseS- 3 sious They are purs urs urs and if ir any power wishes to take them fion from us ut it t is not only tour our but our duly duty to oppose such seizure and to protect that 1 which U ts s ours urs But protection cannot be assured I d bYI by I thought and good wishes wishes- linn n tIn ho Au hv v. v 6 J I possessing the Uhe means eans with which to protect ourselves The rhe m means ans to Insure Insure In- In sure protection ore lare an Army an and Navy strong enough to defeat any power that t attempt invasion or seizure of lot our territory or the the Interference with wah our commerce commence Our country is the wealthiest a andone and one of the largest countries In In the I world world Is it not the 1 part t art of wisdom I and prudence to to provide de ia i Navy for fOl forthe the tho protection of that wealth Th Tic Navy I is the nations nation's insurance i against overwhelming dis disasters ste s and n its maintenance is not a great ibur- ibur aen to our people The Tle annual a appropriation ap appropriation ap- ap pr lor Eor or the N Navy vy amou amounts ts to about t percent of ot the total appropriations 8 and d the appropriation t- t tion lIon for fur the military activities of If the War Dev Department amount to to something less than that amount I the State County and Municipal l taxes are to be Included in Fed Federal ral Taxes it will 11 be found round Je less s than out of every evary hundred dollars dollar's collected in taxes Is is' i spent for our Navy While approximately approximately lY three h hundred and nd fifty million dollars dol dol- dollars lars may seem saem like a large sum suni If Ii must be remembered that our country is i a great and mighty I country and that Ithe sum of oC money spent for our Navy is far less than our citizens spend annually o on motion mo lao tion pl pI pictures tur s far fal less than Is sp spent nt on tobacco or golf and amounts to only about one h half lt of oC what our people sp spent t each year year upon perfumes per per- fumes fumes it has been stated that the A tax on women cosmetics cosmetic u the s 's ild'S laT J oud d m while the tax on t-I t I est t Navy Na Army rind N Na- Na un tes would pay for than any allY known greater 7 1 The ho total strong of our Navy personnel 1 less than three times Ume force of or greater tha that of th tho police New Now York and l t tt Q strength of our OUT I Marine Corps i le less tess than tho the police force Coree o of th th- th strength of ot the City Olty of Now New York alono alone The rho United States can readily afford to m maintain a Navy In conformity conformity con con- Hh our Naval policy Polky and equal to that of any other Navy in World Such a Navy is needed but for the the- do de aggression not for I trade trade reuse of our policies our and our territory The late President t- t dent Coolidge in his Armistice Day speech of 1928 that situation situation situa situa- tion up must excellently in it words words- All AH human experience experience- seems to demonstrate ate a a. court conn- try which mak ak s reasoning a pre preparations for defense is less likely to be subject to to- toa a hostile attack and less likely to suffer a violation of its ats ts rights which h might lead 10 o io for defense femIe is tS war war To be bo ready not to to be guilty of ot aggression ItIs ItIs It ItIs Is our duty to ourselves and to the cause of OC civilIzation to the preservation pre pre- of domestic to 10 our orderly and d. lawful relations with 1 h foreign people to maintain an in adequate Army and Nay Navy |