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Show EMBARGO MAY BE PLACED ON STEEL Sufficient Supply Needed for Construction of U. S. Battleship Bat-tleship Congress May Be Asked to Act Washington, Nov. 19. Congress may bo asked to place a tempdrary embargo on exports of structural steel to the European belligerents in order to' afford a sufficient supply of the metal for use in the construction of the two battleships, bids for which were opened at the navy department on Wednesday. This plan is suggested as a result of tho disclosure that neither of the new battleships can be laid down before be-fore next summer because of a lack of steel. The entire output of tho American steel plants, it is said, has been taken by the waning nations. Announcement Is made by Secretary Secre-tary Daniels that tentative plans are under consideration for two 36,000-ton battleships to be included In the first part of tho five-year building program. pro-gram. No navy in the world has such large warships as these. |