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Show oo MERCHANT SHIPPING TO BE PUSHED FAST WASHINGTON, April 19. Temporary Tempo-rary suspension of construction work on the five new battlo cruisers and also on other capital shipsis under consideration, Secretary Daniels said today, so that the steel ship building industry may be concenl rated upon construction of merchant shipping to make good submarino losses. Plans so far mado are only tentative tenta-tive and nothing will bo permitted to interfere with the prompt completion of fighting craft now well advanced in construction or to hinder the building of now destroyers, scout cruisors, submarines sub-marines and othor small vessels which can be completed in less than two years. |