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Show . t-.i - - -- i uA li 7. f t : ; 1 'Teddy' Roosevelt, 'Sire of Our Modern Navy,' Endorsed and Supported League Back in 1903 Theodore Roosevelt, then President of the United States, wrote a telling letter t a theD small organization known as the Navy League of the United States. "All good Americans," he said, "interested in the growth of their country and sensitive to its honor should give hearty support to the policies which the Navy league is founded to further." These policies are today an accepted national creed, namely, that an adequate navy is not only a first line of defense, but now that there is a war the implement for carrying the attack to the enemy. Charles Edison, honorary I president of navy league. 'Teddy' Roosevelt |