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THE
NA MAIL
PRESIDENT WARN U
DIRECT ACTION UNDER
CONSIDERATION
Washington, To-day..
A warning that the Government will be forced to take direct action soon, was made by President Roosevelt yesterday in connection with the short- age of steel in naval dockyards for construction of new warships.
Whereas private yards are able, the Navy, against a possible deci- o continue work of construction, sion by the Government to build the aval yards are mostly idle `as a United States Navy up to the Bri- result of refusal of steel manufactish Navy's, new level. urers to supply them with steel.. The Navy Department
favours
This is because of the Walsh- maintaining parity with Britain, as Healy Bill, which lays down that least as far as battleships are con- nanufacturers supplying steel to cerned, in order not to disturb the he Government must put in force Britain-America-Japan ratio, but it 1 40-hour week, which the manu-is understood that there is consider-
acturers refuse to do.
LYING IN STATE
able doubt whether the capacity of American shipyards will be adequate NEW LEGISLATION
to match the British increases,
The President, talking to
news-especially in the current year. papermen on the shortage of
the Reuter. netal, said he did not know whe- her new legislation was necessary. Meanwhile, the Secretary of Lab-
Moscow, To-day. our, Miss Frances Perkins, yester- lay stated that the chances of ob-
The body of the Commissar for aining steel bids were improving. Heavy Industries, Grigory Konstan In the House of Representatives, inovich Ordjonikidze, who died on he Speaker, Mr. William Bankhead, Thursday afternoon from heart leclared that he was opposed to the failure, will lie in state in Moscow. Jnited States entering the arma- Trans Ocean.
ments race if it could be avoided.
DOCKYARD SURVEY
His Excellency the Governor has nominated Mr. Fung Kong-un as a Member of the Court of the Univer
A survey of American dockyards, both naval and private, is planned sity of Hong Kong for a period of by Mr. Edison, Under-Secretary of three years.
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