The President's News Conference
05/14/1931
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This reduction should be carried out not only by broad general cuts in armaments but by increasing the comparative power...
While these features in the Wagner and the Garner bills are not in the form and are not as well safeguarded as they shou...
I propose that the treaty number and tonnage of battleships shall be reduced by one-third.
The details of this estimate, the necessity therefor, and the reason for its transmission at this time are set forth in ...