Calvin Coolidge said "I am not, of course, an expert at all on what is the type of ship that we need most, but I am advised by the Navy that it is in the matter of cruisers that we are most deficient." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordFebruary 13, 1928

I am not, of course, an expert at all on what is the type of ship that we need most, but I am advised by the Navy that it is in the matter of cruisers that we are most deficient.

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Calvin Coolidge

Republican · Vermont

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Excerpts of the President's News Conference

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