06/21/1925
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"Congress is disposed to be very liberal in providing for national defense."
"I think it is safe to say that both the Army and the Navy are in better shape than they ever were before in time of peace."
"I think I have had occasion before to comment on the fact that we never get the Army and Navy appropriation bills through without stories of that kind."
"My budget estimates for the present year are creeping up towards $100,000,000 more for national defense for the War Department and the Navy Department than they were for the appropriations two or thre..."