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Congressional reaction to the bill was more like a reflex. Members who saw that the British Fleet could use New York and Norfolk as repair harbors at U. S. expense jumped like cats from a hot stove. There was immediate general agreement that the bill would pass-with perhaps slight modification-by overwhelming majorities, in from three to six weeks. The only way to defeat a bill the President really wants has been a coalition of Republicans and conservative Democrats. Now the Southern Democrats are interventionist almost to a man and Republicans are hopelessly split. Isolationist Senators Wheeler, Taft...
Newshounds sniffing around the Norfolk (Va.) Navy Yard last week reported that the old (1911), 26,000-ton battleship Wyoming was being furbished up with new guns and armor, would be returned to fleet duty. Because the Wyoming has long been used only to train new sailors and officers, this report sounded as if the Navy were getting ready to buckle on everything...
...mounting more anti-aircraft guns on her and increasing the gun crews' protection against air attack. But the immediate object was only to make the Wyoming a better training ship. A more significant sign of the Navy's need and worry was work under way at Norfolk on three other old battlewagons: New York, Texas, Arkansas. The 14-inch guns on the New York and Texas, the 12-inch guns on the Arkansas cannot fire more than 20,000 yards, with this insufficient range would be helpless against a modern cruiser with 8-inch guns. Result...
...heavy cruiser Tuscaloosa steamed out of Norfolk under sealed orders. It carried special equipment for the President's use. Off Culebra Island, between the Virgins and Puerto Rico, naval maneuvers were scheduled for early December-and there the Tuscaloosa had been originally assigned. In Washington, in a week of rumors and counter-rumors, President Roosevelt told his press conference that he was leaving for a long defense inspection trip, and though it might take him more than twelve hours from Washington by rail, he would fly back if an emergency called him to the White House. Early this week...
Last week the U. S. boomed toward defense production at wartime levels. But the U. S. already had signs of another housing shortage. Worst shortages were at and near shipyards (Bremerton. Wash.; Norfolk, Va.; Newport, R. I.; Mare Island. Calif., etc.) where workers flocked by thousands. At Bremerton (Puget Sound Navy Yard), State patrolmen, harried by reports of "stolen" and abandoned cars, wearily retorted: "Hell, there's guys living in them-Navy yard workers...