Word: vinson
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...much interested in the article on the munitions trusts. . . . There is no doubt in my mind but the munition manufacturers constitute a vicious influence which has had much to do with promoting the propaganda for big navies and large military establishments. I voted against the Vinson big Navy bill but it was impossible to overcome the powerful influences at work for that program...
Washington, March 19--An agreement on the Vinson-Trammell Bill authorizing construction of the American fleet to treaty strength within five years was reached tonight by House and Senate conferees...
...strength in seven years (TIME, Feb. 5). Cost: $750,000,000 to $1,000,000,000. Ships: one airplane carrier, 99,200 tons of destroyers (65), 35-530 tons of submarines (30). Aircraft: a number "commensurate with a Treaty navy." Author of the bill was Georgia's Carl Vinson. Chairman of the House Naval Affairs Committee. Washington's two Senators tacked on amendments, one to allow Pacific Coast shipyards to bid on the new ships with transportation costs considered, the other to build 25% of the airplanes in government plants. Great Britain- The biggest Navy budget since...
Congress has completed the passage of the Vinson Bill. Chalk up another victory for the Roosevelt cohorts. Having publicly adopted the "policy of the good neighbor" in international relations, and having gone on record against all unnecessary expenditures, the Administration has now used the prestige gained by its accomplishments in the recovery program to force through Congress a Big Navy bill...
...Navy clique, to which unfortunately, the President lends the full weight of his power. They demanded that the navy be built up to the top strength of the Washington Treaty 5-5-3 ratio. The terriffic cost, from 750 million to a billion, did not deter them; the Vinson Bill was formulated and favorably double-checked by Congress...