According to telegrams received from Washington was a conflict between president Coolidge (1) and the Congress to be feared. Coolidge didn’t want to change his opinion in the matter of strengthening the USA navy as he wrote to French, chairman of the navy commission in the House of Representatives. His letter arrived during a meeting of this commission when rear admiral just explained that the navy possessed some such aged cruisers which hadn’t a change to survive in a battle with modern opponents. Regarded his opinion and that of other experts should the Congress considered to increase the proposed budget with an additional amount for building of at least 3 new cruisers. The building of these cruisers was part of a plan already in 1924 approved by the House of Representatives and the Senate. Coolidge tried to get rid of the building of these cruisers by offering in stead off on paper 10 cruisers. If the Congress however approved the budget for the 3 cruisers a veto of the president was to be expected. The newspaper New York Herald said that many members of the House of Representatives and the Senate quite warlike and was there a chance the veto of the president by a renewal of the needed budget was offset.
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1. John Calvin Coolidge jr. (Plymouth, Vermont 4 July 1872-Northampton, Massachusetts 5 January 1933), Republican politician, 30th president 2 August 1923-4 March 1929.
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1. John Calvin Coolidge jr. (Plymouth, Vermont 4 July 1872-Northampton, Massachusetts 5 January 1933), Republican politician, 30th president 2 August 1923-4 March 1929.
