Page:Longines Chronicles with Admiral Arthur Dewey Struble 1953 ARC-96074.ogv/11

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Huie
Well, one of the things, sir, that--one of the problems of the new government in Washington is, that they are trying to reduce expense, and at the same time they are discussing the possibility of a naval blockade. Now, sir, if the government should decide on a naval blockade, would it increase the expenditures of the Navy, don't you think that other ships would have to be commissioned and that the Navy would have to be given more materiel?

Struble
There would probably be some increase of expenditures for a naval blockade.