ARMY & NAVY: Patriotic Lawbreaker

A state Chamber of Commerce—the New Jersey one—had consumed the annual collation. Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske (retired) rose, began: "In order to demonstrate to you how fragile the basis of our National security is, I am going to show you that if one man (myself) had not committed certain unlawful acts, by committing which he exposed himself to court martial and dismissal and was actually forced to resign his position, we would surely have lost the war with Germany. I realize that I am laying myself open to the charge of being...

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