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t Quarrel Between Army And Other Armed Services Stems From Act Unifying Branches Of Defense By JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON (P) The quarrel between the ijavy and the other armed service! has its roots In the unification act. Congress first passed that act In 194? and then tightened and toughened It this year. It has this purpose; . , To make the armed services work together better as a team, produce better planning, save money on purchasing equipment, and so on. This is a brief explanation of how the act and the trouble grew: Until 1947 the Army and Navy were completely independent of each other. The Air Force was part of the Army. Each had two heads, military and civilian. This way: Army, chief of staff and secretary of the war department; Navy, chief of naval operations and secretary of the Navy department. In both cases the civilian heads were over the military chiefs. Further, the two secretaries operated independently and each was a member o! the President's Cabinet. This meant they could go directly to the President with their problems or complaints against each other. This set-up was changed by the unification act of 1947 and fur ther changed by the revised law passed this year. This is the set- USED TIRES 100 UP Se us for all sizes of good used tires at the lowest prices. Late model 19, 18 and 17-Inch wheels for M makes ears. Free Tube with every tire purchased. . DOYLE'S Sales & Service Highway 99 at Garden Valley Phone 611 END WASHLINE TROUBLES up now: The Air Force was separated from the Army. Now there are three military agencies; the Army, Navy and Air Force de partments. ' Each has its own top military man: army chief of staff, air force chief of staff, and chief of naval operations. And each department has its own civilian secretary. But power was taken from the sec retaries. They no longer are members of the President's cab inet. That's because Congress creat ed something new: 1. A department of defense. The Army, Navy and Air Force departments are ail parts of the Department of Defense, 2. A secretary of defense (Louis Johnson) to head up the whole show. He's a member of the President's cabinet. He's boss over the three civilian sec retaries. And those three civilian sec retaries cannot carry their com plaints to the President, unless Johnson approves. And they can't go to the President over John son's head. So he's too man of I ail. ine only one who can over rule him on questions of the Army, Navy or Air Force is the President, who is commander-in-chief. For example: Navy Secretary Francis B. Matthews may think Johnson is wrong in wanting to drop 50,000 Navy men and offi cers from their jobs, and he may tell Johnson so. But if Johnson still says they're dropped, they're dropped. Something else was added by the unification act. That bodv's called the joint chiefs of staff (JCS). It's made up of: .The army chief of staff (Gen eral J, Lawton Collins); the Air Force chief of staff (General Hoyt S. Vandenberg); and the chief of Naval operations. This job was held by Admiral Louis B. Denfeld until President Tru man fired him Thursday, There's a fourth top man in fact, the top military man of the country in the JCS. He's the chairman (General Omar Brad ley.) His job is to act as modera tor. He has no vote. What final authority do the members of the JCS have? Sup pose the Army and Air Force chiefs think the Navy strength should be cut down, although the Navy chief disagrees. Is that 2 to 1 vote final and is the Navy cut down? t ' - No, says Secretary Johnson. He told Congress the JCS members have final say-so on nothing, that they can only recommend what should be done. He makes the final decision. The admirals squirmed but were unable to block decision aft er decision to cut down Navy strength and ambition. Before unification, it had been able, as an independent agency, to do its own planning, subject only to decisions by the President and Congress. Finally, unable to do anything under the unification law to get what they wanted for the Navy, the admirals finally protested by making their feelings public Run, snow, sleet, soot, or smoke need no longer spoil your wash-drying- plant. Not if yon he t new HAMILTON Automatic Clothes Direr. Merely toss the wet wash from the wringer into die drrer, snap s switch and a few minutes later your clothes are ready to take out . i . soft, sweet-smelting and fluffy . ; , ready to iron. ' Come in today j : t see this wonder ful new HAMILTON Clothes Dryer and arrange for a demonstration. . Buy en Convenient Terms BERGH'S APPLIANCE 1200 S. Stephens Phone BOS Pension Unrest Shows Social Security Need WASHINGTON, Nov, 1. (-- Three senators Saturday cited in dustrial unrest over pensions for worKersc-underscored by the steel strike as evidence of a need for increasing social secur ity retirement, benefits. Senators Humphrey (D-Minn), Murray (D-Mont) and Elbert Thomas (D-Utah) predicted in separate interviews that the drive by labor unions for company-financed pension plans will figure prominently in Senate de bate next year on the House-approved social security bill. "There is no doubt about it," Murray said, "Congress has got to increase retirement payments just as soon as possible." DELiGGHTFUL DUNKING ENNIS, Tex. UPt Students poured their dimes into the till of one attraction at their school carnival. For 10 cents they got three baseballs to throw at a target. When they hit the target it dumped a man Into a big con tainer of water. The target: Stmerintendent of schools J. F. Gardner. NELSON and PYLE WOODWORKING CO. 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The move will throw a major ity of 35,000 Detroit area Dodge, DeSoto and Chrysler plant em ployes out oi work. Chrysler officials said they hoped to maintain production of Dodge trucks until Nov. 11, ana to keep assembly lines moving at the Plymouth plant "as close to Thanksgiving as possible." The last of the dwindling steel supplies will go into Plymouth cars, the corporation said. Alter all our steel is gone, we won't be able to call our people back on any substantial basis for at least a month after the steel strike is settled, a spokesman added, A few of the Dodge, DeSoto and Chrysler workers will be re tained for inventory, parts and engine work. The Ford Motor Co., also run ning short of steel, expects tp start closing down its big Rouge plant Nov. 11. "By Nov. 15, when the assem bly lines there stop," reported Ford Vice President Erenst R. Breech, "we'll have 115,000 pf the payroll." , ' General rioters Corp., third member of the automobile indus try's "Big Three," already has closed a few of its plants tempo rarily for reallocation of steel supplies. disease in the Portland area has been started. Dr. Norman A. Bavid, director of the Portland-Multnomah coun ty campaign, said millions of units of pencillin had been accumulated for use. He added that volunteer workers had begun distribution of 200,000 pamphlets and posters for the campaign. United States Jobs Abroad Held By Hi Women By JANE EADS WASHINGTON Nomination of Mrs. Eugenie Anderson of Red Wing, fcfinn, m ambassador to Denmark brings the total num ber of American women holding official posts in the Unites States foreign service today to 168, Mrs. Anderson, Democratic national committeewoman, is. the first woman to hold the post of am bassador to a foreign country, though three women have been named ministers. Mrs, Perte Mesta, wealthy Washington and Newport social ite, Is the most recent of these. Appointed minister to Luxem bourg, she began her diplomatic service in the tiny (tuehy tit Au gust, attended by much fanfare. Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen Rhode was the first woman to hold a major diplomatic post, She was appointed minister to Denmark by President Franklin 0. Roose velt and serves! from April 1933 to August 1936, The other woman minister was the energetic Mrs, Daisy Harrtman, whom Presi dent Roosevelt named minister to Norway an May 4. 1937. She resigned in 1940 after a dramatic escape to Sweden when the Ger mans Invaded Norway. Among other women serving abroad today are 11 women se cretaries of embassies of lega tions and SI vice consuls. Others are serving as foreign service officers and staff officers in American embassies and lega tions in all corners of the world. The women represent about one 7ue,, Nov. 1, 1949-The Newt-Review, Rswfcmf, On. 3 U. S. Can Now Receive Historic Sites, Buildings WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, (.-PS secretary of Interior, the director A national trust, created under !of he national sailer of arts. bill signed by President Truman, now can receive donations oi tus tovie sites and buildings. It also will receive private con tributions of funds to maintain such places. The trust's program wSH sup plement the federal govern ment's efforts to preserve his toric spots. The legislation designates the and the attorney general men, here of the board oi trustees: of the trust. At least six addiMsnal trustees are to be named by th executive boari of the- national council for historic site aatf buileBrfgs, a private, organiza tton, . -. . tenth of the entire diplomatic ; corps. In addition, approximate- i ly 200 women are attached to the i fM'eJgn service in office positions ! such as clerks, stenographers ! and telephone operators. WHERE'S McKAY? Se Page 12 Hit i.'i 1 T--3i. , .1 .. J. . 1. .JK ECONOMY nivm m. 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