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THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1951 THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON PAGE THREE - But Are Sailors Getting Soft? Old Chief Scoffs At New 'Boot Training,' But It's Making Better Bluejackets "it. 3 : NEW STYLE "BOOT TRAINING" may seem easier than the old days, but there's plenty of hard rpallsm In this fire fighting lesson as new sailors learn how to put out a flaming plane. Ing for, (he biggest Innovation In boot camp is 10 hours of instruc tion in such -things as "Democ racy and Totalitarianism," "Gov ernment by Ballot," and "Privil eges of American Democracy." The boys appear to like it. Despite what the old chief pro bably calls "frills" or softness In the training, they aren't forget ting that the mam jod is turning out sailors for tough and Import ant duty in Uncle Sam's Navy. There's plenty of rugged basic military drill and physical train ing. A recruit spends a minimum of 51 hours on basic seamanship, learning the traditional knots, handling of deck gear, chipping paint and shipboard drills. A unique phase of the training is accomplished on board the U. S. S. Recruit, a dry-land mock-up qf a destroyer escort and the only fully-commlssloned ship Jn the Navy which never has been and never will be afloat. Every piece of equipment on the ship which the boot must learn to use is stenciled and named, and it pro vides the closest possible condi tions of being aboard ship. ' Another.important phase of the recruit training, certainly not soft, is the fire fighting course. Fire aboard ship is the dread of all seamen. Classes, go into huge concrete block houses, oil is ignited inside to simulate a blaze In a hold, and the youngsters with hoses try to extinguish the blaze. The best way. to fight all types of ship board and aircraft fire is taught in this highly practical and effec tive manner. - .'-. ' Except for a shortage of In doop classrooms whlbh delays No Break Seen In Ship Strike SHEETS IN THE WIND well, mattress covers, anyway seem to puzzle these brand new sailors after they've drawn their gear at San Diego Naval Training Station. Qiief Petty Officer at right, who's been around, explains what it's all about. ' ' By Douglas Laraen (NKA Staff Correspondent) San Diego, Cal. Is the Navy getting soft In its "boot" train ing? A salty old retired chief who has just made an unofficial in spection of the Navy's huge re cruit training command here says: .... . .. "I don't sen how thev make aboard shm sailors out of those kids the waW satisfactorily, perform basid du- they're handling 'em. They don't swear at 'em. They baby 'em. They teach 'em about ballots, as if that's got anything to do with sailing a ship. They even call 'em 'son' instead of 'Mac'. It ain't like the old days." The chief Is- dead right about one thing. It's not like the old days. But in spite ol his doubts, all the evidence is that they're turning out the finest bunch of apprentice teamen,, headed for the fleet or advanced schools, the Navy has ever had. I have heard this claim from fleet commanders and commanders of advance training schools at Navy installa tions all over the IL S. Not since the depths of the de pression In the '30s, when there was a boom in applications for the Navy, has the caliber of re cruits been so high, top Navy men claim, Of the 18,000 "boots" now on board, the average boy has had more than three and one- half years' of high school. ' And about 20 per cent have had some college training. ; - With the rush demands for new sailors by the fleet relaxed slight ly, the basic course has just been increased from nine to 11 weeks. In that time, according to Comdr. F. R. Matthews, head of the pro gram, a "boy can be taught to go aboard ship and handle himself ties with a minimum of confusion and not disgrace himself in pub lic as a sailor." . The old chief's reaction to the present boot training and they are trying hard but not too suc cessfully; to change the word "boot" to "recruit" probably stems from the academic or col lege atmosphere of the program. It's true that there's a minimum of cussing at the kids. Academic training is i designed to Interest the boys instead of being shoved down their throats. The old ob stacle . course has been elimin ated. ' ' This is probably . because the program Is being run mostly by professional teachers and educa tors who have been called from civilian life to help with the speeded-up program. But the job is being done efficiently and well. On the theory that- you can't ask a boy to go out and fight without knowing what he's fight- STARTS TONIGHT! SPICY WITH SONGS AND DANCES) .lUSCIOUS WITH PEACHES ON THE BEACHES! mm Danny KYE ! 6ENE 1 COM (m$W: Added Fun ALL THE EXCITEMENT and FUN OF A TEXAS RODEO! "LONE STAR ROUND UP" ' and- WALT DISNEY CARTOON "CAMP DOG" LATEST WORLD-WIDE NEWS EVENTS training somewhat, the Navy's re cruit training program has suc cessfully handled the tremendous ly increased demands of the cur rent mobilization. ' There are as many' enlistees (many of them fleeing the draft) as the facilities can take care of. There has been no serious short age of clothing, bedding or medi cal services which has plagued the AJi- Force and Army. And morale among the boys be ing trained, as well as among the training persqnnel, appears to be high. If the program is too soft you can't tell it from the look of the lean, tanned, fit youngsters as they parade smartly before the reviewing stand on" graduation day. ' -"- : New York, June 21 (IH-Shlp owners offered the National Mari time union (CIO) a 44-hour week at sea today but the seamen held out for 40 hours work with 48 hours pay, carrying their strike into the sixth day. . - Spokesmen for the NMU and 40 Atlantic gulf ship owners resum ed negotiations at 10:30 a.m. EDT. Clyde Mills, assistant director of the federal mediation and con ciliation service, said he believed that if the NMU and ship owners got together, the striking Marine Engineers Benevolent association (CIO) and American' Radio asso ciation (CIO) would also come to agreements. . , t ;. The' ARA, only union striking on the west coast, broke off nego- ' ENDS TONIGHT Show Starts at Dusk . , "MY FRIEND 4RMA" and "Traveling Saleswoman" TOMORROW! 2nd HIT Tarn NOW PLAYING! TIERNEY LUND NlKItNG- 2nd HIT turn t CiUSlD "omooSnrr tlations yesterday with the Pa cific Maritime association and the radiomen's vice-president, Philip O'Rourke, said "we're back where we started." ' Loading Halted ARA pickets at Seattle halted loading of army cargo destined for Alaska last night, despite the radio operators' pledge to service essential ships, but port agent Carl Lundqulst said the misunder standing would be straightened out. . ' The ARA has cut its wage in crease demand down from $70 a month to $63 but said it would go no lower. - The NMU, pattern setter foV maritime unions, was still de manding the 40-hour week last night when mediators recessed a long negotiating session at 10:30 o'clock, Ship owners said they would grant 40 hours for work ashore but could not go below 44 hours for men afloat; . . .... "Ttye 44-hour week is as far as the companies will go." Frank J. Taylor, head of the shippers' com mittee, said. OUT OUR WAY 7 By J. R. Williams YEH.IT M IVES U9 A KICK ID MAKE Ot-'tfeNFEELl IMFCWTAwr-- FUNNV WW LOvEfOR I V DON'T GIT AMY UflY TH'S THEV BEEN IDEARS ABOUT ' ONE PULLIN' THAT AMV C THEM GEARS, X WOULP. 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