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Denfeld Charges Air Force
. Seeks to Drop Navy Aviation
( Admiral Louis E. Denfield, who has resigned from the Navy
j early this month after his dismissal as Chief of Naval Operations,
, charges in a signed article in Collier's today (Friday, March 17)
i that during the latter part of his command the Air Force wanted
' to abolish or take over all combat naval aviation.
J He further charged that the
Army sought to grab the am
phibious functions of the Ma
; rine Corps, "reducing the Ma
i rines to a mere security force."
In the second of three Collier's
. articles. Admiral Denfeld cites
the "sinking" of the U.S.S. car
j rier United States by the Air
1 Force as an example of lack of
co-ordinated teamwork between
the services,
"The Navy's most calamitous
1 experience with efforts to build
a new weapon was the loss of
the flush-deck carrier United
States." Denfeld writes. One of
! his first acts as CNO was to ap-
. pear before the Bureau of the
! Budget to present the need for
: the flush-deck carrier.
He proposed a utilitarian ship
with improvements including
decks designed to accommodate
large planes.
" 'Strategic' bombing was
never a factor in the plans for
the carrier United States," he
states. "But the Air Force saw,
w or imagined it saw, the danger
. that the Navy would encroach
on its prime function Accord
ingly, our brother fliers and
their zealous lay supporters
went to work to 'sink' the U.
S. S. United States.
"Incidently, so far as I have
been able to find out, that is
is the only carrier the Air
Force ever sank, anywhere."
The former CNO wrote In Col
lier's last week that he was fired
because his testimony on unifica
tion of the military services be
fore a Congressional committee
offended Secretary of Defense
Louis Johnson and Secretary of
the Navy Francis P. Matthews.
Denfeld writes that he believ-
. ed unification was designed to
. provide swift co-ordinated team
work between the services.
"It has not, and to the na
, tion's possible grief it will not,
: so long as the present adminis
trative methods are followed in
the Department of Defense," he
writes.
Denfeld points out that the Air
Force "almost petulantly refus
ed to concede the Navy's need
to' use any combat carriers at all
in the fiscal year beginning next
July 1st.
"These are the ships of the
Essex and Midway class. The
army grudgingly approved four,
just half the number the navy
had requested.
s "As with all matters on which
the joint chiefs disagree, this
was carried tp Secretary of De
fense Louis Johnson, who grant
ed us six. (I understand this
has recently been increased to
seven.) We had been allowed
. 11' in fiscal 1949 and eight in
the current year, fiscal 1950.
"With their supporting ships,
these carriers are the navy's
most powerful offensive weapon,
1 mobile forces that can be used
. on any ocean.
"By progressive steps, the
navy's real fighting power is
i being whittled down, even to
the point of danger."
Referring to the loss of the
USS United States, Denfield
aid that It was worse than
depriving the nation of a
weapon which In another war
would prove to be an instru
ment of swifter victory.
"It is injected into our
democratic processes of rep-'
resentative government the
application of the dictatorial
ukase. There was no auth
ority to halt the building of a
weapon decreed by experts to
be necessary and authorized
by Congress."
Denfeld says that the navy's
voice depends on what jobs are
held by whom and the degree
of their influence and oppor
tunity. The key jobs, the chair
manship of the joint chiefs of
staff and the management com
mittee, are held respectively by
an army general and an air
force general.
"The Marines are completely
blocked out from all important
policy-making assignments," he
relates.
"To my mind, there is no rea
son why a marine should not sit
there (joint chiefs of staff) now.
If he is not actually made a
member, the commandant should
at least be present as consultant
when questions of interest to
the Marines are discussed. And
the marines should have repre
sentation on the war planning
committee."
Youth Night Held
By Hayesville PTA
Hayesville Youth night was
held at the Hayesville PTA.
Elected on the nominating com
mittee were Mrs. Ronald Hall,
Mrs. Walter Nystrom and Mrs.
Burns Christofferson
The ways and means commit
tee announced that $43 54 was
made on the traveling basket.
The Girl Scouts made over $29
on the bazaar and the 4-H Cook
ing club made $8.25 on baking.
This will be used towards a half
scholarship to Oregon State
summer school.
Anthol Riney, 4-H club agent,
spoke on 4-H club work A half
scholarship for the 4 H club and
inenrgnna 4nn 41a Tin. C .
cided on for this year.
Burns Christofferson an
nounced that the Brooks Farm
ers Union, will put on a three
act comedy play at the Hayes
ville school Friday, April 7. La
dies night will be held at the
next PTA meeting April 14.
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Tokyo Romance Mitsue
Shigeno, 29, freshens up on
arrival in San Francisco
aboard a PAA Clipper, en
route to Washington, D. C, to
marry Carroll Klotzbach, 49,
horticulturist formerly station
ed in Japan. Miss Shigeno is
the first of three Japanese
women permitted to enter the
U. S. to marry under three
private laws passed by con
gress on Valentine's day and
approved by President Tru
man. (Acme Telephoto)
Museum of Historical Group
Might Be Brought to Salem
The museum of the Oregon Historical society may be moved
from Portland to Salem.
In Portland a controversy has developed over a demand by the
city council that $8000 a year rental be paid for housing the
museum in the municipal auditorium. So Mayor Robert L. Elf-
strom has written a letter to
Omar C. Spencer, Portland at
torney, offering to negotiate for
the removal to Salem.
Elfstrom told Spencer that "a
number of Salem people have
discussed with me the possibility
of housing the society and its
marvelous collection of Oregon
history in Salem. It would seem
that as Salem is the capital city
this sluggestion would be very
much in order.'
Elfstrom suggested that a com
mittee from Salem meet with
representatives of this historical
society, of whom Spencer is one.
Spencer has replied that while
he thinks the museum should
remain in the center of popula
tion, he would regard the Salem
offer very favorably if the Port
land council continues to insist
on the rental or the legislature
fails to increase the society's
allotment.
No definite suggestion is made
as to where the museum could
be housed in Salem. For years
it has been using the Portland
auditorium without rental cost.
It is supported mainly by legis
lative appropriation. Its only
other income is from member
ship fees and a small sale of
books.
Amity The Amity folk danc
ing class will meet Saturday
evening at the grade school
gymnasium at 8 o'clock. Mrs.
Kathryn Adam, Portland, is the
instructor. Beginners are wel
come. Hereafter the club will
meet every two weeks.
Cheap Jap Canned
Crab Closes Plant
La Conner, Wash., March 17
(U.P.) The competition of cheaply-produced
Russian and Jap
anese, imports of canned crab
meat has forced a shutdown of
the local plant of the Whiz Fish
Products Co., Art Herrold, plant
superintendent, disclosed today.
Inability to meet the price
competition of the imported
crab meat which has been ar
riving in increasing quantities
in coast ports was the reason
given for the firm's decision to
halt indefinitely the canning of
the meat. Herrold said the move
put about 50 persons out of
work.
Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon. Friday. March 17. 1950 3
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