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DAILY MEDITAIONS
. 3 The Lord is good a strong
KO- PSRN hold in the day of trouble,
and he knoweth them that
trust in him.
Prophet Nahum. 1:7.
Military Experts Squabble
.
Over Squabbling Procedure
BY DOUGLAS LARSEN
! NEA Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON—SeveraI weeks ago, Defense
‘Secretary James V. Forrestal took his brood of top
military experts down to Key West, Fla, for a
weekend. The idea was that they were going to
settle once and for all the feuds between the serv- |
ices over which outfit was supposed to Kkill the
enemy with what weapon.
They all came back with good sun-tans and fine
spirits. The meeting was a huge success, they re
ported. The feudin' days were over. I
But, when the official report of the conference
was released, it was admitted that what had really
been produced at Key West was a set of Marquis of
Queensberry rules for future scraps among the
military boys.
The big dispute everybody expected to be settled
was whether or not the Navy was planning to move
into the Air Force's field of strategic bombing, as
soon as Navy got a suitable carrier. Strategic komb
ing is the destruction of factories, communications
centers, etc.
_After the conference, it was supposed to be the
big news that the Air Force had won the dispute
and had gotten the job of strategic bombing as its
own primary function. But this never was the real
issue of the carrier feud.
NAVY LEAVES STRATEGIC BOMBING TO
AIR FORCE
At the press conference, when Navy Secretary
John L. Sullivan first announced that the Navy was
going to get its giant carrier, he made this flat state
ment:
“I want it fully understood that the Navy has no
intention of getting into the field of straegic bomb
ing with this new carrier. We consider that the mis
sion of the Air Force.”
v-igffhc argument over the carrier is simply that the
Air Force didn’t want the Navy to get it. The feud
ing will probably continue until it is either in
g;oriously sunk, as the Air Force predicts, or it
proves itself an effective weapon,
Most of the report of the Key West meeting is a
monotonous, wordy account. For instance, the “pri
mary function” of the Army is described in part as
follows:
.+ Tg organize, train and equip Army "forces for
the conduct of prompt and sustained combat opera
tions on land. Specificially: To defeat enemy land
forces. To seize, occupy and defend land areas.”
Certainly nobody couldargue with that.
If any one service can be said to have come off
best at Key West, however, it is the Navy. One of
the big fears of the Navy men, before the unifica
tion act was passed, was that the Marine Corps
would be lost in the shuffle. Key West gave the
,lflnrine Corps the important responsibility for am
phibious operation and fixed'its strength.
The Navy also got, as a primlary function, anti
submarine warfare. This task, more than getting a
big carrier, opens up the possibilities of the Navy
‘getting into strategic® bombing. Anti-submarine
activity could be interpreted to include bombing
;’txbmarine bases and factories where subs or sub
_parts are made.
... What the military experts hope will be the real
‘benefit of the Key West meeting is the procedure
which was agreed upon for settling future disputes
between the services. This is the way it would
‘work, for example, in the specific case of the
_strategic bombing question: |
~ .The chief of naval operations informs the chiei
of staff -of the Air Force that the Navy wants to
.get into strategic bombing. He does this because
such missions are the Air Force's primary function.'
The air chief then reports to the joint chiefs of staff i
“Whether or not he wants the Navy to do so. If his’
_Teport is negative, the joint chiefs can override him.
I the joint-chiefs can't agree, the secretary of de
fense then makes the decision. |
“.Although the experts in Forrestal's office claim
this procedure is something radically new in the
history of American military administration, it
wolild seem that such conciliating was actually the
gimrof the whole unification act. The secretary of
_defense was given the power to unify the services
and -to make them operate most efficiently. If the
. Key West meeting eventually gets this result, it
| “will have been worthwhile. But, in the meantime
the feuding between the services appears to be con
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TRUSTEESHIP REVEALS
: INCONSISTENCIES
The tentative scheme for carrying out
the American. proposal for a trusteeship
over Palestine aroused no notable enthus
iasm. But, unfortunately, it did empha
size the inconsistency of this government’s
switch in poliey.
One of the most interesting points of
the tentative plan was the disclosure that
the United States favors an international
force to keep order in Palestine, under
‘the trusteeship that it now advocates. It
seems safe to assume, from the guarded
wording of Mr. Austin’s statement, that
the A:nerican government would be will
ing to include its own troops in such a
force. :
The statement pointedly did not say
that this force would be used to enforce
trusteeship. Yet, if UN troops were to be
used to put down disorder arising from
opposition to trusteeship, the difference
between enforcing order and enforcing
trusteeship would be one of words rather
than of actuality.
The UN Trusteeship Council, which
Russia is boycotting would set up the Pal
estine government. It would be headed by
a governor general authorized to call
upon ‘“‘such states as would be specified
in the agreement” to help maintain order.
Doubtless, the U. S. would be hoping that
the Soviet Union was not one of the states
to be called upon.
But the Soviet Union is named as a per
manent member of the Trustee Council
by the UN Charter. Its representatives can
enter the council’s discussion any time it
chooses. Furthermore the use of any in
ternational force in Palestine would need
the approval of the veto-armed Security
Council. ;
; Thus it might work out that American
and Russian vetoes would cancel each
other, and the UN force would be made
up of troops from smaller nations.
But, if such force could -be set up to
keep peace under the trusteeship, then
why not under partition? The Arabs op
pose partition. Both Arabs and Jews op
pose a trusteeship. What, then, is the ad
vantage of the latter?
The Arabs refuse to consider either an
independent Jewish government or fur
ther Jewish immigration. The Jews, prom
ised a national homeland by the League
of Nations and independence by the
United Nations, do not want to become a
minority group under an Arab govern
ernment. There is little hope of voluntary
compromise- in this situation. |
The classic argument against partition
is that “Palestine belongs to the Arabs.”
The Moslems grabbed the country from
Christian Byzantium in the 13th century,
lost it and regained it from the Crusaders,
then controlled it as part of the Turkish
Empire for 400 years. But there never
was an independent Arab Palestine. The
"country no more ‘‘belonged” to the resi
dent Arabs than it did to the Jews, who
lived there since the dawn of recorded
history.
Considering all this, the General As
sembly may reject the trusteeship pro
posal at its meeting this month. It may
also ask why, if the U. S. is willing to pro
vide troops to keep order under a trus
teeship, it cannot do as much under the
partition plan.
ANOTHER CAMPUS CASUALTY
A Montana State College student, mar
ried, a father, and a veteran of 36 air
combat missions, was killed by a college
employe in an incident growing out of a
campus society initiation. This is only one
of many tragedies connected with colleg
jate pranks which are part of our aca
demic history. But the circumstances
make it particularly regrettable.
We aren’t against fun. But it would
seem, with a more mature student body in
America's colleges, that this would be a
good time to curb the senseless, danger
ous excesses of hazing and initiation in
favor of a litttle more concentration on
the serious business of education in a seri
ous world.
When you lock the doors of the labora
tory you are likely to lock out more than
you lock in.—Dr. Charles F. Kettering,
General Motors Co.
One of our great national weaknesses
is that we don’t rely on our professional
people. Folks who know nothing about a
subject demand a right to judge. — Dr.
Edward U. Condon, director, Bureau of
Standards. -
The UN is not what it was intended to
be. Its members are not doing all they
could be'doing to make it work.—Trygve
Lie, UN Secretary General. . ;
In this imperfect world, high principles
and noble purposes are not enough. They
must be backed up with sufficient strength
tc make our voice heard — and heeded.
The weak have little influence. — Scre
tary of Defense Forrestal.
There's not much sense for politicians
to talk about housing programs, taxes,
economy measures, education as long as
the question of war is imminent. — Mrs.
Clare Boothe Luce, former Republican
congresswoman from Connecticut.
We do not want tc dc business with
Russian-dominated countries. — Henry
Ford 11, head., Ford Motor Cempany.
l A third party has as much place in
‘American pelitics as does a third party
on a honeymoon.—J. Howard McGrath,
Democratic National Chairman, =
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Come in—learn how Packard ‘““safety-sprint”’ power
gives you wonderful new gasoline economy !
You'd naturally expect Packard owners
to marvel at the turbine smoothness of
the new 48 Packards. (And they do.)
You'd expect them to praise Packard’s
new “safety-sprint” power —the new
kind of reserve power that breezes them
around other cars and fast highway
busses . . . into the clear. (And they do.)
But the big surprise—the advance
ment that excites these owners most of
all—is the way these Packards get extra
mileage out of every gall(m.’v
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COLLEGE MOTORS, INC.
238 Hancock Avenue Athens, Ga.
Record Supply Of
Fuel Oil Delivered
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Old Refining Units |
Used To Meet Demand
A record supply of oil was
provided to meet a demand un
precedented in history during the
abnormally cold winter just past,
E. N. Kinne of the Service Qil
Company, said today in com
menting on the findings in a sur
vey completed by the Oil Indus
try Information Committee.
The findings, which have just
been made public following the
‘close of the peak heating season,
showed an increase of aver 80
percent in the demand for home
heating oil and Diesel this year
as compared with the winter of
1941-1942 when the United States
entered the war. In the first
part of the winter which the
survey covered, the demand for
this type of oil was 20 percent
(20.7) higher than in 1946-1947.
As cold weather swept the na
tion, increasing a demand for
heating oil that was already at
record levels, the companies in
the oil industry pressed every
possible facility into service, Mr.
Kinne said. .
| Older, high-cost refining units
were utilized, along with @ the
'more modern, efficient units to
increase the amount of oil pro
duced, he added. Normal shut
downs for cleaning and repairs
were shortened. Refineries in the
Gulf-Southwest and -along the
East Coast were operated far
above rated capacity, he explain=
ed, and in the latter area were
running as high as 140 percent of
capacity. Finally, in refineries
generally processing was shifted
to increase the percentage of fuel
oil taken from every barrel, he
said. i )
To move oil into the areas
where it was needed, he said sim
ilar broad steps were taken.
Tank car transportation nor
mally used for comparatively
short hauls of a few hundred
miles, where it can be economi
cally utilized, he stated, was
pressed into service to bring oil
long distances to the East Coast
and Middle West.
BResides the large increase in
demand for light fuel oils, Mr.
Kinne said that in the four
months ended January 24, 1948,
kerosene demand was 18.1' per
cent higher than in the similar
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actually delivering up to 10% more
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Worth looking into? It's a “must”
story for every prospective fine car
buyer. You'll find the cold facts, and'a
warm welcome, at your nearest Packard
dealer’s showroom! .
period a year earlier; gasoline
demand. was up 6.4 percent and
residual (heavy) fuel oil 3.5
percent.
MAKE A DUST MOP
A soft cotton floor mop kept
barely dampened with a mixture
of three parts of kerosene to one
part paraffin oil is excellent for
dry mopping. When the mop be
comes dirty it should be.washed
in hot soapy water, dried and
dampened again with kerosene
and paraffin oil.
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We clean & repair all makes of
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We make and install smoke
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Power Mowers Horse Drawn Mowers
Side Delivery Rakes Hay Balers
Disk Harrows Two Disk Plows
A-6 Combines With Motors
F-2 Power Take Off Combines
Two-wheel Manure Spreaders
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DUDLEY’S AZALEA CARDEN IN BLOOM
Everybody is invited to come to our garden. Our Azaleas
are now in bloom and we are prepared to dig and fill any
orders. Come and make your selection while you can get the
varieties you want. Our garden should be in full bloom by
Easter and will hold good fo_r two or three weeks. From our
thirty thousand Azaleas, consisting of fifty varieties, we can
fill most any order. We also have any other ornamental plant
it would take for landscape work.
Open on weekdays from 8:00 to 5:00 and on Sundays from
1:00 to 6:00 p. m.
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“It’s no use to grumble and con}plain,
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When God sorts out the weather and sends rain . . .
Why, rain’s my choice.”
You can find everything you need for the Farm,
Garden, Lawns, Pastures at COFER’S. Best quality
at right prices.
H. L. COFER & GOMPANY
Seedsmen — Hatcherymen — Feed Manufacturers
Phone 167 — 168 Athens, Ga.
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Posture Chairs To .Match
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MONDAY, APRIL 12, 1948,
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