The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-09

their sons on that day.
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 | plus agreements. He comments Il sh- ly the work of Rear Admiral 4dc- Gowan, paymaster general and heau of the supplies and accounts bureau and expresses Athe opinion that 'the navy has received and is receiving fulh value for every dollar expended
 AID OF MUNITION MAKERS The report also pays tribute to the patriotic cooperation the departments has received from shipbuilders, mu- nitions manufacturers and the heads of all the.allied industries. - T wish these captains of industry, MT Daniels says, 'to understand the appreciation of the navy departnent of their wonderful accomplishment. And the country should know now they lacked in nothing of thought ana effort in naval preparation and maya. efficiency. Not few of them under took any work desired with a willing ness to leave the question Of profits to the government putting~their plants and resources at the governments dls- ! posal"
 
 port continues, and workmen at the yards have many times refused to leave vital employment there for better pay elsewhere. In addition, when relations between capital and labor appeared to have reached critical stages at time during the rush of war work, the trades at the navy yards addressed resolutions 1, to the department "so clearly defining l their belief that the duty of all loyal American workmen lay in securing maximum production, without regard to selfish considerations of personal lbetterment as to have no slight effect pin bringing both sides in controversies going on outside the yards to a realiza- tion of the need of forgetting their diyputes."
 The secretay holds much of this sat- isfactory condition to have been due to the loyal cooperation of the heads of the American Federation of Labor" MT Daniels expresses appreciation Of the work done by George Greet, chair man of the committee on public infor- nation, and has this to say of the American press:
 'The most intimate relationship be- tween MT. Greet and the department has been productive of genuine co-opera- tion in a service that was new in our icountry and not easy to carry out suc- 1 cessfully. The spirit of the press, which periodically responded to the appeal ] for voluntary censorship, cannot be too highly commended There was full free- dom of the press with fun recognition iby the press of the governments desire rtp withhold no information that did not disclose military secrets. The press had Ian appreciation of this necessity and, though having knowledge of move ments of ships and troops and other military operations, never violated con l fidence. On the other hand the press gave helpful suggestions which were invaluable to MT Greet and the depart ment."
 NAVY PERSONNEL
 The report shows clearly that MT. Daniels has no Intention of proposing an adoption of the naval general staff suggestions that have been made. He finds that the navy organization has stood the strain of war without falter- ling and says
 For years there was a persistent and insistent demand on the part of a small element of the navy and some we'll meaning citizens interesting themselves in naval matters for naval organiza- tion labeled general staff~of the made in Germany pattern. This pattern has mot worn we'll, and it is observed that T the made in America pattern of the United States navy seems to be appre- l clated now not only in America but in some of the nations associated with us
 "The teamwork has extended iron the Secretary's office to the deck o1 the smallest motor boat; from the rank ing admiral to the lowest recruit The men in Washington who have been re lspohsible for the direction of the navy's I preparations and navaIv operations or every sea and at every shore base are the members of the advisory counci lcreated, some three years ago.
 During every period of pre-wal preparation and of prosecution of tn, war, in both personnel and material every member of the council has hat lone thought and that has been how to secure the best cooperation and tt iobtain the best stFresultA"
 The councilis composed of the Sec retary, assistant, Franklin D. Roase welt; Admiral Benson. chief of opera tions, and the following rear admiral who head the bureaus: Palmer. naviga tionj Earle, ordnance; Griffin, en gineering; Taylor, construction Nc IGowan, supplies and accounts; Braisted medicine and surgery; Parks. yards ant docks; Clark, judge advocate genera and Major General Barnett. command ant of the marine corps