Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-25

bringing to the Navy the new and glori.
GUS achievements of today" The Ian.
sing State Journal, recalling the vol.
ume of advice that has been offered to
the Government, states: None of the
advice hit the mark. but 1t did stir up
the problem of greater safety for SUBJ
marine crews as 1t has never been
stirred before. Attention was conferred
on the problem in Congress and In the
executive departments of the Govern
ment and in the Navy. 1t is indeed
progressive being made"
THE successful experiment in SUBJ
marine crew rescue" in the opinion Of
the st. Joseph News-Press, mot only
marks new era in the use of sub
marines, but may result in a consider
able refinement of their employment in
war The accepted war theory that a
submarines crew must always be lost
with the ship probably will be revised.
The hope is warranted" observes
the Buffalo Evening News, that this
invention will take submarine service
IN peace time out of the extrahazard-
Gus class. and to that extent it tends
70 remove an objection % maintaining
submarines as units In modern navies.
Under war conditions the device must
enable crews to take greater risks in
penetrating mine fields or CHANGING
depth bombs and cannon shot than
would be justified when any disaster
would mean the loss of all on board"
While 1t is possible that the new
Sa1ety device may not be quite so EN-
Client under actual combat conditions
as 1t has appeared In the experiments"
the kalamazoo Gazette suggests, there
Is little doubt that it will greatly de-
crease the hazards of peace time train
ing. For the submarine has proved to
be almost as dangerous q vehicle in time
OF peace as In time of war. Hundreds
or lives have been lost in practice ma
neuverS since the World War ended.
While 1t has been customary to write
on these losses as sacrifices which
must be made in the maintenance of
an adequate national defense, the public
as a whole has been unwilling to regard
them with an attitude Of calm resigna-
ton. Certain 1t Is that the American
peop!e-and the people of every nation
which has submarines-will watch
hopefully. the efforts to perfect these
new safety devices"
Credit Is due in large measure"
says the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin,
10 the Is volunteers who, with the In
trepld spirit of the American Navy,
Went down 40 feet in the blue waters Of
the Gulf Stream, trusting to the ell
cacy of the newly invented mechanical
lung which operates on much the
same principle as a gas mask Emer-
gence Of the officers of the heroic is
within half an hour was an epoch
marking incident in the brainy struggle
to overcome the worst peace-time dan
ger OF the submarine to its crew. For
year the Navy Department has been
tireless In examining the hundreds Of
safety devices that have been offered
since the Provincetown tragedy. Use Of
the salvaged S-4 for this experiment
adds a dramatic touch"
such tests, Of course" warns the
Haverhill Gazette, do not demonstrate
that the hazard Of the submarine has
been reduced to the hazard of the sur
race craft. They indicate. however, real
progress toward making the submarine
safer and most commendable determi-
nation on the part of the Navy Depart
nient to safeguard the sailors on UNDER
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