The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-24

which should have prevented the scrap shortage, and which has been severely criticized by both Under Secretary of War Waiter son and Under Secretary of the Navy F'orrestal.
 CAPITAL CHAFF
 Jim Farley hasn't lost his in- terest in politics. He called friends in Atlanta long distance about twenty times during the recent Georgia primary which finally de- feated Governor Gene Taimadge, <. Super-G-Man J. Edgar Hoov- CT has been trying to discover who the mysterious admirer is in Hartford, Conn, who sends him small wooden dogs symbolic of the fact that he is a faithful serv- ant =. Harry Hopkins has a great yen for the New York gos- sip columnists .. It. Col. (Jus- tice) Frank Murphy said: ''H you have any doubt about the outcome of this war, just take 1000 Amer. ican boys and put them together with 1000 Japs or 1000 Nazis and you'll see who'll win." Rep. Sabbath of Chicago thinks some draft boards are too lenient with their friends, recommends that boards not be permitted to serve in districts where they are residents-especially in big cities. It now turns out that Prime Minister Curtin,s pessimistic state ment that Australia was woefully unprepared was well timed feint. It lulled the Japs to seep before our Solomon Islands attack Despite establishment of a unified command in Alaska, the Truman Committee recently found Army and Navy flyers making dual ob- seryation flights over Jap foot holds in the Aleutians, instead of alternating or pooling their infor- nation.
 VICE ADMIRAL FOR AIR
 Behind Jack Towers promotion to be vice admiral of air in the Pacific is an interesting story on going al lthe way round Robin Hoods barn to get rid of an ad- miral. It illustrates the Navy policy of promoting a man to get him out of the picture.
 Admiral Towers is one of the most popular men in Washington, was one of the Navy's earliest flyers, was first married to a daughter of the famous Carstairs whiskey family, was very charm ing chief of Naval Aeronautics, chief of Naval Aeronautics, but not for years had he been active in air combat; was attached to the U. S. Embassy in London dur ing the last war.
 So other admirals wanted to
 get him out of the vitally im-
 pOrtant Aeronautic Bureau. But
 Under Secretary of the Navy
 FOrrestal opposed.
 Finally a high-sounding title was cooked up for Towers, as air commander of the Pacific. He was also promoted to be Vice Admiral. Actually, he will be on the ground, not in the air. and he will chiefly "advise" Fleet Commander Ad" miral Nimitz.
 Rear Admiral John S. Mccain the new chief of Naval Aeronau- ties, is 6 tough fighting flyer, who can boast both the vices and virtues of Ulysses S. Grant.
 NOTE: A lot of Admiral Tow ers' sociable friends somehow or other fell into cellophane commis. sions.
 WALTER REUTEiER
 I.abor's hurt feelings, ruffled over the recent WIPE promotion of Ernest Kanzled, Edsel Fords brother -in-law. may be soothed when a successor is named to his old job of Deputy Chairman In Charge of Program Progress.
 Latest indication is that the job will ge to walter Reuthef, vice president of the United Auto Workers.
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