Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-04-27
Zn4IAeW ASHINCT0M
No War, Navy Departments War Damage TO Frc7ee May
Merger Until Afte- War; Totol 40 Billion Dollars
Special to Central Press

. WASHINGTON - Rep Clifton A NOo1lurn CD OF Virginia,
diets that proposals for a merger of the War and Navy Depart
II THINK there's attle chance that anything viii be done to estob-
hh a unified department of National Defense until af'or the war
with Japan" said Woodruff.
vooiuns committee held public hea1tngs on the proposal. bus
Public r merging the Army. Navy and Air Corp, under ono
~ cabinet head have been introduced and arc now
hearings pending in committee.
. TOTAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY N FRANCE
a a result Of the "a has been estimated at 40 billion dollars.
French rehabilitation viii require the services Of 100000 persons
working &C hours a week for II years One mjIIon, t"o-hundred
thousand dwelling units and 10000 industrial buildings Win have
to be restored.
. PRESIDENT HARRY s TRUMAN tells his former Senate COL
v Sasp oe "f t u~4 q Since Goss' he sd did p n1 Vote. except GEe tI in the t rare ~ case Of
a tie. he did not have to worry about his constituents
Truman. a skilled parHamentarian, sometimes took the liberty Of
throwing out hints to new Senate members IS to what they should
do and adopted the rushing tactics for which former Vice President
For example. when Majority Leader Al5cn W Barkley CD' OF
mobizer be called up out of order, Truman sang out:
Without objection so ordered and without objection so confirmed"
orf sags'sy be eq no35ge9 G1!(k o" the trigger shouted; l move "'' inc
And Truman responded: without objection, $ ordered"
And before most spectators knew what was happening, the Vnson
nomination had been approved.
. ALTHOUGH II HAS BEEN OPERATING quietly. IN contrast
10 the senates food study committee. the Houses seven-nember
committee investigating the food shortage is expected to produce
an important report getting at the nub of the food situation about
May !, we'll in advance of any possible report by the Senate COM
mittee
The House group met quietly n daily session, heard leaders in
government and the food industry, 1t called on and got the col
alteration of War Mobilization Director Fred vinson who produced
for them every important government official connected with calories
and vitamins and good red beef
. BOND ISSUES FOR VICTORY in the Far East wiz probably
remain at the present level for the rest of this year. The cost Of
moving troops and supplies to the Far Fest will keep up the war
bill Next year it may be reduced as the war becomes a one-front
proposition.
. THE FIRST MEN TO RETURN to the United States with eye
witness accounts of Navy ampihous operations in the Pacific are
the directors of combat photography.
Dressed in their flying clothes. haggard and un- Poetic
shaven after their long journey from the battlefront. pL.....
they came straight from the airport to the Navy """'
press room to tell what they saw of the fight for Report
the beaches
Usually. they leave the seen of the invasion the morning after
D-day with their carsoes of hlm. The trip from Oknawa took four
days. Five days later the reels had been cut and edited and dis
trbuted to the neighborhood movies to give the home front, as only
pictures can Z graphic idea OF the war.