Evening star., 1945-10-28
Nazi Doctrine Is Still
Evident, Braden Says
At Navy Day Dinner

Warning that Nazi doctrine has
not yet been eradicated from the
world, Assistant Secretary of State
Spruille Braden, speaking at a Navy
Day dinner here last night, pointed
iy referred to Col. Juan Peron, Ar
gentina's strong man." as a self
styled savior, supported by clique
aping its European Nazi prototype" I"
John L. Sullivan, Assistant Secre-
tary of the Navy for air, also ad-
dressing the dinner at the May
flower HOTEL, reflected official con-
Germ over growing public clamor
for more rapid demobilization.
Il doubt if any war ever died
as fast in the hearts and minds
of people as this war has died in
America" Mr. Sullivan said. Il
speak of this tonight in anticipation
of possible future public demands
to accelerate and expand demobiliz-
alton of men and material faster
and further than our present plans
contemplate"
Says Nazis Survive.
Mr.. Braden, former United States
Ambassador to Argentina, did not
name either Peron or the country,
but his references to the infiltration
of Nazi ideas were unmistakable.
Il have witnessed the suffering
of a great nation" he said" who
10 years ago-just as we did-would
have said with full conviction, 1T
can't happen here and yet today 1t
has happened there.
II have sensed the heaviness of
depression which seized a people
cruelty abused by self-styled savior,
supported by a clique aping its
European Nazi prototype"
Mr.. Braden said he could testify
from personal observation" that
large numbers of Nazis survive Ito
spread their malevolent ideologies
and, underground, to egg on their
satellite and petty imitators"
Opposes Single Command.
Mr.. Sullivan followed the lead Of
other top-ranking Navy officials, in
Guiding Admiral Ernest j. King,
chief of naval operations, in OPP
posing the proposed merger of
United States defense forces.
He said it would be inevitable,
under a merger of Army, Navy and
Army Air Forces, that from time
to time, the influence of one branch
of the service will be dominant to
the great, and perhaps irreparable,
damage of the other"
He reminded his audience that
the American public was anxious,
in 1918 and early 1919, for the
soldiers to come home from Europe
The boys came home, most of
them very quickly" he said, "and
the Nation spent the next % years
regretting that they had not gone
through to Berlin =.
Recalls World War Plight.
IF a public demand arises for the
early release of our occupation forces
In and around Japan, it might be
well for us to recall our regret that
World War I died so soon after
Armistice Day. The need to imple-
ment our war and peace offensives
may be dissipated in direct propor-
ton to a premature and extended
demobilization of military personnel
and military power
Another speaker at the dinner,
sponsored by the District Council oil
the Navy League, was Senate Ma
jority Leader Barkley.
He praised President Truman's
Navy Day address in New York yes
terday as a great speech" hailing
the chief executives pronouncement
as another way of reiterating the
Monroe Doctrine.
Barkley Urges Influence.
He asserted the United States,
(which now realizes it is the most
powerful nation in the world"
should help build up not only the
Western Hemisphere but extend the
principles of freedom and tolerance
so that peoples of the democracies
around the whole world could live
In peace and prosperity"
When storms gather throughout
the world" said the Senator, I'VE
know we can no longer hide in a
storm cellar. We realize as never
before that we are a part of the
world. The people Of America will
never again permit their Navy to
become inferior to any navy in the
world"
Homer Cummings, former Attor-
hey General, was postmaster. The
program was opened by Joshua
Evans, jr., chairman, who declared
that your presence here tonight
is a testimonial that we believe In
a big Navy properly and adequately
maintained to guarantee lasting
peace"
A surprise speaker was Charles
v. Claybourn, electricians mate 2ic,
who held the big audience spell
bound as he related his experiences
as a prisoner of the japanese in
three camps and on board Japa-
nese prison ship torpedoed by an
American submarine.
He was one of 80 survivors out OF
$50 American, prisoners on the Jap
ship, which had not been properly
identified as a prison ship.
He appealed to his hearers to see
that the United States never again
Is caught short" as at Corregidor,
where he was captured, and to real
t1o Nloou Wit al a StrOnO nayy ran