Evening star., 1945-12-15

increasing bitterness marked
the Army-Navy battle of words
over unif1cation of the armed
services today.
Secretary OF War Patterson yes
terday branded the Nays new ma
tional security plan, submitted to
the Senate Military Affairs Com
mittee Wednesday, as a diversion
ary effort" to beat merger proposals
favored by the Army.
He dismissed as ridiculous"
charges by Navy officials that in
dividual Army officers who do not
favor unification were not permitted
to express their opinions freely.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
H. Struve Hensel, countered by cit
ing an Army memorandum, which
he charged imposes the party line"
on public expressions by Army off,
GERS.
Mr.. Hensel said Mr.. Patterson
must not be able to understand the
Navy's security plan, expounded in =
brochure. In answer to questions
raised by 1t. Gen. j. Lawton Collins
about who paid for what Mr.. Pat
terson termed the fancy" brochure,
Mr.. Hensel said the expected bill of
$8,400 for 10000 copies would be paid
from the Nays printing and bind
ing appropriation.
Admiral H. K. Hewitt told the
Senate Military Affairs Committee
today that the immediate effect of
combining the armed services would
be chaos as far as the Navy is con-
cerned"
Instead, he recommended reten-
ton of individual departments CO.
ordinated at the top by a national
security council, with the joint
Chiefs Of Staff functnoning as a
strategic planning and executive
agency.
Joint Exercises Urged.
At the same time, Admiral Hewitt
urged that the officers OF each serv-
ice be educated in the functions and
problems Of the other, through in
terchange Of schooling and training
and through frequent joint exercises.
I'VE have now the greatest Navy
in the world" declared Admiral
Hewitt, a member of the Navy Gen.
eral Board. The retention of a
strong Navy Is of the utmost impor-
tance to our national security and
to the playing of our part in the
United Nations Organization. This
Navy should not be placed under the
control Of those who do not under
stand its functions and problems" "
Admiral Hewitt said the need for
unity Of command in the field was
fully shown in the war just ended,
but that this could be achieved with
ciliate, refuse to bargain, refuse to
negotiate, refuse to arbitrate.
That is the way you do it. You
are asking for fight, and. brother
you are going TO get it, and if it is
the last thing we do, brother, we are
going to sweat this one out to the
bitter end
Anderson: All right.
Question Of Pay.
'Reuther: Every man on our stafi
is giving his full pay Every one OF
you is getting your full pay. You
haven't lost a damn red cent, and
We will take 1t right down to the
last bitter inch of the road, and
when the plants open up, remember
part of it goes back into the plants
Don't forget about that. We have
just started to fight. since this is
the way you have asked for it. You
made that decision when you can
celed the contracts: you asked for
it. you will get it, you will get it with
everything we have got and then we
will break it of.
Il give you that as a little COM
mitment. When it is all over some
day you will say, What about taking
care Of that problem?"
I'VE will say, no, don't you re-
member how you said you we're going
to get tough?'
And. that is the way it is going
to be, on straight fighting basis
all the way. and then your old Gen.
eral Motors record is in the ash-can
You put it there by your arbitrary
arrogance, by your unwillingness to
sit down and collective bargain on
the basis of economic facts. That
is what you have done.
You have destroyed the work of
lot of honest people who worked
hard for four years, destroyed it
and you sit there in your millions
and said we did
Anderson: You asked for it,"