The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-17
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WASHINGTON-BOth the Army and Navy are squawking private but vigorously to President Tru- his determination to balance the budget at their expense.
 Only way he can balance it is by choppng down Army-Navy expenditures. Anyone who looks over the budget sheet of the U. S. Government can see that that is where the big expenditures are. Most civilian agencies were cut to the bone during the war and have continued that way. The Army and Navy, however, still are padded
 Therefore Truman has already cut billions from the Army and Navy. which brought howls all the $7,26S 400 voted it by Congress and the Navy said 1t needed all the $4,11s 65930O-h they were to keep pace with Russia.
 Despite their howlS, however Truman refused to budge on the two-bilon cut Furthermore, though it hasn't leaked out yet he plans to cut another b- lion within the next few days or weeks
 Suggestion to Navy Admrals: It may seem like chicken feed to people, but if you want to save few thousand dollars, take look at the Naval Air School at Olathe, Kans, commanded by one of your Annapolis grads, Capt. w. M. Drane, Naval Academy 30.
 Captain Drane is now tearing down three en- listed mems barracks which cost $47700 each to con- struct and which were only completed May 2, 194S
 in order to use the lumber for quarters for himself plus quarters for the bases executive officer Mean while, houses for veterans are stymied for lack of lumber Meanwhile also, Captain Drane is not too uncomfortable. He is living in the married officers quarters consisting of 27 rooms while the executive officer is living in the bachelor officers quarters which consists of 13 rooms.
 Another saving the Navy might make would be to sell the 12 electric refrigerators idle at the Olathe air base One has been loaned to Comdr. C. C. Clement for in his private home. Veterans would be delighted to pay good money for these idle refrg orators
 Another way to save money would be to curtail the interesting flights which Captain Drane makes to Clarksvie, Tenn, which happens to be his home On one trip twin-engine Beechcraft with It. Comdr L. D. Macomber pilot picked up Drane's daughter and her girl friend and flew them back to Olathe, without entering either of the girls on the flight plan.
 Three thousand naval personnel have been trans ferred away from Olathe, with only about 400 men remaining. Yet no furniture equipment iceboxes or buildings have been declared surplus. All this may sound like chicken feed compared with the Navys tremendous wartime expenditures but when you multiply possible economy at Oathe by possible economy at hundred other stations, it runs into real dough
 Note-Another possible saving: For long time, Comdr W. M Collins, Annapolis 34 and son-in-law of Adm. Charles F. Snyder, Navy Inspector General 1 lived in Kansas City and commuted thirty miles daily to Olathe in Dodge sedan which belonged to l the Navy and was serviced daily in Navy garage. 1 l Venerable Tom ConnalIy, the distignuished chair man of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was attending a diplomatic reception at the Paris | Peace Conference where he introduced to the Czechoslovakan Foreign Minister, Jan Masaryk. "Oh, of course knew your father we'll" Con nally said, and then stepped back and began imi 1 tatng man playing violin.