Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-06
Sherman Voices HOPE
For Smaller Slash
In Navy Air Funds
By John A. Giles

The Navy is getting Its prom
Used hearing on proposed spend
ing cuts and Admiral Forrest P
Sherman, the new chief of naval
operations. said yesterday that
every effort will be made" to gel
a smaller reduction in naval avia-
ton than originally contemplated
Admiral Sherman, who has ap-
peared at hearings before a de.
Tense economy committee along
with Navy Secretary Matthews
also moved fast in setting up his
own staff. He named Rear Ad-
miral Lynde Dupuy Mccormick te
be his new vice chief of naval
operations.
Admiral Mccormick, now COM
mandant of the Twelfth Naval
District with headquarters at San
Francisco, Calf, will succeed Vice
Admiral John D. Price, who will
become commander of Naval Air
Training at Pensacola, Fla. The
changes will take place next
spring when Vice Admiral John
w. Reeves, jr.. gives up the Naval
Air Training job prior to retiring
at the end of April.
Hearings at Pentagon.
Mr.. Matthews told the House
Armed Services Committee sew
eral weeks ago that Defense Sec
rotary johnson had promised the
Navy a hearing on the economy
slashes which set some Congress
men screaming.
The hearings now under way
at the Pentagon do not mean that
the Nays air arm won't be hurt,
but it is likely not to suffer the
cut originally planned. TIL e
House committee heard that the
Navy cut proposed by Mr.. John
son would come from naval avia-
ton funds.
The Pentagon hearings, it was
learned, have been going on two
days before Mr.. Johnson's De-
tense Management Committee,
headed by Gen. Joseph T. Nc
Narney.
Admiral Sherman told a re-
porter:
It's too early to predict how
we will make out. 1t is a COM
plicated financial matter which l
haven't had time to grasp fully
as yet.
The Navy never wanted to cut
down on the procurement of
planes. But when suddenly you
find yourself poor. you stop buy
ing things. Now we are making
every effort to make cuts in other
directions"
Target" Reductions.
Presumably the other direc-
lions" will mean another sizeable
cutback in the shore establish
ment.
MIR. johnson assured the COM
mittee that their proposed $685.
100000 reduction in the Nays
spending, along with 1857, 900 900
cut for the Army and a s196, 000.-
900 decrease for the Air Force
merely were target" reductions
for the services to try to meet"
Army representative also have
heard by the McNarney commit
tee and the Air Force also plans
an appearance, it was said.
There was increasing specula-
ton about what will happen to
the Nays top ranking admlrals
under the new Chief of Naval
Operations but Admiral Sherman
took care of that talk in the case
Of at least one of them.
Asked about reports that Adj
miral Richard L. Connolly, now
Eastern Atlantic and Mediter-
ranean. would retire, Admiral
Sherman said that he knew that
"the reverse is true" Mr.. Mat
thews has announced that Ad-
miral Denfeld has been offered
Admiral Conolly's present post
which he has held more than three
years.
I Blandy May Retire.
The admiral also added that re-
ports about Admiral Arthur w.
Radford leaving the service were
all speculation" Admiral Rad
ford is commander of the Pacific
Fleet and master minded the ad-
mirals' presentations before the
House Committee.
Admiral w. H. P. Blandy, At
lantic Fleet commander since Feb
ruary 3, 1947, and prominently
mentioned for the operations post
both at the time of Admiral Dem
fields original appointment to the
job Two, years ago and again at
the time of his custer, now may
retire, an informed source said.
Admiral Thomas c. Kinkaid,
who has been commander of the
Eastern Sea Frontier since April
3. l945. will be 81 years old next
April 3. He will retire early next
year.
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