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THIS WEEK'S
T ASTHEAD
NAVY
Fastest in the world is the
Navy's new F8F Bearcat fighter
plane. Finished too late to see
VOL. IV - N•o. 41 TREASURE ISLAND, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. SATURDAY, NOV. 17, 1945
action in the Pacific, its sea-level
speed is 400 miles per hour, its
"Just Married!'' - Papa Approves •
climbing rate, 5,000 feet a minute SECRETARY FORRESTAL STEPS INTO
and its ferry range 1,500 miles.
Light-weight, high-powered, sin-
gle-engined and carrier-based, it ARMY-NAVY MERGER CONTROVERSY
combines the best features of
both Jap and American fighters,
and will serve as a pattern for GROANING TABLES Calls Merger
post - war plane development.
Grumman Aircraft Corp. is in FACE CHOW HOUNDS Plan Unsou nd '
charge of production and Bear-
cats are already in operation on THANKSGIVING DAY Says Cannot Work
fleet carriers.
Into the red-hot Congressional
* * * All you T. I. gourmets are ad- discussions on the pros and cons
Not minding the delay too vised to fast a couple of days of an Army, Navy and Air Force
much are thousands of men who
a re being funneled through the before Thanksgiving. On this merger moved Secretary of the
Thursday the Commissary depart- Navy Forrestal recently to have
Pearl Harbor staging area. On ment plans a feed that would his say.
their way home from the Pacific have Nero's chops watering.
their first stop is Hawaii for in- The merger bill, he told Con-
Five thousand young turkeys, gress, "is unsound because it con-
terviews and classification. While
weighing 15 tons, covered by 600 centrates power in the hands of
they wait they are treated like
gallons of gravy, will be the back- one Secretary beyond the capacity
guests. They have no cleaning de-
bone of the feast. Fifteen thou- of any one man to tise that
tails except to police their own
sand pounds of snowflake pota- power."
barracks. Three enlisted men's toes, 1,000 gallons of cream of to~ Questioning claims that econ-
beer gardens, a CPO club and an mato soup, 4,500 pounds of but- omy and efficiency would be in-
officers' club are part of the guest tered peas, will precede at least creased by departmental merger,
privileges. Facilities for all ath- 5,000 hot mince pies and 1500 Secretary Forrestal declared that
as possible, but until their ordere I fruit cakes. Army, Navy and Air Corps pro-
letics are also available. They are
moved on to the States as quickly
With but one tray y.ou'll prob- curement, if put under one head
ably have to eat the meal in in- "cannot possibly work, except b;
come through they wait- not t oo
stallments. In any case, comes the immediate splitting and re-
impatiently.
Thursday dinnertime, the only un- splitting of functions."
* * * happy souls on Treasure Island National Security Council
Interesting sidelight on the will be the cooks. Rather than a combined armed
joint Army-Navy merger is that force, the Secretary recommended
the whole argument has aroused that all national security activi-
little ·political interest. Members Ya Gona Keep Warm! ties including diplomatic and
of all political parties have ex- scientific, be coordinated through
RECEIVING CONGRATULATIONS from the bride's father on their
pressed opinions for and against Sailors Get Religion
recent ma~riage are Betty Van Deveer, former Wave y,eoman, and creation of a National Security
but the impetus for all the con-
Joe Radost1, Y2c. The couple met while workin g in the Armed Guard Council.
troversy has originated with top Personnel Office. To Spite Cold City This council would have the
Army and Navy men. So far this President as ex-officio chairman.
wee!t C::ongress continued to hear The three sailors stood at the Members would be the Secretaries
reports from both sides and from EQUIPMENT Bill Before Senate rear of the congregation in one of State, War and Navy, and the
Washington came rumor that INSTALLED IN Provides Inducements of San Francisco's mildly strict head of a new agency which Mr.
Presid·ent Truman favored the churches which emphatically con- Forrestal proposed to be set up
merger. T. l.'s THEATRES For Navy Career demns standing in the rear of to handle questions of domestic
the church. They leaned comfort-
* * * machinery and planning.
U. S. Marines in China had a New projection equipment has For those of you T. I. sailors ably against a radiator, accepting Previously, the Congressional
hard time making up their minds been installed in Treasure Is- who remain on the fence as to its grateful warmth, and at the investigating committee heard the
same time listened politely to the
this week whether they were wel- land's three theatres, the Welfare making the Navy a career, a new diverging views of such military
sermon being preached.
come guests or not. Chinese Na- department announced this week. bill, approved by the Senate figures as Generals Marshall
tionalists had issued them a Equipped with the most up-to- Naval Affairs committee and now The sexton had been watching Vandergrif, Smith, Arnold and
them for some length, and be-
friendly invitation to stay, and date . refinements available, the before the Senate for action, may Doolittle.
coming annoyed, walked up to
Chinese Communists were not new installations compare favor- help you to decide.
them and asked that they find Opposition G11ows
quite so poH~e in their hints to ably with that of any first-run The new measure provides sev- themselves a place with the con- Joining with the Secretary of
leave. Chinese territory seemed mo·vie theatre in the country. eral attractive inducements for gregatiori: The sailors shifted un- Navy in opposing the merger,
to be rapidly changing hands. It Last week the Welfare depart- making a vocation of the Navy. easily on their feet during the Fleet Admiral King warned Con-
was hard to know who was their ment disclosed that T.I.'s theatres Among the most important pro- awkward silence that followed, gress that to alter the two-secre-
rightful host. Not even Emily are to be named after three Naval visions of the bill are : until one of their group acted as tary system would remove "one
Post could help. heroes, John Basilone, Butch
Double enlistment allowance a spokesman. of the greatest elements of our
* ,"t/'. * O'Hare and Dorie Miller. As yet for men re-enlisting within 24 "I, uh .. . that is- we aren't of national strength."
Legal holiqays were set up re- it remains undecided which names hours of expiration of a previous this faith, sir," he stammered. Also taking the Navy stand
cently by the ~-President. In the will be applied to the individual enlistment. This would allow men "We figured if this cold city was Gen. A. A. Vandergrift; Com-
future New year•~ Day, Wash- theatres. Plans are underway for in the first three pay grades $100 couldn't keep our bodies warm. mandant of the Marine Corps. He
ington's ~irt!1day; ·Memorial Day, appropriate ceremonies to accom- multiplied by the number of years surely that's the least this House emphasized that the Army and
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July 4, Labor Day, Armistice pany the actual christening of the in their last enlistment. Men in of God could do!" _Navy "each must have its own
Day, Thank~gjvin:g and Christmas movie houses. the lower pay grades would re- The sexton let them stand. service elements geared to its own
will be celeb1111tt d by the Navy, ceive $50 times the number of . particular needs."
If any of them fall. on Sunday, Armed Guard Couple years in the previous enlistmEl_nt. An Associated P ress Washing-
the following Mond1!,y .. is thrown Eligibility for transfer to the Editor Leaves Paper ton dispatch stated that as hear-
in for free. Exchange Marital Vows Fleet Reserve after 16 years of · ings have progressed before the
* * * Betty Van Deveer, formerly a service for those who re-enlist Via Discharge Channel :senate Military Affairs subcom-
The USS Anacapa is com- _mittee, Secretary Forrestal's op-
manded by a Lt. Johnson. This Wave yeoman, became the bride within 120 days after the passage Treasure Island bid adieu this position has. grown more vocal
of Joe Radosti, Y2c, at a cere- of the act. Those who re-enlist
week the Lieutenant brought his ;and vigorous.
n;10ny performed last Friday aft- later will become eligible for such ' past week to its number one
ship home and presented the re- President's Stand
ernoon in Saint Cecilia's Church, transfer only after 20 years of drum beater, Clyde F. Babb,
port of his voyage with a grin. San Francisco. service. Sp (X)3c, editor of The Mast- , At times clashing violently,
Personnel officers had assigned Radosti, who is from New Or- head for ov,er a year. Babb re- ·Army and Navy officials have
ten men to his ship-all named leans, met Betty while working in Travel allowance of five cents ceived his discharge papers 'been seemingly given a free hand
Johnson! The Lieutenant still the Armed Guard Personnel office. per mile to the original place of Thursday. !to air their views by President
told of the night when all ten 1Harry Truman.
The bride left the Armed Guard enlistment for enlisted men of the During his reign· as editor,
found themselves together on the As to the President's stand in
Friday to take up . the duties of Reserve who are discharged in the paper was regarded as -0n•e
night watch. Someone would call housekeeping. order to sign for the Regular ' of the top service publicati.ons 'the controversy, supporters of the
for "Johnson" and the answer merger claimed recently they be-
The newlyweds were pleasantly Navy. in the Navy.
sounded like a Greek chorus. lieve they have the assurances of
surprised by a long-distance call Guaranteeing commissions for , Specialist Babb returns to 'President Truman's active back-
* * * from Betty's father in Nebraska, recommended chief petty officers his own newspaper and com- ing for merger of the Army and
The recent shipment of cows to who congratulated them on their mercial printing plant in Illinois.
who pass periodical examinations. Navy into a single defense force
Guam to provide men with fresh wedding. Before leaving here, Babb under one Cabinet officer.
milk required the services of 20 The reception which followed Similar examinations and guar- was presented with a citation As a matter of fact, a N. Y.
cow-milking sailors. These boys the nuptials was held in the home antees for men of lower rates by Commodore R. W. Cary, Herald Tribune writer said top
can milk 30 cows daily and are of Betty's mother at 115 Pine- who have had at least four years' Commander Tadcen, for his
now on dairy duty -in the Pacific. hurst Way, San Francisco·, Cal. ·duty. outstanding work as edit,or. Continued on page 2