Show ROUND Youth Proves Best U. U S S. S War War Weapon By DREW DEEW PEARSON WASHINGTON WASHINGTON John L. L Sullivan Sullivan Sul Sut- livan has gone about hf his new job of being assistant secretary for tor na naval na aviation In a refreshing refreshIng refreshing refresh- refresh Ing manner Even before he took tl the oath o of of office cc he went vent out Adm John on McCain's McCains f flagship during one of the bIggest biggest biggest big bIg- gest operations ns against Japan Part of ot the thc time Sullivan held no no official position not yet having h t taken ken the oath so sol lolled lIed around on the carriers carrier's deck In a khaki uniform with no In Insignia insIgnia insignia in- in signia getting acquainted with the men He Be camo back with witha a heartening conclusion The Tho chief American weapon of this war he said CO is not any new Invention but the Ingenuity and courage and especially the spirit of ot these kids Its It's the most Inspiring thing In the tho world the way Wy they operate operate- as Inspiring as a religious erv- erv ice They will be loafing on deck as if they hadn't a care careIn careIn carein In the world Then suddenly the planes start coming In and they are right on the Job just job just as efficient effi effi- dent clent as 88 clockwork And If one group Is ha having trouble with Its planes you'll see Bee another crowd rush over to help them There never was a greater job of teamwork Ingenuity and especially especially espe cape daily spirit ever seen In this thi country country and and that's true of all the navy Sullivan pointed out that out tI of officers aboard his carrier carrier car car- rier ncr only five were regular naval officers That he added Is a tribute to what youngsters can learn leam to do In an emergency In addition to the training of green officers and men Sullivan Sulli van emphasized that every ship in Adm McCains McCain's task tast force was almost new You look 1001 out over the horizon said the as assistant assistant assistant as- as secretary of the navy and as far as the eye can see see Bee s1 ships ps ships hips and more ships all aI their keels laid since Pearl Harbor Har Har- bor bor another another- great tribute to American industry labor and ingen ingenuity ul y Naval training While training While roost most of the navys navy's operations have bave shifted to the Pacific one of its most Important though unheralded aided jobs jobS' is i is still being performed performed per per- formed along the Atlantic coat the the training of pilots and carrier carrier carrier car car- rier personnel Seventy per cent of all carrier per personnel onnel in the Pacific have been trained under fleet air quonset the Massachusetts Massa Massa- headquarters for training training train train- ing log on the Atlantic coast Murky weather fr frequently exIsting existing ex ex- along the Atlantic coast cOat Is similar to the weather around Tokyo and carrier personnel have to operate in bad weather as well as as' as asgood good Chiefly responsible for the A l Job of carrier p ronnel training are Commodore Gordon Rowe and Vice Adm Adin Patrick Bellin Bellin- ger They are now working to streamline the use of planes for training purposes in order to keep as many planes as possible working every minute Passing the buck One buck One reason for the terrific senatorial blasts leveled at the army recently on I and release of men menis menis menis is the constant and deliberate run-around run given to the senate by war department officials The senate military investigating investigating gating committee members re recently recently recently re- re figured out that brass hats summoned to testify be before before before be- be fore them have a regular set of football plays that they use useIn usen In n order to dodge senatorial questions The favorite hat brass-hat play is known as the bucking halfback play The witness is asked a question by a senator He pauses looks anxiously to the left and right to the numerous junior brass hats who accompany accompany accompany pany him fa falls fails Us to get any as assistance assistance assistance as- as then turns back to the legislator and says We Just dont don't know the answer answer an an- awer to that one senator But with your help well we'll certainly find out Senators describe another favorite favorite fa Ia- as the Statue of ot Liberty play fashioned after the old football trick When a brass hat is asked an embarrassing question question question ques ques- tion he replies with a carefully phrased answer intended to arouse another senator to question question ques ques- tion the meaning of or the first senator In this play the two senators get int into a tremendous argument between themselves with the witness trying to act helpful but actually sitting flItting back delighted A third play one of the most moat frequently u used ed senators call the lateral pass The witness being asked a tough question by bya a senator replies I We dont don't have that Int information information tion with us today senator but we can get it in several days Ill I'll be glad to send it up to you and have it entered as a n part of the transcript The senator can do dolittle dolittle dolittle little but say yes yel Gener Generally Uy by the time the answer does docs come up the committee is workIng workIng work- work Ing Irig on an entirely different subject subject subject sub sub- and the reply goes unno unno- |