Show Hawaii Admiral Stirred Truman WASHINGTON April 17 P liP UP- UP President Truman said Wednesday it t was an admiral in Hawaii who touched off his recent blast against navy lobbying The president told his news con- con i he did not think Secy of the he Navy James Jame V. V Forrestal and Admiral Chester V. W. Nimitz chief chieff of f naval operations had been doing doing dong do- do ing ng any lobbying against unification unification tion ion of the armed forces The admiral who stirred him up he e said was in charge of the Hawaiian Ha- Ha station The Thc chief executive had a n. late afternoon appointment Wednesday Wednes- Wednes I day ay with Forrestal and Nimitz to talk alk over at their request the proposed pro- pro posed navy army-navy merger Mr Truman said he thought the admiral In Hawaii was named Mel Mel- ville yule Anyway he ho added the adI ad ad- I miral In charge there got Into print in an nn interview which he saw and he said it really stirred him up At his n news new C W s 5 conference last Thursday dent rapped the navy sharply for using lobbying and propaganda against a merger bill pending in congress Told that Sen Robertson R. R Wyo had s said the the army was lobbying vigorously as well Mr Truman said he didn't believe In lobbying He believed men should go goo down and express their views to congressional committees on the facts and let the committees decide That was the way things were handled when he was running running running run run- ning a senate committee he said To a question as to how the navy was lobbying Mr Truman replied It was doing whatever lobbyists do and doing it all over tho the world |