Show Whale of Big Price Told Navy Pays Prays More For Jeeps Than Cadillacs II B By Frederick C. C Othman WASHINGTON Now it turns out that the Navy Y pays more for jeeps to haul sailors than it does docs for Y Cadillacs to d transport ad ad- This should r please the seamen sea sea- fM men melt jouncing b in jeeps j e e p s. s I f dont don't k know now what hat the admirals admirals ad ad- think while purring around in their cheap by com com- Mr 1 Othman parison V V 8 8 sedans but theres there's one taxpayer youre you're you re looking at t him him who's who's biting his fin fin- The Navy y now pays for a standard j jeep e e p with front- front mounted winch for getting out of tight places and a kit of df f spare parts 42 It wants to buy more of these c e chides chicles hides which it hopes to get a little cheaper These will set us back a copy Cadillac Costs Less LessA A four-door four Cadillac sedan costs the Navy 2750 That is 42 under the price of a jeep and I guess this is a cockeyed cockeyed cock cock- e eyed ed old world orld If I seem amazed you should have looked at nt the members of the House Appropriations Committee which must put up the money for the Navys Navy's jeeps or and/or Cadillacs They were ere goggle goggle- eyed The statesmen started first examining the price of the Army's jeep which comes a little cheaper v l Youve got that down at 2702 said Rep John Taber R N N. Y That seems like a whale of a big price That jeep was supposed to be a cheap job What happened Lower Louer Standards Col J. J E E. Engler chief of the Army's Aimy's automotive branch said the basic price of an Army jeep was 2000 He said the was for spare parts Furthermore Furthermore Further Further- more he indicated the new jeep isn't the thc car that the World War ar II model was The Army's made several concessions concessions conces conces- in quality to hold the price down It used to be that jeeps had full-floating full rear axles now the Army settles for axles which are cheaper That's just an example example example ex ex- ample the colonel said The new jeeps on the other hand are waterproofed and have a 24 volt 24 volt electrical system tem You are waterproofing your jeep so it can travel through fairly deep water said Rep Errett P P. Scrivner R R. Kan What hat are you going to do with the stuff you carry in it Carry Own n Waterproofing It is a personnel carrier snapped Maj l Gen E E. L L. Ford chief of Army Ordnance lie He meant that the jeep carries men who ho are arc equipped with their own waterproofing namely namely name name- ly skin The colonel broke in to say that the waterproof jeep wasn't intended for travel at nt the bottom bottom bottom bot bot- tom of oceans It is fixed to keep water off the spark plugs when sloshing across cre creeks ks Rep Scrivner pondered the plus plus price of Navy jeeps The colonel said he bought cm em for the Navy all right but he was danged jf if he knew why they cost extra Rep Robert RobertL L L. F F. F Sikes D D. Fla suggested that he check lie Ie did So did the congressmen Base Ease Price 2265 It developed that the Navys Navy's base price for a jeep deep was plus for a winch Spare parts bring the current cost to Co Col Engler said the Navy told him it needed winches for use in jungles bungles A jeep gets stuck in one of these green hells and the driver merely hitches the cable to a big tree up front Then he steps on the gas and hauls himself out The colonel said the Army did not use winches on its jeeps and we c can only presume that it keeps them out of jungles As for the Cadillacs the lawgivers lawgivers law law- givers didn't mention them I did a little checking on my own Im I'm kind of sorry I did because what a taxpayer doesn't know doesn't hurt him except in the pocketbook silently |