Show Navy War Power Cut Nimitz Tells Fleet Adm Chester W. W Nimitz Tuesday told a combined Salt Lake Rotary club-Chamber club of Commerce Commerce Com Corn merce luncheon that the United States navy has adequate peacetime peacetime peacetime peace peace- time strength but its wartime potential potential po po- has been cut The security of oC his this his country is not the responsibility of ot only the armed forces but of all its people Th The general public is the force behind the cutting edge edg of our m military lr sword he declared In a Navy week address Adm pointed out that at wars war's end the United States had th most pow powerful naval nava arm ann in all history Under careful planning the fleet leel was vas cut to seventh one-seventh of its peak in a move to insure economy and to remain strong enough to repel Invasion Recent unification of the three major branches of the armed farces was a great step tep forward lanyard In our attempt to k keep cp military organization efficient and modern mod mod- cnn ern said the admiral He praised the bill passed by congress as a great first step In unification and warned his listeners not to attack the bill because of birth pains Adm Nimitz ended his talk on ona ona ona a note of ot optimism The United Nations still sUll has a good chance of bridging peace to the world he declared He recalled that the American colonies had to wait 13 years before a a. satisfactory agreement agreement agree agree- ment could be bo reached am and this confederation affected people who talked the same language and had similar objectives R R. K Bradford Rotary president president dent introduced U the e speaker Other groups represented at the luncheon were the Navy Mothers Navy league the A American Legion and Navy Reserve Officers Training Training Training Train Train- ing corps |