| Show rItE DAlLY WAS INGTON Merry Go Round l Trade Trado Mark MarkBy Marky By y DREW PEARSON and ROBERT ALLEN WASHINGTON Claude Augustus Swanson is a grand old man and the navy loves him Under him the navy from admirals to gobs gobs- has been happier than at any time it can re- re member And yet Claude Augustus is 15 not really really real real- ly secretary of the navy Actually that office rests with the Roosevelt family being divided almost equally between the Roosevelt in the White House and his cousin Colonel Henry Latrobe Roosevelt assistant secretary secretary sec sec- of the navy It is a completely harmonious relationship The admirals are happy the are happy happ and even Claude Augustus is happy One of Them With Franklin Roosevelt in the White WhiteHouse House nothing is too good for the navy This policy is inspired both by sentiment and b by Far Eastern polIcy and the result is that Harry Roosevelt has a pipeline to the White House at any time and doesn't hesitate to use it The navy loves Swanson but has confidence onide ce in This man the a admirals sa say s not a poli- poli He is a a. a Democrat only because his cousin is' is isa a Democrat He has sense He is chiefly an marine ex-marine officer who has the best interest of the navy at heart Harry Roosevelt when he was a youngster at Annapolis had eye trouble and flunked out in his second year Immediately he enlisted in the marine corps There he served for 21 years being honorably discharged with the rank of colonel shortly after aCter the World war The men afloat know hes he's their friend and that they can can bank on him The Admirals The man who in most administrations would run the navy is Admiral William H. H Standley chief of naval operations That he does not is due first to the fact that it is run for him by bythe bythe the and second to the fact that that- Standley is no whirlwind Part of his success in charge of operations is due to his assistant Rear Admiral J. J K Taussig Born Germany Taussig has a notable notable not not- able record to his credit has more personality than Standley and supplies the political touch to an otherwise bureau Probably the most coming and man in inthe inthe the navy department is Rear Admiral Samuel v. V Bryant chief of war plans Young and intelligent intelligent in- in Bryant is considered an inevItable future future fu- fu ture chief of naval operations Another young oung admiral who rivals him is Arthur J. J Hepburn great friend of Admiral Pratts Because of Pratts Pratt's unpopularity Hepburn Hepburn Hep- Hep burn suffered accordingly Pratt had elevated Hepburn to high rank but when Pratt retired Hepburn was sidetracked Just before wrote a letter letter let let- ter td President Roosevelt listing three men who he said were qualified to Succeed him in inthe inthe the important post of naval operations First on the list he placed Standley who Pratt said had the absolute confidence of the navy Also he listed Hepburn who he said was one of the most efficient admirals in the navy and had the vision and courage to give it a needed much reorganization Standley of c course urse was appointed And Swanson because he thought Hepburn was too much of a diplomat at Geneva relegated hint him to an obscure post Roosevelt Saw Hint Him Harry Roosevelt however recognized in Hepburn an excellent officer back from the prosaic Philadelphia navy yard made him commander commander- ot of the destroyer fleet The most sociable of the admirals is Rear Admiral Hayne Ellis chief of intelligence Five years ago Ellis already a millionaire sold his palatial house to Secretary of State Stimson for Shortly after that he inherited another million Despite this life liCe IS not always easy for tor Amiral Admiral Ad- Ad miral Ellis His promotion was skipped last year This is a serious thing in the navy and for a time Ellis was worried He need not have been He plays golf gol with too many important superiors and this year his promotion came through Ellis is the smartest appearing admiral in inthe inthe the navy No intellectual giant he is full of energy bluff and genuine executive ability In Ina a battle he might tir fire all his guns at once but never haul down the fla flag i To the very end he would go gC d down wn a a laughing blustering fighter Admiral Ellis will always be remembered inthe in inthe the navy department as as the chief of intelligence intelligence intelli- intelli gence d upon an official announcer and reception room He disliked having people walk in on him unannounced so stationed a amarine amarine marine sergeant who speaks s ven languages in his outer office It is the sergeants sergeant's duty to announce tors lors Th The tr tragedy ed is that there are v ly no visitors Th sergeant is the loneliest figure in the navy 1534 b bi Feature Futuro Syndicate ate Inc |
