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Show Admiral Taussig Who Predicted War WarWith WarWith War'Withjapan WarWithjapan ' With Japan Has HagLong Long Feud With F . D . / ' < 1 By DREW DRJW ; PEARSON and andROBERT andROBERT andROBERT ROBERT S ALLJNRole88ed ALLENReleased ALLEN ALLJN ALLENReleased ; ( Released Role88ed by Western W.stern Wstern . Ne No We vspapcr vspo.p.r vspop.r vspopr espaper . . Union ) WASHINGTON - At AnnapolIs AnnapolIswhere Annapoliswhere Annapoliswhere where midshipmen put plebes plebesthrough plebcsthrough Ithrough through a constant cross fire of haz hazmg hazing hazing mg ing ono one of the stork questions fired firedat firedat firedat at a youngster isMr isMr Is IsMr Mr Jones what did Admiral AdmiralTaussig AdmiralTaussig AdmiralTaussig Taussig say7 say9 say say9And say7And ' And the first year ycar man clicks bu his buheels hisheels hisheels heels and snaps back the traditIonal traditIonalAnnapolis traditionalAnnapolis traditionalAnnapolis Annapolis answer Sir we are now nowready nowready nowready ready ' This refers not to Rear Admiral AdmiralJoseph AdmiralJoseph AdmiralJoseph Joseph K Taussig s recent and star startlmg starfling startling tlmg fling prediction predlchon that war between betweenthe betweenthe betweenthe the United Umted States and Japan was in inevltable inevitable inevitable evltable evitable but to a statement he made madeto madeto madeto to the British Bntlsh during durmg the World war warwhich warwhich warwhich which has become a naval classIcThis classicThis classic classicThis This gives one sidel sldel ght on the theman theman theman man who astounded the Amencan American Amencanpubl Americanpubl Americanpubl publ c e with Wltll his frankness in m pre predlctmg predieting predieting dlctmg dieting war with Japan . , . I That prod pred ction has now been dls dis dlscussed discussed disi cussed and editorialized edltonallzed from coast coastto coastto coastto to coast and from beer hall to parlor parfor par . lor for But there are several back backstage backstage backstage stage factors which have not been beendiscussed beendiscussed beenI discussed except in hush hush hushgroups hushgroups hushgroups groups of naval officers when they theyget theyget theyget get togetherOne together togetherOne lOne togetherlOne One item is that no love has been beenlost beenlost beenlost lost between the President Presldcnt and Ad Admlral Admiral Admiral mlral miral Taussig TaussigRoosevelt Roosevelt Taussig Row RowAdmiral RowAdmiral RowI Admiral Taussig s row with the thePresident thePresident thePresident [ President goes back to 1915 when whenseveral whenseveral whenI several naval officers part cularly\ cularly cularlyI cularly cularlythe cularlythe cularlythe \ the late Admiral S ms were cnt crit cal calof calof calof of Josephus Daniels Damels and of Assistant AssistantSecretary AssistantSecretary AssistantSecretary I Secretary Roosevelt in their prepa preparation preparation preparation ration for warTauss warTauss war warTauss Tauss g was then chief of enhsted enlisted enhstedpersonnel enlistedpersonnel enlistedpersonnel personnel in 111 the bureau of navlga naviga navlgatIon navigation navigation tIon and joined Jomed in m this criticism cntlclsm Aft AftADMIRAL , . . . - - " - - f " ' , . < " * " ' : : s J Ja JADMIRAL a ADMIRAL TAUSSIG TAUSSIGer er the war he even testified before beforea a congressional investigation mvestIgatIon com commIttee committee cornmittee mIttee that the navy department departmentheads departmentheads departmentheads heads had bad failed to take adequate adequatesteps adequatesteps adequatesteps steps to provide personnel necessary necessarylor necessaryfor necessarytor lor for the proper conduct of the navy navydurmg navyduring navyduring durmg during the warThis warThis war warThis This was in 1920 just as the Re Republicans Republicans Republicans publicans were trying trymg to dig up po pohllcal political pohtical hllcal litical d rt to be used m in the Hardmg Harding Hardmgcampaign Hardingcampaign Hardingcampaign campaign m in which Roosevelt ran ranas ranas ranas as Democrat c candidate for vice vicepresident vicepresident vicepresident president Naturally Roosevelt re resented resented resented sented Taussig s playing playmg into the thehands thehands thehands hands of the opposition and wrote a asholrp asharp asharp sholrp sharp letter to the senate naval af of affairs offairs atfairs fairs committee comrrottee denying denymg the thecharges thecharges thecharges thechargesThirteen charges chargesThirteen Thirteen years later when Roose Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt velt became Pres dent Taussig had hadjust hadjust hadjust just been appointed assistant chief chiefof chiefof chiefof of naval operations a most Jrnpor impor imporCant unportant Cant ant post And he went to the new newPresident newPresident newPresident President and suggested that Roose Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt velt might want to transfer h m 111 in 111view inview inview view of their previous prevJOus difficulties difficultiesThe difficultiesThe difficultiesThe The President however told him hun to toforget toforget toforget forget it and continue contmue in 111 his new Job lob JobBnlliant lobBrilliant jobBrilliant Bnlliant Brilliant CareerIt CareerIt Career CareerIt It is no exaggeration to say that thatTau5slg thatTaussig thatTaussig Tau5slg Taussig s career is one of the most mostbnll mostbrill mostbrill bnll brill ant m in the navy His father fatherEdward fatherEdward fatherEdward Edward David Taussig of the dls dis dlstingwshed distinguished distingmshed tingwshed tinguished Jewish St Louis Louts famdy family familyv famdyv v as a rear admiral before bJrnRear himRear him bJrn himRear Rear Admiral Joseph Knefler KneflerTaussig KneflerTaussig KneflerTaussig Taussig was born in m Dresden Ger Germany Germany Germany many in 1877 wh while e h s father was wason wason wason on duty Since Smce then he has become becomethe becomethe becomethe the star scholar and strategist of ofthe ofthe ofthe the navy Twice he has won the theInstitute theInstitute theInstitute Institute of Naval Affairs Affall's Affalls ' gold med medal medal modal al Eleven times he has been dec decorated decorated decorated orated for bravery in act on Ills His Illsspecialty Hisspecialty Hisspecialty specialty has been studying studymg the Far FarIast FarEast FarEast FarEastTaussig Iast East : IastTaussig EastTaussig Taussig c c-'me c 'me me c-me - - ' me up for assignment assignmentto to new dut es in 1936 therefore It Itwas itwas itwas was expected that he would be made madecommander madecommander madecommander commander of the United Umted States Statesfleet Statesfleet Statesfleet fleet However m 111 in a conference conferencebetween conferencebetween conferencebetween between the Pres dent and his high highest highest highest est naval advisers doubt \ was as cast caston caston caston on the wisdom of having bavmg a man of ofGerman ofGerman ofGerman German Jewish descent no matter matterhow matterhow matterhow how brilliant his record head the theUmted theUnited theUnited Umted United States fleet at a time tune when whenreligious whenreligious whenreligious religious and racial prejudice had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen been made such an international issue issue is sue I Heads Scouting Fleet FleetSo FleetSo FleetSo So Admiral Taussig was appo nt nted nted nted ed commander of the scouting fleet fleetAnd fleetAnd fleetAnd And after three years m in this pOSI posy pOSItlon posytron position tlon tron suddenly he was given the rela relahvely relatively relalively hvely tively unimportant Job lob ] ob of command commandIng commanding commanding Ing the fifth naval district at Nor Norfolk Norfolk Norfolk folk Va This was a definite come comedown comedown comedown comedownWhether down downWhether Whether Adm ral Taussig resent resentcd resented resented Beinghuman Bemghuman cd ed th s shelving shelvmg is his secret Bemg Being human probably he did Whether Whetherhe Whetherhe Whetherhe he let it get the better beUpr of h m when whenhe whenhe whenhe he bhsted blasted at Japan befo before e the sen senate senate senate ate committee never neyer ma mal majbe , be knp kno vn |