Show DEFENSE Excesses Seen What could the people believe belleve about Americas America's defense needs Were the taxpayers being taken for fora a ride by a cynical contemptuous ous coterie of oi military brass bran hats who were using world tension to setup letup set let setup up an on artificial basis buls for huge grabs from appropriation funds THOSE APPEARED to be fair questions questions and and heres here's why Robert Patterson former secretary secretory secretary secre secre- tary tory of ot war said It is no exaggeration to say that the the cost in duplication competition and disjointed disjointed dis jointed effort directly traceable to the two-headed two navy army system SYI tem tern ran into billions and billions bUttons Much of ot the public debt is ie due to that division of ot authority and responsibility responsibility re re- re- re between the war department de de' department and the navy depart ment meat But what has that to do with defense de de- de tense appropriations I Herbert HOover appointed appoint d to head up a survey committee to streamline government and cut costs said costs said that the army navy and air force are padding their money requests to congress by millions of ot dollars He lie also accused them of ot startling start startling startling ling waste and extravagance TIlE THE FORMER PRESIDENT Appearing appearing ap Ap- before 1 the senate armed forces committee declared Applications Ap in the he military budget for hundreds of millions of dollars to retool reto industry should be examined examined exam- exam ined hied with the greatest skepticism l Hoover told the committee that what the department of ot national defense needs is a good bookkeeping ing system At the present time he said nobody can tell teU the cost of any particular function in the armed services In submitting a report Hoover observed that the tho federal government govern ment now has about 27 billion dol doll dollars dollars lars worth of personal property and said We might be able to live on our fat for tor awhile if it we we had it catalogued catalogued catalogued cata cata- and knew where it was ALLIANCE Things Humming The administration was really reaU moving on the north atlantic defense de de- tense alliance President Truman had urged the senate to take e early action on the treaty in order to help western Europe ward off oU brutality and aggression by pledging U U. S S. participation participation par par- participation in the pact SUCH ACTION he said would be a long step on the road to peace Thus as he began his bis fifth year as President of the United States Harry Truman pointed up anew his conviction that a lasting world peace is an obtainable goal This treaty he said makes clear the determination of the people peo pee people pie of the United States and of our neighbors in the North Atlantic community y to do their utmost to maintain peace with justice and to take such action as the they may deem necessary if it the peace is broken V ALLGREN Hes He's Willing Like the weak but insistent Jang fang Jangling jangling ling of ot a run-down run alarm on a bedside bed side aide clock Mon Q G. was still talking about what might have been A VISITOR to the White House- House where he did not talk with Mr Truman the former Washington governor and close friend of the President said he is still available available available avail avail- able for the chairmanship of the theN theN N National a t i ion o n a l I Securities Resources Board nomination to that post by President Truman was tabled by a senate committee Bing at Bat kj r Bing Crosby whose varied activities ac as include the vice vice cy oy of 01 the Pittsburgh Pirates looks like anything but a crooner as be he betakes betakes takes a turn at bat Wag Ding headed ap a coast to coast to radio program welcome back baseball bebaU PARKING Now Automatic There appeared some hope bope for tor relief in the nations nation's parking larking di dl lemma In Boston Doston William A. A Draun Braun had Invented an automatic parking device where a customers customer's car could be parked in a mechanical cal storage garage Boston city officials oUt dais dall were showing interest in the proposition Braun Draun said at such uch a garage human hands hands' would not no touch the automobiles |