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Show ZAF 6 RUO RUOas as w ON ONWashington Washlntlon Washln'ton Washlnton Washington & ' D C CARMY CARMY CARMY ARMY V8 VB VS NAVYThe NAVYThe NAVY The Selective Service system isn lsn lsnadvertising t tadvertising advertising it but there has been beer beenlome beersome tome lome some fierce rowing behind behllld the thi thescenes thiscenes th < tcenes scenes over the inductio Inducho inductiot i slandards standard slandardsof : ] of at the army and na navyThough navy vy vyThoubB Thoufcti ThoubB Though the army has libera'ize liberaize IIberal\zed IIberal zed liberalized IIberalzedIts liberalizedIts \ ' < Its physical and mental require requirements requirements ments to Increase the number 01 01draft of ofdraft ] draft eligibles and likewise llkewlse keep the theInduction the theinduction th Induction of married me a ) i at a mintmum mini mint minimum mum the navy still stIli cl cI ngs rigs to U tl ti e ehigher r rhigher higher standards in effect elYect while It Itwas iiwas il ii was taking only enlisted menVirtually menVirtually men menVirtually Virtually all physical require-- require requirements - - ' ments are higher hlbher tor for the navy but butthe butthe the biggest difference is in the mentahly men menlallty mentallty lallty tahly tests tt'sts ttsts ' for the two services servicesNavy servicesNavy servicesNavy Navy inductun Induct\ Induct Inductn inducLion \ ( n doct rs won wont t pass passa passl a man mdn unless he has a fair I I Q Qwhereas Qwhereas l whereas army doctors are requiredto required to all at a ( t | rove ' 1 I wer stand standir stand\r stand r ' \ it Is IsResult IsResult Result is that thou thousan .n n . Is of Induc Inductees Inductees lees tees wt wi wl o 0 a express a pn preference ferencI ' for U ii e enavy e enllvy navy nllvy are .Ire Ire . lyrnt'd lyrntd turned turned ' down ad a ) id find them themselves them themselves selves ir II a an armyun army un form Instead InsteadThe insteadThe The fact that lhat the army has to takethese take takelhe lhe these e navy castofls casloffs castoffs is bitter bltler medl meth medlcme methcure cine cme cure to war Wdr dej del dei artn arlll artii e a It > t higl high ips JpS and andBrig ar al d dBng Brig Bng Gen Gl'n Gln ' I ewis eWls ewes D B Her&liey Herliey Herbhey Hershey & selecLive selec selectlVe tive tlVe Live service director made a strong strongprotest strc stn nJ { protest ab ah abut ut it behli behlr behir d cl cI sed doorsrecntly dQors doors dQorsreu doors doorsrenntly renntly recntly reu ( nlly to the War Mar MdI power com corn commlSSI cornmissy missi mlSSI missy n ns s managcrr managen managerr ent emit lnb Inbl labc < r p IIcy llcy IIcycomn llcycomrr comn comrr lteeThe tteeThe ttee ltee The stdndar stdndaris standards Is tor for b th serVIcesslould servicesat services slould sl at ould be uniform Hershey lIersht'y lIershty ihershey ' de decl'lred decured clired cl'lred cllred cured ' a n Id ng that if It the navy sstal sstur s sstai stai stal stur lards Idrds were brought down to conform conform con conform form w th those of the army It Itw Itw it w uld hflp h'lp hlp help ( ' c ( ( ffset lYset fset the need of ind find IctIng rcting let Ict rct letIng Ing married men especially thoewith thosewith those thoe thosewith , with childrenThe childrenThe children The navy I 1 1 as been t timing tlrnlng truing down a alarge alarge large I r i I e i nber of single n IT en for forpi forpi pt pi ysicil YSlc'll YSlcll ystc'Il ystcIl ' ' or mental reasons Hershey Ilershey Ilersheypointed Hersheypomted pointed pomted outHow outHow out How has the difference in stand standards standards ards affected afTected the army army7 ? ' the draft draftdirector draftdirector director was a'iked aiked asked a'ikedIt askedit ' It Its S affected alYected us pier ty explodI'd exploded explod ' ed I'd Id Hershey 1ershey { The navy selectswh selectswh selects selectswh wh m it wants and the a army rmy getsall getsall gets getsall all tl tt it e I ' I wer elementTt elementTI element elementTt Tt TI e I ' c I ' c mmittee mmlltee agreed with lIer 11er lIershey 11ershey shey from I ( ; rom < ; scd acd f'd fd ' to recommend toWM to toWM WM WMC ( H B If ' ss 'IS IS as Pa PH il II rl McNutt that he en endeav endeav deav r t ) > l I ave aye the navy s standardslowert'd standardslowered standards standardslowered lowered lowert'd lowertd ' * - * . ' . loweredI I < I MIANK ItANK ILANK NAVY TAlK TAlKVIce TAI TAl KVice K KVice Vice Adrn Adm ral I Ired I red Home Horne Ilorne assistat assIstal assist assistat at al t ct d et lef tef Ie ! of i r aval aVIII 01 of ent er'lt erlt exit ' 01 or s hasbeen hasbeen has been holing holl hole ng some quiet blAckboard blAckboardtalks blackboardtalks talks w th the house and senatenaval senate enate senatenaval enatenaval naval affairs affalfS aflarrs c mm ttees and Uese Uesetalks ti u ese esetalks talks h hive 'I I ' VI ' been a real step t wardcongre'ls wardcongress ward wardcongress congress congre'ls congrels ' onal executive Co--li Co li coi co- co co-t co t - - ( i i erati eratl ericts mlion ) in m inHon ri ritort ! Hon lion tort e by his tra fra Ira k less teas and wllllIIJ willing willingness { ness to admit navy ml mistakes < ; takes madea made a better belter in prt-ssion prt ssion pr-s'IlOn pr s'IlOn sIlOn prtssron , - - ' tl U Li an any other othernavy othernavy navy rmn m'ln mln m'sn msn ' ' appear appedr ng before c ngress ngress n gross gress grossH gressII H II 11 rne roe was h fch bh kh , I r ill 11 1 i s pr i i se of our ournaval ournaval ournaval naval ofllcers otllcers ofitcers and men but frankly franklyadmitted franklyadmitted franklyadmitted admitted that the navy was caul-ht caul ht caught caulhtoft caughtoft caughtoff - oft guird gU'lrd gUlrd gulyd ' in the Savo Islind Ishnd island bllttle battle battleof battleof 01 of Ai Au gust 9 J . , st t after the marines marineslanded marineslanded marineslanded landed at Guadalcinil GUddalc'1n GUddalc1n Guadalc-anil Guadalc anil ' - II He III lie ' sa sadthere sad d dthere there was no eXlu exi-use exi use excuse - e tor lor for this lhis defeatthat defeatthat defeat that a b < ( ard and of inquiry was WdS now nowInvestlgat nowInvestigat nowInvestigat Investlgat Investigat ng and there tilerI ' probablywould probablywould probably would be heavy penalties for the thegUIlty theguilty theguilty theguiltyHome gUIlty gUIltylIorne guiltyIlorne Home lIorne Ilorne said tt tI tl at apparently theapta the thecapl thecapta capl : apta . ns Os of tl tI e a cruisers sunk had hadnot hadlot hadnot not lot I ( rdered their men to battle sta stations statons stations tions : tons He lie also revealed that an Aus Australlan Australian Australinn trallan tralian admiral that ! night light was in inI ina inc I ' i T a mand macd of the screening creellIng force forceof forcef forceof of ) f cru cmu sers sen sera and destroyers supDosed sup sup- supposed supposed - - posed Dosed to be pr tecti tf'cll tfcll ' g the main tdsk task tdskforce task'orce taskforce taskforceH force 'orce orce forceII 'orceii ' H II rne roe ad lid itted Itled that 1at the Austraran Austra AustraIlan Australian Ilan ran I o ( f ff1Clf mc-r mc r lccr ( - d Adn Ira iral I Kelly Turn Turn- Turner Turner Turner - - er er cl d ci ef of I cf ( f t the All ed I'd Id ' task foree force foreeknew forcecncw forceknew knew cncw a Jap sc so ut r I t g Heel fleet was in the theVI thert thevi VI rt n II a ity sty but didi didl dtdr t figure it would wouldrl wouldisk wouldrisk rl -isk isk - k an attack atlal'k atlalk ' Tt TI e a commanders commanderscalcuhted commandersalcul'ited commanderscalculitcd calcuhted alcul'ited alculited ' tl U at al the eirliest eHhest e'srhest esrhest ' poss ble bletime ble1me bletime time 1me tl ti e c J ps c ild lId reach Savo is islal isam islai lal am d was after daybreak next morn mornm mornng morning morningTherefore m ng ngTheref Theref Therefore He ) re the A istral rstral an adm ral ralleft raleft ralleft left eft h hs s fI'Ig fIIg Oigsl tilgsl ' 1 I t [ tl ti Ue I a ' Canberra Lanberra and andspe andpc andspe spe pc t t the Ule n ght on Admiral Adm1ral Turner s a sftag afagch sflagsh ftag fagch h p 2'5 25 2\ 2 2mIl ' \ ' miles mIl\ mIl males mIlfrom \ ' < ; from the scene ofattle of ofbattle ofbattle battle ) attle No orders order < ; were given glVen mean meanwi meanvl meanwt wi vl Ie le t ) ) Au tral nn an and American Americanofficers Americanlacers Americanomcers officers lacers ) I r i h k 1 ( r r T r er and at al d the Au- Au Aus- Aus Autr Aus.r Aus-tr Aus tr & - - - tr .r r . llan Illan lean > ( a 1 tt U ti ey were caught com corn compl cornfelt cornplett pl felt ( > lt ly Iy ft b-ise b ise blse li'l lil ' - < ; e wt wi ' rn f'fI ffI en the J'its Jits Jil J'II JII ' ' s struck struckat strucki struckat at i t a at al t t 1 10 1 W \0 0 50 ' \ a mJaps mJaps m mJaps Japs ( ornered ornrrl'd ornrrld ' In Aleutians Aleutlans0 Aleutianso o 0 U tl ti e a more optimistic opllmlsllc s s de Ad Adm Adn Adm m n ral rdl II H lire r ereI e rep reix " < rted the United UnitedStatls Uniteditates UnitedStates Statls itates had sunk a great many Japru Jap Japcru Japcru cru ru sers secs t'r\ t'r tr t'rand ' ' \ and that de despite plle the dt'feat dtfeat defeat dt'featat defeatit defeatat ' at it < ; Sivo Savo 1 ' vo sland we had been definitelysu definitelySUI definitely definitelyweer SUI weer ( ' er t'r tr r rill r in operat opera ( l nnl nal stralegyIn strategy stralegy strategyIn In tI tie I ' Aleutians the J'IpS JIpS Japs J ' ps are so socon soors socon con ors pictdy pletely bottled boltled 4 II r1 Home Borne rlt re rltporled reorted reported porled ) orted that thdt we pr b-ibly b ibly b'lbly blbly b1bly ' - could tould wIpe wIpethem wipehem wipethem them hem out at any lime time Our sub submar subnar submar mar nar ne pair patr i 1 \ has Il'en Ilen teen l ' ccn e especially especially'fYect especiallyeffect < ; peclally peclallyefTl'cl efTl'cl efTlcl 'fYect fYect ' ' VI'lli VIlli ve ye ' in these waters walers with the re- re result reult re result - - sult ult that thaI the Japs are df'speratelyhard desperatelycard desperately df'sperately dfsperately ' | hard card ui III u1 f i t r food aviation IIvlal10n gasol gdsol ne lie neand lierod neand and rod ther 1I s 1\ 1 a \ I ( pi pl f'SII ' es f'S fS Cs esH 1 H II { rn rne me . also n ade no attempt atlt'mpt atltmpt ' to tomln tonin tomin mln nin liZI r i ize ' U t1 e a S sen sen ( > r1 I isness ness of the sub- sub SUD- SUD - SUDmarine subnarine subCAPITAI - - | marine narine menare menace menaceCAPITA - . . { ' CAPITAI CAPITA A l ' IT AI ! 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