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Show T pfyT j pfy pfyWashington Waahtftaa Wa8h1ncto Washington . , D 0 . 0 . C.ADMIRAL CADMIRAL . ADMIRAL KINO JUNO KING 8LU S SLAPS > SLAPSInsiders Stnalders LAT Insiders tnalders now admit that frtet10n friction frtet10nbetween frictionbetween trictiaabetween between Secretary of the tb * Navy For- For Fornatal Forrectal For-restal For restal - - natal rectal and Chief Cbef ( of o Naval Opera- Opera OperaUona Operations Opera'Uons OperaUons - ' - Uona tions Admiral Admlrel Emia Ernie King Ring Kin , Is Just a as asbad abad * . bad ax as It waa was between Kin King . and andthe andthe axatha the laf late frank Knox-or Knox or Knox - - r worse . Knox and Admiral KIn King . rubbed rubbed.ach rubbedeach rubaa * .ach ach each . ach ether other raw King K1nI : used ua d t f to . goover 10 go 10over g * over ver the head of the tb * secretary aecretary of 01 th the thenavy thanavy . oa navy . , , . even overruled him reardtn regarding regardingthe regardingth , , the * navy's navys Davy's Davys ' ' nw new * gra7 gray ( ray summer un tint ! tintform unlform form , . which Knox-and Knox and Knox---and Knox - - - - and most moat navy navymenopposed navymenopposed navymen men-opposed men opposed men--opposed - - - pposed pposedWhen menopposedWhen When Forrestal became secretaryof secretary of < the th * navy , . It was hoped that rela reta rela- relations relations . - tions Uons would be b * armenleus barmonious harmonious . . Last Lastweek Lastweek Lastweek week week . , , hewever however Admiral Kin King , pub- pub pubbcly publicly nib-Ucly nib Ucly - - - bcly licly cave lave gave his chief an adroit admit slapdown slap- slap slapwn . - down wn . . downForrestal Forrestal Admiral Kine Kinr King and fight- fight aght fighttn fleht-fag fleht fag - - . tn lug , : Admiral Halsey Balsey wera were hwlimf holding holc11n , a . ajoint lolat Joint press conference The Th * secre secre- secretary seorey secretary - tary tart ' of t the th * navy was asked If U hehad he hehad hihad had any comment on the fall of theTejo the theTeJo thTj * TeJo * * cabinet . . He H * replied repUed that navypersonnel navypersonnel navy personnel ersnnel * . . Including 1mludinl : himself . , were werenot weraot re reDot * Dot not supposed suppose * to t * comment on politics poUtics . . . Whereupon Admiral AdrnlraJ KIn King Ring , Inter inter- interrupted Interrupted - ' rupted andalmost and almost as If the tb * secre- secre secretary secretary seer-tary seer tary - * - - tary of 01 the th * navy naY ) ' were wer * a little tittle littl . boy heycorrected , , corrected him bim . bim'I . ' 'I I ' will comment on that . " . , " ha be he anDOUDced anpounced aa an DOUDced pounced ouncea . , capita despite Forrestal ForrestaJ ForrestaJs Forrestals a s .tate tate state- state statement . stat-aneat stat aneat . * - ment that political peUtlcaJ matters matter . were wer * not notfor notfor actfor for comment by navy personnel"Obviously personneL personneL"Obviously personnel"Obviously personnelObviously . "Obviously Obviously " , the th * cabinet would not nothave nothave aothave have fallen unless unle.s unles . thqe theye there waad1sutls- waad1sutls waad1sutlsfacUon was dissatis dissatie- dissatie dissatiefaction dissatisfaction - - faction facUon on the part of military lead leaders leadarc lesaers ers arc with the conduct of ol ' the war The TheJapanese TheJapanese ThaJapanese Japanese can be b * expected to con con- continue continue continue - tinue to waie wage wag * war with all aU the pow pow- powers powers powers - ers they possess posses . * ' Secretary Forrestal took tha the admiral's ad- ad admiral's ad admiral's - miral's mirals ' ' ' remarks - interpreted b by bythose bythose , . those present . as .s s an indirect slap slapdownwithout slay-'town slay 'town town . - 'own-wlthout 'own own wlthout down-without down without " ' ' - without saying ! a word . . . . . TETKBAN VETERAN STRUGGLEOne STRUGGLE STRUGGLEOne STslUGGLEOne One 01 of t tha the most Important behind- behind behindthe behind-the behind the behindthe - the scenes strufgles strugiles struggles for postwarpower postwarpower postwar postwarthe power Is now being wa waged led between betweenthe betweenthe the American Legion and the Veter- Veter Veterans Veterans Veter-sns Veter sns - ans of f Foreign Wars WartS WartSActually WarsActually WarsActually Actually tha the Veterans of For- For Forelm Foreign ror-eie ror eie - elm eign " Wars are In a better position positionthan positionthan positionthan than tha the Legion Leclon to get a head start startn starton , , n recruiting veterans of 01 World Wa War Wara Wara , a The VFW charter from congress congressl'ermits congresspermits congresspermits l'ermits lermits permits ' recruiting men before they theyare theytie theyxre are tie discharfed dlscharied discharged while the Lelonoust Legionmust Legion Lelon , nust oust must : wait walt until a man leaves thetervlce theservice the theervice ervice tervlce service before recruiting himFact him himFact ' Fact is the VFW has picked himI up upmore upmore upmore I members memberssince memberssince memberssince more than 400 000 new since Pearl Harbor while the Le Leglon Legion Legion glon gion s 5 gains have been relatively relativelypaltry relativelypaltry relativelypaltry paltry At the start of the war the theLegion theLegion theLegion Legion had more than one millionmembers million millionmembers millionmembers members the VFW only a quarter quartermUllon quartermillion quartermillion mUllon million But today the VFW magazinc maga magazine magazine zine zinc has the largest overseas cir clr circub clreulation circul cub eulation tion of any non governmental governmentalpublication governmentalpublication jtovernmentalpublication publication Is now read by 300 000men 000 000men 000men men monthly As a result VFW Is Ispicking ispicking l lpicking picking : up members at the rate pf pt ptS 5 000 a week while Legion officials officialsfret officialsfret officialsret fret ( plan their own recruiting drive drivelater drivelater drivelater later laterOne _ One reason tor for VFW success has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen been a policy polley of tacitly bucking the theAmerican theAmerican theAmerican American Leg-Ion Leg Ion Legion - on key polley policy polleymatters policymatters policymatters matters VFW helped paint the Le Le- Legion Legion Legion - - gion as 811 anti labor then turned turnedaround turnedaround turnedaround around and attempted to arrange II a IIdeal adeal adeal deal whereby all ail CIO and AFL mem members membars members bers bars in the service would join the theVFW theVFW theVFW VFW instead of 01 the Legion Lelion when whenthey whenthey whenthey they left the service More than two twomillion twomillion twomillion million union men are in the serviceHowever serviceHowever service serviceHowever However labor has not fallen tallen for forthe forthe forthe the bait Instead trade union chap chap- chapters chapters chapters - - ters of the American Legion are be be- be- be befng being being - - ing fng rapidly built up to help com corn cornbat combat cornbat bat any anti union feeling's feelings ' of re- re returning re- re returning re returning - - turning ; servicemenThe servicemenThe servicemen servicemenThe The Veterans of Foreign Wars also alsomade alsomade alsomade made hay with a speech delivered deliveredby deliveredby deliveredby by national Legion CornmanderWar CornmanderWarren Commander War Warren Warren ren Atherton in the 'South South ' PacIfic PacIficarea Pacificarea Pacificarea area recently Atherton debunked debunkedthe debunkedthe debunkedthe the Idea that men in the front lines linesfighting linesfighting linesfighting fighting the . Japs .laps laps want furloughs furloughshome furloughshome furloughshome home The VFW Immediately took tookadvantage tookadvantage tookadvantage advantage of this statement set up upa upa upa a terrinc terrific howl tor for overseas fur furlougbs furloughs furloughs lougbs loughs soon found membership ap ap- ass asspllcations apollcatlons applications - plications ollcatlons pllcations pouring InSITUATION In . . . ITUATION SITUATION IN GERMANY GERMANYUncensored GERMANYUncensored GERMANYUncensored Uncensored military and political politicaldispatches politicaldispatches politicaldispatches dispatches reaching the diplomaticcorps diplomaticcorps diplomatic diplomaticis corps reveal that the German army armyIs armyIs is defeated and that fat HermannGoering Hermann HermannGoering HermannGoerlngii Goering . , father of the Luftwaffe Luftwaffemay , may soon rise as the German maDon manon man maD mann on n horseback to tQ try to make peace peaceWIth peacewith peacewith WIth the Aples AJfes Allies AJfesThIs AlliesThi ! AplesThis Thi This . dramatic turn at of eventscatches events eventscatches eventscatches catches Franklin Franklln ; Roosevelt plotting plottingPacific plottingPacific plottingPacific eventsI I Pacific strategy while the biggest biggestbreak biggestbreak biggestbreak break of 01 the war is coming B 5 000 000miles 000miles 000miles miles away In Europe Whether WhetherRoosevelt WhetherRoosevelt WhetherRoosevelt Roosevelt does anything : more al.lOut allOut about al.lOutIt aboutIt aboutit . It or not however you can write writeIt writeit writeit It down that Hitler ffitler and company companyare companyare companyare are through It's Its ' just a question at of athow ofhow ofhow how much Germany can salvage be- be be'ore be'ore be-'or be 'or or - - 'ore ore ' * the last shot ahot is ' firedMERRYGO fired . . . MEBKT-GOJtOrNDfl MEBKT GOJtOrNDfl MERRYGo.ROUNDCI MERRY-Go.ROUND MERRYGo.ROUND MERRY Go.ROUND GoROUND MERRY-GO MERRY GO - - - . 1 OUND OUNDQ CI Q . . 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