Show J fp i L Rw N NR R BE EN Washington D. D D C. C CUTTING NAVY TAPE Behind Admiral Kings King's forthright order slashing navy red tape 50 I per cent and ordering more navy officers out of Washington was an interesting comparison with the Japanese navy conducted backstage backstage backstage back back- stage by some of the Presidents President's advisers Americans recently familiar with Japan have reported that the Japanese Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese navy is staffed by only about 1000 personnel in Tokyo In contrast contrast contrast con con- the navy department in Washington Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington has more than not not including in- in including including in in- the navy yard The Japanese navy also is reported report report- ed to have cut red tape and government government government gov gov- reports to the bone and it gives widest latitude to commanders command command- ers at sea The U. U S. S navy also gives wide latitude to commanders in distant posts such as Admiral Leary in New Zealand Admiral Nimitz at Pearl Harbor But in home waters especially in antisubmarine antisubmarine antisubmarine anti anti- submarine warfare along the East coast insiders say the navy has suffered suffered suffered suf suf- from a constant stream of reports reports reports re re- re- re ports and orders to and from Washington Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington requiring a tremendous staff for the paper work alone Now Admiral King offers promotions promotions promotions promo promo- to officers who will decrease their Washington bureaus rather than increase them GASOLINE CZAR The one-man one dynamo who runs the gas rationing system of the U. U S. S A. A is a preachers preacher's son and a former professor of economics Though one of the most harassed men in Washington he is constantly on the verge of breaking into a broad smile Only 35 years old he has gray grayhair grayhair grayhair hair about the ears thin hair on top works so late into the night that his wife mother of a new-born new boy seldom sees him I generally general general- ly make the 2 a a. a m m. feeding he says Joel Dean was born in Vermont schooled in California and has a doctors doctor's degree from Harvard where he wrote a thesis on small loans He spent a year as European manager manager manager man man- ager of a travel bureau two years as traveling salesman for International International International Business Machine and seven years as teacher and research ex ex- pert As a fellow economist he always admired Leon Henderson but never met him until he came to Washington Washing Washing- ton less than a year ago To effect his own economy in gasoline he formed a In Drive Club with four other OP OPA A officials They take turns driving to the office office office of of- fice from Arlington Va across the river When brickbats fly in the OPA office office of of- fice flee Dean recalls that his father a Congregational minister wanted him to be a missionary on a SouthSea South SouthSea SouthSea Sea island Many people says Dean wish that I had fulfilled that mission v ARMY HOUR PROGRAM Jamming radio programs is one of the recognized weapons of modern modern modern mod mod- ern warfare But it is a two-edged two sword and the war department radio radio radio ra ra- ra- ra dio branch is ready to swing on the Axis if the prize Army Hour on Sundays is jammed again Jamming by manufactured static or other interference is feasible in inthe inthe inthe the United States only on wave short-wave broadcasts The Army Hour features features features fea fea- tures wave short-wave talks from all over the world made by such noted personages personages personages per per- as Mme Chiang shek Kai-shek General MacArthur General Way Way- Wavell ell ell and others The most recent case of jamming was during a talk by a high ranking army officer from the Dutch island of Curacao A piano piano piano pi pi- pi- pi ano banged loudly all the time he spoke Winston Vinston Churchill's latest speech which came on the radio immediately immediately immediately immedi immedi- before the army hour was jammed by a Teutonic voice carefully observing Churchill's own pauses in an effort to escape de de- de- de These two cases of jamming were traced by triangulation to Axis broadcasting stations The army proposes to retaliate if this deliberate interference doesn't stop V WAR AR FLASHES C. C t If you are a business executive and uncertain about tax deductions for advertising and pay increases you can get informal advice by applying to the internal revenue bureau bureau bu bu- bu- bu reau renu under a new treasury ruling C ii OP OPA A agents are checking up on private airports on tips that they are bootlegging high octane gas gns to car drivers High octane wont won't run a acar acar acar car by itself but makes a very smooth-running smooth fuel if mixed with lower grade gas C. C Guerrilla warfare in Russia has become so highly organized that every every every ev ev- ery third guerrilla now is armed with an automatic rifle C. C The war department soon will break still more precedents It will start accepting women doctors inthe in inthe inthe the army medical corps They willbe willbe will willbe be assigned chiefly to the W and also for general eye ear nose and throat work C. C L The army's new M M-l I 1 helmet that comes far over the cheeks neck and forehead and is much stronger than the old tin tin hat hat is now being distributed to all soldiers |