Show THE rHE is Ii Navy De Declines lines THE T HE NAVY has taken an unusual stand regarding the air warfare which is getting more mare and more intense intense intense in in- tense over Korea It has turned down a request from Gen Otto Weyland Weyland Wey Wey- land Air Force commander in the Far East that Navy jets help out the Air Force in combating Russian MIGS With increasing C n m m u n i 1 s st t strength in the air and with the Air Force sometimes badly ed in battling Russian MIGS General General General Gen Gen- eral Weyland requested help from the Navys Navy's carrier-based carrier jet fight fight- ers However despite the fact that there is supposed to be armed services services ices unification the Navy refused Official reason was that Navy carriers carriers car car- were outside the fighting range Air force pilots who sometimes sometimes sometimes some some- times go into battle against superior superior su su- Communist odds believe the Navy is trying to hide the fact that its jets are inferior to the MIGS 1 Since the Navy specializes specializes specializes in fighters and not long ago boasted the best jet fighter plane in the world this is a bitter pill to swallow Navy pilots today are among the best in hi the world but apparently planes haven't kept up with either the Air Force or the enemy As a result only two MIGS have been shot down by the Navy during the Korean Korean Ko Ko- Ko rean War One was bagged by a Navy Panther jet some time ago the other by a Navy pilot who however however how how- ever flew an Air Force Sabre jet I I Debate Over McGrath I President Truman's advisers are split down the seam on a bold move to oust Attorney General Howard McGrath and name crusading Sen Estes Kefauver to clean up the Justice department This proposal was pushed backstage backstage back back- stage by Averell Harriman who has been on speaking trips put of Washington and knows how deeply the corruption issue Is hurting also by usually cautious White House counsel Charlie Murphy and younger young young- er staff members Their argument with the President President Pres Pres- ident is The investigations are no not going to stop with Internal Revenue and but will go into alien property custodian surplus property property property prop prop- erty and possibly the federal judiciary judiciary judi judi- ciary right up to the Supreme Court The American people wont won't be satisfied satisfied sat sat- unless the administration cleans house boldly and ly A sure-fire sure way to regain public pub pub- lie lic confidence Is to name Senator Kefauver as attorney general giving giving ing him complete authority to prosecute prosecute prosecute prose prose- cute no matter who is hurt Mr 1 Truman seems to like Uke the idea and has been saying privately privately privately Ive always been loyal to my friends But they haven't been fair to me On the other side a powerful White House force Matt Connelly who sits next to the President and makes all his appointments is more than cool Connelly vigorously defends defends defends de de- de- de fends his fellow Irishman in the Justice department and has been digging up political friends of ot Mr Truman to talk up McGrath and talk down his ouster MerrY Round Merry Go Round Poll People not on the political inside seldom realize how much backstage wire pulling goes into the nomination nomination nomina nomina- tion of a presidential candidate To Toa a considerable extent this lessens the chance of ot the American people to elect a President For while they can elect not many can nominate This frequently leaves the selection selection se se- se lection of the presidential nominee nominee nomi nomi- nee a matter of barter and backstage lobbying lobbing by the party bosses Today Taft scouts have been combing every state in the union pledging delegates delegate six months In advance Some of these may represent represent sent the people of ot their state some may not Some may realize that tha world conditions the toe threat of war warthe the hopes for peace can change the world in six months and with them can change the presidential needs of or the nation Therefore to sound out the true political sentiment of ot the American people through the GOO newspapers publishing the Washington Merry Merry- Go Round this column is conducting conducting conduct conduct- ing a post card poll on the Republican Republican lican candidates The Democratic poll will come later To vote address address ad ad- dress a post card to the GOP candidate candi candi- candidate date of your choice Box 1952 Washington 13 13 DC D.C. and tell him Im for you in 1952 Washington Pipeline Lucille May Grace the lady who nobody thought had a chance to beI become become be be- come Governor of Louisiana is I really stirring up the state Attorney Attorney At At- Attorney torney General Howard McGrath while unhappy over the King In In- Tax come-Tax Committee has been cooperating cooperating cooperating co co- co- co operating quietly with the income- income tax probe of Senator Williams of Delaware McGrath is even trying to get a lob Job for a Willi Williams ms man J J. 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