Show THE Navy Declines THE HE NAVY has taken an unusual stand regarding the air nir warfare which is getting more and more intense in- in 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 Communist n m m u un n i 1 s t strength in the air and with the Air Force sometimes badly ou 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 services ices unification the Navy refused Official reason was that Navy carriers 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 superior su su- su- su Communist odds believe beneve the Navy Is trying to hide the fact that Its jets are inferior to the MIGS Since the Navy specializes specializes specializes In fighters and not long ago boasted the tho best jet fighter plane in the world this is a bitter pill to swallow Navy pilots today are among the best in 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 y the Navy during the Korean Korean Korean Ko Ko- Ko- Ko KoI I rean War One was bagged by a Navy avy Panther jet some time ago the other by a Navy pilot who however however however how how- ever flew an Air Force Sabre jet Debate Over McGrath 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 backstage back back- stage by Averell Harriman who has been on speaking trips out o 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 President Pres Pres- ident is The investigations are not going to stop with Internal Revenue and but will go into alien property custodian surplus property property prop prop- erty and possibly the fed federal ral judiciary judiciary judiciary judi judi- ciary right up to the Supreme Court The American people wont won't be satisfied satisfied satisfied sat sat- unless the administration cleans house boldly and ly A sure-fire sure way to regain public public pub pub- lic lie confidence is to name Senator Kefauver as attorney general giving giving giving ing him complete authority to prosecute prosecute prose prose- cute no ma matter who is hurt Mr Truman seems to like the idea and has been saying privately privately privately Ive always been loyal t 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- fends his fellow Irishman in the Justice department and has been digging up political friends of Mr Truman to talk up McGrath and talk down his ouster Round Merry-Go-Round Poll People not on the political inside seldom realize how much backstage wire pulling goes into the nomination nomination nomination nomina nomina- tion of a presidential candidate To Toa a considerable extent this lessens the chance of the American people to elect eJect a President For while they can elect not many can nominate This frequently leaves the se selection selection selection se- se lection of or the preside presidential nominee nominee nominee nomi nomi- nee a matter of or barter and backstage lobbying by the party bosses Today Taft scouts have been combing every state in the union pledging delegates six months in advance Some of these may represent represent represent sent the Hie people of their state some may not Some may realize that world conditions the threat of war warthe the hopes for peace can change the world in six months and with them can change the presidential needs of ot the nation Therefore to sound out the true political sentiment of ot the American people through the GOO COO newspapers publishing the Washington Merry Merry- Go Round this column is conducting conducting conducting conduct conduct- ing a post card poll on the Republican Republican Republican lican candidates The Democratic poll poU will come later To vote address address address ad ad- dress a n post card to the GOP candidate candidate candi candi- date of ot your choice Box 1952 Washington 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 become become become be be- come Governor of Louisiana is really stirring up the state Attorney Attorney At At- 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 Senater Williams of ot Delaware McGrath is even trying to get a job lob for a Williams man J. J George Stewart |