| Show REAR ADMIRAL IS KEPT BUSY TALKING ON NAVAL VIEWS Article ill in Magazine Be- Be Becomes Becomes comes Closed Close In- In Incident INTERVIEW IS I S UP U P Magruder Declares News Article Contained Ri- Ri Ridiculous Ridiculous Features WASHINGTON Sept 29 By 9 By The Associated Press Regarding Rear Admiral T. T T P. P Magruder's article inthe SIl in the Saturday Ee Post critic criticising Ising the ys y's administration as a closed Incident Secretary Wilbur WlIbur now Is di- di directing an inquiry Into a a. newspaper r Interview by the naval al officer In which he was represented as supporting his views In the magazine with vigorous language The Interview which was printed h in inthe tM the New York TImes formed the prin-cipal prin subject of a a. conference between the secretary and the admiral ester yester- esterday day Although It was understood the controversy over the magazine article artcle had been ended Mr Wilbur Indicated that he was planning to make another investigation Into whether the admiral had violated any naval regulations Sn in giving gl his v vt ws to newspaper men REGRETS AFFAIR Admiral Magruder told the secretary that he regretted the Sf if It caused any embarrassment to Mr Wil- Wil Wilbur bur and that he had no criticism of officials of the department his pur- pur purpose purpose pose In writing the article being only to disseminate rueful Information about the navy The secretary de- de declared declared that the admiral had indicated his desire to operate co-operate with the navy In Its chief policies and had requestEd the conference to tell his chief that his attitude had been Incorrectly record recorded In the newspapers Mr Wilbur announced that the ad- ad admiral admiral miral had flied filed with the department a stat statement ment which he said correctly out out- outlined lined the views that were covered In Inthe inthe the newspaper story Although the secretary did not make pUblic the statement he said that he understood Magruder's views s had been inaccurately Inac- Inac Inaccurately depleted depicted In the interviews s CALLS IT RIDICULOUS The interview did not properly rep rep- represent resent my position the admiral said after the conference explaining that It wu was ridiculous when It said sald that I Isco scowled led and used gestures because he was talking over o the telephone late at night The Thc New York TImes In a statement Issued at New York denied that the story It printed contained the reference that the admiral scowled and used gestures and In fact there was no indication whatever er that the interview was not obtained over oer the telephone The Times added that It was not aware of the manner of obtaining the Interview at the time It was printed disclosing that the story came through Its ha alliance with the Philadelphia In- In The admiral must have been referring to an interview In some other oth- oth other er paper concluded the newspapers newspaper's statement I |
