Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 January 1939 — Page 4

Naval War Games To Test Defenses; New Bases Sought

irst Operations of Fleet As Western World Show To Be in Caribbean.

“Uncle Sam Chooses Weapons”— Page 13; Cartoon, Page 14)

“SAN PEDRO, Cal.; Jan. 4 (U. P). ~The Fleet sailed today for elaborate war games designed, it was believed, to test .its ability to defend the Western Hemisphere. ‘Pirst’ operations will be in the Caribbean, where the “Black Fleet” will protect the Panama Canal against the “White” Division. Then “will come the climactic test, Fleet Problem ‘XX, the protection of the Inte i Atlantic shores from attack,

; . Sixty long-range patrol bombers will try to fly nonzor from San Diego to Panama,

200 Planes in Mock Battle

~ While the Atlantic exercises are ay progress, 60 vessels and 200 “planes will engage in mock battle California-Hawaii-Alaska jangle of the Pacific. .. Six days and nights of battle “practice was ahead of the 140 sur-

face vessels and submarines en route

{to Panama. Sailing from San Diego { and San . Pedro bages, the vessels held a dende%vous off San Clemente Island before dawn. Secret radio : sailing orders had crackled from the «flagship Pennsylvania and the ships

sailed with doused lights.

=- Shore leave was up at 6 p. m. + yesterday and 53,000 officers and

enlisted men bade goodby to wives

sers

~&nd .sweethearts for ~months,

Auxiliary Ships Left Early

~« Auxiliary vessels of the fleet departed last week because they move «more slowly. +~ Along the 3000-mile course to the scanal were stationed six vessels, to ;render aid if necessary to the bombduring next week’s flight. Whether the planes would land in

perhaps six

the Canal Zone or cut across Cen-

ztral America and rejoin the war- ~ ships in the Caribbean was one of

| .the secret details of the maneu-

if t* ""Yoors,

vers. . Included iff the armada are nine battleships with 14 and 16-inch guns, which will reach Balboa Jan. +18, 14 heavy cruisers, and the air“craft carriers Saratoga and Lexington with 600 fighting planes. -. The Pennsylvania is flagship of Admiral C. C. Bloch. He, as com-

mander-in-chief, will act as chief

dunpire in the war games.

DIES FILES BILL,

1 [sr $150,000

Wants Un-American Quiz to Be Extended for Two

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (U. P.) — Rep, Martin Dies (D. Tex.) intro“duced a resolution in the House to“day - to continue the committee in‘yestigating un-American activities ‘and. appropriate $150,000 for its ex-

; ‘penses.

. Mr. Dies asked Congress to ex-

; tend the life og his committee for

two years to permit further investigation of alleged Nazi and Communist activities in America. The comimittee reported it could rot recmmend any legislation to curb “alien activities because insufficient funds had allowed it merely to I v#scratch the surface” it its investi<gation. ‘. Mr. Dies’ resolution was sent to ‘the House Rules Committee, of “which he himself is a member. The “committee, which broke with the #Administration last year, is considJered slightly more favorable to New “Deal forces this session because of the defeat in November of its for“mer chairman, John J. O'Connor of New York.

: : Scored by President.

2 The Dies committee, criticized by President Roosevelt for what he stermed “un-American” * behavior, ccused members of the Cabinet of attempting to “hamstring” its insvestigation and denounced Secrery of Labor Perkins for failure to = port Harry Bridges, Pacific Coast abor: leader. % Rep. J. Parnell Thomas ®R. N. J), %a member of the committee, ananounced that he would institute imachment proceedings against Miss erkins within a week for alleged Sailure to enforce deportation laws. 5 Administration leaders in Coness” were believed ready to oppose Scontinuance of the committee on ii that an extensive antispionage drive instituted by governmal agencies last week precluded ithe necessity for further Congressional inquiry.

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Times Special « FULTON, Jan. 4 —Martin J. Huxdoy of Versailles has been appointed ilton County agricultural agent. & assumed duties today, succeedng Noah S. Hadley. Mr. Hadley

can security and territorial

Congress Studies »Additions to Sea Power to Warn Rival Nations.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (U. P)— Congress today began a study of recommendations . for extension of United States naval defenses designed to halt any territorial aspirations of Japan in. the Pacific and to ‘forestall possible European

hemisphere. s

by Rear Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn, member of the Navy’s general board, reported to Congress that funds are needed for establishment of new fleet facilities in the Caribbean,, Alaskan and far western Pacific areas. The board declared that ineventually depend surface and

tegrity might upon greater air,

and farther west toward Japan in the Pacific atoll of Guam. The board urged . immediate

tions to improve naval defenses in the Caribbean and Atlantic coast sections, regarded as the first step in President Roosevelt's program for a “continental defense system.”

Relations Now Strained

Officials indicated that the United States has definite information Japan “will deeply resent” any program to increase defenses in the western Pacific and likely will “retaliate” with efforts to strengthen her own ‘position, particularly near Alaska. United States-Japanese ‘relations already have been strained by a series of sharply worded notes protesting Japanese activities in China. Officials said it would be “extremely difficult” for the United States to defend Alaska under present conditions against a nearby major power, such as Japan. The proposed program, it was said, is also required for protection of a large section of the Pacific Northwest, The Hepburn board recommended that Guam be heavily fortified as an advnce fleet base to provide ‘“practical immunity to the Philippines against hostile attack in force.” Now virtually defenseless, Guam could be so fortified as to make any attack on the Philippines a “precarious undertaking,” the board reported. “To an even greater extent,” it said, “Guam woud great impede, if

naval operations to the southward, thus greatly simplifying our naval

called upon for operziions in the Far East.

Major. Air Base Urged

“The ‘foregoing considerations are of sufficient strength to warrant the recommendation that’ Guam should be developed ‘as a’ mid jor air and submarine base, with a garrison suf-

| ficient in strength to make: its re-

duction or occupation a major effort on the part of any probable enemy.” The board urged development of

the already powerful fleet air base} at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, to “major”

status with facilities for: two. aircraft carrier groups, 10 patrol plane squadrons and complete repair machinery; equipment of Wake Island with facilities for one patrol squadron, a pier, channel and other necessary defense developments; the strengthening of defense facilities) on the Pacific Islands of Johnson,’ Palymra, Canton and Rose. Other recommendations included: Three secondary air bases for Alaska, together with submarine bases at Kodiak, Alaska, and Unalaska. Submarine facilities for two divisions at Midway and Wake Islands.

Caribbean Cited

Establishment of air bases in the Caribbean area at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; San Juan, Puerto Rico; St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, and expansion of the Coco Solo, Canal Zone, base. Enlargement of air bases at Hampton Roads, Va. Pensacola, Fla., Alameda, Cal, and Seattle, Wash. Sh Establishment of an Eastern seaboard base at Quonsett Pcint, R. I., to protest the Eastern industrial

south of Jacksonville, Fla. : Enlargement of the New London, Conn.; submarine base to accommodate larger craft; reopening of the Key West, Fla., base; retention of the val holdings at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, and development of an air base “treasure island, ” in San Francisco Bay.

NOISY AUTO TRAPS THIEF ST. LOUIS, Jan 4 (U. P).—A broken exhaust pipe on the automobile of Thomas Davis foiled an attempt to steal the car. The peculiar sound made by the auto as it started awakened the owner. He notified the police, who recovered the car and captured the thief.

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Hoosier Charges U. S. Paid For Private Trips With - . ‘Paint Vouchers.’

i | WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (U. P.)~— ‘|Rep. Hamilton Fish (R. N. Y.) demanded a Congressional investigation today of private parties aboard the Government boat Eala in which |former Secretary of Commerce Daniel C: Roper and other officials were “|alleged to have participated. Rep. Pish said that if Mr. Roper or any official spent public money : Bonpuslic ‘purposes, he should be forced to reimburse the Governiment. Acting Controller General Richard N. Elliott of Indiana charged in his annual report to Congress yesterday that in 1934 and 1935, soda water, flowers, cigars and cigarets «were vouchered as paint, provisions or supplies” for the Eala. | He estimated that the boat, which | belongs to the Steamboat Inspection ‘| Service ‘of the Department of Com‘Imerce, costs $380 a week to operate, ‘land that in the six-month period on which he reported, $9506 was spent |“which was not authorized under the appropriation providing for inspeetion service.” Rep. John Taber (R. N. Y.) contended that Republican members of the House Appropriations Committee - “exposed” the private parties

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aboard the Eala two or three years ago. Rep. Fish said that the small Republican minority had made it impossible to take action then, but

‘and stopped all freight

Ipredicted ‘that this year’s doubled G. O. P. House nembership, together with “honest minded” Demo“lerats, would force an Tovestigation, Mr. Elliott, who was formerly a Hoosier . Republican Congressman, promised a special report on the Eala. He offered as part of his annual report excerpts. from the ship) s lo hey indicated that the boat was used for. trips from Washington down : the Potomac ' to Colonial

Beach, Va. during July and August, 1934. Among those listed as having used the boat for parties were Mr. Roper, John Dickinson, assistant secretary; Chester H. McCall, assistant to the secretary; Margie G. Renn, Mr. Roper’s secretary; Mrs. Roper, Richard PF. Roper, John Roper, and Ewing Y. Mitchell, as- | sistant secretary. XC

Tells of Florida Trip

On Nov. 28, 1934, the log said, the Eala left Washington for Florida, by way of Philadelphia. At Charlesfon, S. C., Mr. Roper and his party boarded it, it was said. It reached West Palm Beach, Fla. on Jan, 3. During January and February, “party aboard” was a frequent entry in the log at various Florida resorts, including Miami, St. Augustine, and Daytona Beach.

On May 31, 1935, the log récorded, Mr. Dickinson went aboard with a party including Reps. Patrick Boland, Francis E. Walter, Don Gingery, Joseph Gray, James: Leland Quinn, D. J. Driscoll, Harry L. Haines, and Charles Crosby, all Pennsylvania Democrats; Rep. Thomas F. Ford (D. Cal), and Richard H. Bailey Jr., secretary to Senator Joseph F. Guffey (D. Pa.). Mr. Elliot has clashed with the Administration on several occasions and has been a severe critic of ex-

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WEIGH SMITHS NLRB CHANCES

Congress, Labor Speculate| On Whether Roosevelt Will Drop Plan.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (U. P.).— Congressional and organized labor circles speculated today about possibility of President Roosevelt submitting to the Senate for confirmation reappointment of Donald Wakefield Smith to the National Labor Relations Board. Reporters who attended Mr. Roosevelt’s semiweekly: press conference yesterday still were uncertain how to interpret his remark that he did not know whether Mr. Smith's name would be among the recess appointments to be sent to Congress Thursday. Although Mr. Smith was reappointed last August, Mr. Roosevelt said t his nomination had not yet come to his desk for signature.

Some persons thought that Mr.

lish co-operative hosiery mills at Federal rehabilitation projects. Mr. Elliott renewed his recommendation for inclusion in general accounting office audits of all New Deal agencies now exempt by law from such supervision. “Transactions covering millions of dollars of public funds, representing

‘| both receipts and expenditures, are

exempt by statute from the requirement for audit by the general accounting office,” Mr. Elliott said. “It is fundamentally unsound to exempt public financial transactions from audit or to exempt public officials from the requirement for mak-

ing a complete accounting.”

Roosevelt indicated definitely that

‘Ihe has not changed his mind about

|Mr. Smith's selection, despite oppo sition of the American Federation of Labor and only passive support of the Congress of Industrial Organizations,

‘Withdrawal Report Heard

Some labor leaders and Congress men heard reports fom usually reliable sources that . Roosevelt

had decided to withdraw Mr,

Smith’s reappointment to avoid a battle, and possible defeat, at the beginnig of the session, and was considering former Rep. David Je Lewis (D. Md) for the job. John L. Lewis, C. I. O. president, was called to the White House yes= terday after reports had been .published concerning the possible drop= . ping of Mr. Smith. Neither Mr,

Roosevelt nor Mr. Lewis would dis=

cuss the conference. Senator H. Styles Bridges (R. N H.), persistent critic of the Hig claimed 50 assured votes against Mr. Smitr-encugh to reject “the nomination.

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