Gladewater Daily Mirror (Gladewater, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 211, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 26, 1953 Page: 8 of 12
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Eight
GUdewater Dally Mirror
Thursday, March 26, 1953
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Retirement Of Vaa Fleet
WAHHINOTON, March 26 <U.P>, four »tai> there just wiwn’t room
nrceh retirement of four star for h*m to stay iong. Some of the
Qan. Jame* A Van Klee*, spotlights j ablest officers in the Army shuck*
«* rank-happy s.tuation of the- od their uniforms quickly for bet-
Army, Navy and Air Force 1 ter things after World War II.
All thru- services develop so i President Eisenhower was one
many first class, high ranking ex-1 of them. At SB he became presi-
•cutivc types that they just don't I dent of Columbia University. Gen.
know where to put 'em So they Lucius D. Clay was S2 when he
put 'em out. Private industry wel- I retired to become board chuir-
comes many of these funner of- | man of the Continental Can Co.
under a special law, two stars is
the highest permanent rank in the
Army. Navy, and Ail Force Three
and four star officers get them
temporarily because of the parti-
cular job they Happen to hold.
When they no longer hold it and
no other can be found for them,
they usually are through—and
free to go into private industry.
It has occurred to Congress
before this that ttie wartime in-
flation of rank lias Imi-ii one cause
of the inilitaiy mm vices losing
good men The truditiomil volun-
tary retirement system was un-
other.
fleers
Van Fid t said he was shocked
and surprised when the Army De-
partment i elicvcii him of command
In Korea for retirement. Ho is 81.
If Van FUM's career follows the
general pattern, he will turn up
shortly in a big industrial job.
The Army's explanation of Van
Fleet's retirement was that there
Gen. Brchcn H. Somervell was 53
when he signed on as president of
hi Koppcr* Co.
Admiral Ben Moreell quit the
Navy at 54 to become president of
Jones and Laughlin. a steel com-
pany. Lt. Gen. Ira Eaker was 51
when he became vice president of
Hughes Aircraft. MaJ. Gen Oliver
P Echols was 34 when he became
was no further Army job for him president of Aircraft Industries
■uitnlil to his rank and prestige Association Latri he hecam
Protest by Congress- board chairman and president of
A series of retir ments of young- Noithup Aircraft
er men after World War II prod- Do Job, Th*n Retire
ded Coti'ir ss *o protest that the When Lt. Gen Elwood H Quc
taxpayers w re b mg robbed of *-nda retired a* 47. Congress howl-
'he services of Army. Navy, and <*d. Quesada was a hot shot pilot
Air Force officers who still had who becam' a hot shot command-
m ny ye i "* b ■ time service to r "f Wmld War II fii'ht i- He i
o'Vr. The I; w th n was changed ■ with Odium Indu«tr os now. Aft***
to forhirl volu trry retir mont Quesadn's retlr ment Congress put
b 'ore igf ’2. he brakes on voluntary separa*
But th«* problem seem« to Unger tioos from the services.
*m -« I- -he cm* of Van Fle-'t. Ext* p* for flv -.-f r nffic'**"*
Wh n he reached th-* top with who hold th ir r nk p rmanently
ADLAI READY FOR EMERGENCY
GAftBtO *n crash netmete Mss Went* ano survival suits u Urn Max
well D I'oyior tlefti. commander of the Eighth Army and formrr tiov
Adlai Stevenson of Illinois are ready fur a flight to the earner ttgs
Ortskany in the Sea of Japan Stevenson stopped in Korea on
world tour t In'rmaiu.e
Skyway Minutemen
Suggested for U S.
One et 230 sveileble DC-3 cerperots executive creft
gy HAl TUFTY
f'r ill ml Hn aa Cerreepowdenl
WAHHINOTON - Every Amer-
ican will be safer against enemy
attack if a plan Is adopted by
Uncle .Sam to earmark the last
: (sable number of transport air-
craft.
A fleet, larger than the entire
pi Mil of airline planes at the out-
bn nk of World War II, would be
available Immediately in case of a
military, civil defense or other na-
tion*! emergency.
This fleet is made up of approx-
tmately 250 DC-.'i corporate execu-
tive aircraft, last untapped inures
of transport planea. and could air-
lift the necessary forcea to repel
an Invasion Attempt on th* west
west, in Alaska nr anywhere It
might strike.
| hia group would suppiemiiit
On '.•lit lour-rngine transports ot
i ih erheduled and non-echedui* i
mimes plus a lew corporate plain**
lap with III* Delense Air Tran*
i..„ i «i mn admitdsttrltan T it i *
i A group alone Pa* gwra Hum
i tmtea the lifting «*pa*itv *'»
«ii the IM itaanmdr Hw
,< iieat over to ike hilttlhry during
nid War 11
th# new in tank* the
m tqime IN'3a immwMkleiv
tw* Peek sen I la Ike h#" (
iarwa n( getnkta. rammer*« !
i ike tvifcrrd rirtl dehrnee ed
.-nainm anreuuing ta J i
.m in | ire-a* teat af Nortfc A met
J I lewin
| Iran Aucoacii Systems, Inc, ol
Itu« bunk. Calif lie's the spokes-
man Ins tile vaiunlccrx
Organtaatmii of this voluntary
heel w lit (irovut* military and
■ tvil defense with nn serial minute-
u un I iui'*i le •*)«!!kb ol »\ inging
Iktn alas imniedialelv with a
pass ■ user lift •-•parity greater
than five WutId War II U<i*>|< ear-
rtei group*." Uvu* conlends
The nation *i<te 4VI vtlteei e«m-
niuousti' " faellliikM iqieraled t>Y
North Ami*nan, ns nett as Ike
servo •» et aiadahm di«p*l*h and
iqaetalms parr mkneit ate tataivai
la ill* a#e*
PAGING TCE S. P. C A.!
MS..*;
Bongs Up Job
Tidolonds Bill
'ate
da#h :
WASHINGTON. MnJRi 2« <U.P>
The tide land* bill Wus pushcil
1 nearer a vote in Congress Wed-
1 lie*lay after losing some of the
i earmarks of an admin nitration bill.
A* it emerged from th*1 Home
Judiciary committee, the bill
would still carry out President
Eisenhower's campaign pledge to
give the states title to offshore oil
lands out to their historic boun-
daries.
| But it also would give the states j
I the right to tax oil tak,*n Irom sub- I
1 merged lands beyond those limit
1 —a step which the administration (fa/ / u fa
lias opposed. ■ 7 1 9
The Senate Interior committee
was called into secret session in
hope* ot reaching a decision on the
issue.
( Senate Ih •publican leaders had
agreed to split the legislation into
two bills—one dealing with the
submerged mrt*. to the historic
boundaries and tl*** other with that
on the outer shelf. Tin- plan was
hi pass the first one immediately
ami take up the other later.
But the House committee action
gave the Senate's "state-- right*
i advocates new heart and threat
jetted to upscl the plan
The House bill, approved 14 b<
7 after a day-long elosed loiniini
tee meeting, provides that the
states can colled a pn*du« tn*a oi
severance tax on <*u*h barrel ol
ml taken from toe contlnmtal
i shelf i**..4
Chairman Cltauneey need ip
III * said (be exact tux wuid be
j fixed by the various si.w. 4. Init
i otild Ih* no higher than those a
i" a d in other oii beuniigUreiv m
each slah*.
Hep .1 Frank WihoteUD-Tc*,
aid the tax in Texas is *»hlv 4IM*<
i - nti. a bariel. II* said tap Wouhi
have preferred a bit RMrc rev»-
mu- but that the House ^biQ is; .*
g<mmI one, alld I wfll upfioifl if*'
cities
Happy Is The Day
When Backache
Goes Away!
Today Bran Iff literally
blanket % the K* ,/ _
from Canana /. the Golf,
from thy »*1(.
Missnsipt then tw ,
SOuttl to serir eight l if .7
American count.’,,' hj, ,t
*ny*here m (he Amen. ,
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"• » n,w "km* fnsh'-.n nv I' s |> i ,,, p, •
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front inn* in the plastic. .................
m and Juimn** mmt hr «lur t«»
own fit khlnrF function Ihwtot* •|ta»d
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no »or n** ifltiti no
i m iMtr ttyliFt I'hyrip
<1# sift anJ tie mean up willi
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drr irntnliofvg dup to r«»J«t or w r«it| <ti« t may
cauar wilige u|» n ighu or 1 rr%«uvnt t»naan#vg
Don’t nrfWt yngr kidneya if threw omdt*
(long tMUher you. Try then’s IMi* a nt»Uj
iliurrtir. Vtmi etiwreefiilly hy millions f*»r
over i" Iran, li e amaitng how many lime*
Duan'e lira happy rvllrf fr**m three* tliao m-
fortv hrlp lit** 1 f» mtlraoif hi*tn» y ttilws andfll-
tvna ft unit out vuia. hat Uuana I'Ula today!
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Belk, Jeanne. Gladewater Daily Mirror (Gladewater, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 211, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 26, 1953, newspaper, March 26, 1953; Gladewater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1021676/m1/8/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lee Public Library.