Evening Star Newspaper, December 1, 1932, Page 10

| FBIJNUMIES BLOW kY T0 ARMY AVIATION U. S. Reduced to Fourth Place Among Nations in First-Line Defense. v Federal economies have so_curtailed activities of the Army Alr Corps that the Army's “first line of defense” today lacks necessary officers, men, equipment and training, and the United States stands fourth among the nations of the earth in the strength of its air force, F. Trubee Davison, Assistant Secretary ©of War for Aeronautics, declared in his ennual report, made public today. The five-year program of development of the Air Corps, now long past the date set for its completion, remains unfinished, with no prospect for com- pletion so long as the present financial state of the country continues, Mr. Davison pointed out. The Alr Corps during the last fiscal year, has taken a direct cut of 18 per cent in its funds end this decrease would be much larger if cuts of an indirect nature were in- cluded, he said. Mr. Davison sounded a solemn warn- ing against too drastic a reduction of the Nation’s air force. The Army Air Corps, he pointed out, “is the first line of our land defenses.” Importance of Time. “An air force that is not in existence on the outbreak of war,” Mr. Davison said, “cannot be brought into being until too late to exercise its tremendous power in the early stages of hostilities, when it would be of greatest effect. It will make the first contact for the Army against an_enemy in the air, on G STAR, WASHINGTON, Decorated for War Service 'WHITE HOUSE PHYSICIAN RECEIVES TWO MEDALS. the ground, or afloat. Its state of pre- aredness in the early stages of war fore ground forces have made con- ftact might well be the decisive factor ‘4n_determining the outcome.” N .reduction the Air Corps and country, raining only sufficient pilots to meet Mthe immediate personnel requirements of the five-year program, Mr. Davison said. Though efforts have been made 0 establish all the squadrons and tac- tical units authorized by the five-year program, many of them are only skele- ton organizations, woefully deficlent in officers, men and equipment, the re- port showed. Discussing the relative air powers of the nations, Mr. Davison said: “In the light of the most recent in- formation and using as & measuring stick the full air strength that could be employed in a particular operation where armies, navies and air forces would be employed to their full strength, this country stands fourth in relative air strength.” Air Corps Strength. of exercises, which, 3 “should be held at least once each year.” Though acknowledging the need for ig] . Davison urged vigorously that no change be made in the system of flight pay, saying that he knows of no measure “more certain our flying services today than to tamper with the flight pay principle which in its present form has been in existence since the amendment of the national defense act in 1920.” Davison went on record in creation of a it of National De- Army and Navy, or of a united air force, Impairment of Defense. gardless of the question of econ- * he said, “I am just as convinced t such an organization would result in a serious impairment of our national defense. The air arm of each service has a separate and distinct mission.” In concluding his report, Mr. Davi- son said: “The recommendations which I have made in this report have been presented with a full realization that such of them as call for increased ex- Oapt. Joel T. Boone, Silver Star and APT. JOEL T. BOONE, U. 8. N, personal physician to President Hoover, yesterday was award- ed the Order of the Purple Heart and Silver Star medals by Secretary of War Hurley for con- spicuous service in the World War. The medals were awarded in the office of the War Secretary in the presence of Secretary of the Navy Adams, other high Army and Navy officials, & group of personal friends and Mrs. Boone. Capt. Boone, who served as a medical officer overseas, was twice wounded. He also, holds the Congressional Medal of Honor, the Distinguished Serviee Cross, e penditures can not be acted upon until the financial condition of the coun- try improves. “However, any report on the state of our air arm would be incomplete if these deficiencies and recommendations remedial action to correct them physician to President Hoover, is shown receiving the Order of the Purple Heart from Secretary of War Hurley. —=Star Staff Photo. the Croix ‘Guerre with two palms, the Itallan War Cross and the French Fourragerre. He has been Mr. Hoover's physician since the latter entered the White House. For 10 years prior to that he was medical officer on the presidential yacht Mayflower. Among those attending the presenta- tion were Assistant Secretary of the Navy Jahncke, Assistant Secretary of War Payne, Gen. Douglass MacArthur, chief of staff; Maj. Gen. George Van Horn Moseley, deputy chief of staff; Maj. Gen. Charles H. Bridges, adjutant general; Admiral William V. Pratt, chiet of naval operations, and others. The cost of prime necessities in Bra- zll, under control of the government’s price-fixing commission, has not risen, but prices of controlled commodities have started to soar. DOGTORS DISPUTE NEDAL REPOT Committee’s Cost Findings Intensify Controversy Over Public Health. - Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, December 1—Is there a doctor in the house? One may be needed any moment now, with this battle over the socialization of medi- cine warming up daily. Dr. Morris Fishbein, editor of the journal of the American Medical Association, and one of the handlest in-fighters of the profession, today pays his disrespects to the pro-socialization report of the Committee on the Costs of Medical Care, in the current issue of the journal. His stalwart opponent, one of the signers of the report, is the veteran of social and civic warfare, Morris Llewellyn Cooke, emerging as a leader of the left-wingers in the field of public health. He denounces the “bureaucracy” of the medical pro- fession and demands “adequate medical care for poor people for & sum within their reach.” ?tel.u a controversy which has been & long time brewing, finally touched by the committee report. Son of Country Doctor. The son of & country doctor in Penn- sylvania, Mr, Cooke no doubt has had his medical fight in suspense for many years, but he has been busy with many other concerns. The grizzled Wat Tyler of civic wel-| fare was a reporter on the Philadelphia | Press, the Denver News and the New York Telegram, a shipyard apprentice, a journeyman machinist, assistant engi- neer in the Navy during the Spanish- American War, & consulting engineer, member of the American_Society of Mechanical Engineers, . Philadelphia director of public works,%rustee of the Alfalfa Process Co., he is fighting the standpatiers among the doctors. For 20 years he has been fighting corporations, particularly the ‘“power trust,” battling for lower rates amo: the consumers. He is a vigorous an vigilant apostle of standardization, al- ways wanting to get everything ship- shape. So strong was this urge in 1910 that he made a diligent study of elght leading universities, assailing their lack of standardization in cur- ricula and teaching methods. Credited With Savings. ‘The Carnegie Foundation for the Ad- vancement of Teaching published his report. As commissioner of public works of Philadelphia he was credited with vast savings and increased effi- clency. John Chamberlain in his book, “The End of Reform,” just published, lays a wreath on his type and his epoch, but whether this evaluation is correct or not, Mr. Cooke has won both renown and friends by a lifetime of earnest, energetic and disinterested striving. This appears to be an engagement DIAMONDS D. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, gorthy of bie seel, fudeing trom the| TOWN OFFICES STORMED | Foporibiication. of the socializmion| gy MANITOBA FARMERS| | Official Manhandled and Forced to; Resign as 500 Fight Sale of Land for Taxes. 1932. (Copyright, 1932.) CHAMBERS’ WILL FILED This Charming Fancy Fox - “Spirea Tie” Admjral’'s Widow Is Chief Heir to $150,000 Estate. ! Mrs. Florence N. Chambers was made | chief beneficiary in the $150,000 estate | left by her husband, Rear Admiral Prank T. 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