NS Commanding Officer
Airs Armed Forces Tilt
The controversy between the
top brass of the various services
was aired at the meeting of the
Rotary Club, in a speech delivered
by Captain R. W. Allen, Command
ing Officer of the Naval Station.
The Commanding Officer point
ed out the controversy is a means
used to obtain publicity and pub
lic support and thereby secure the
largest appropriations of funds
for each branch of the services. It
in no way affects the workings of
the Army, Airforce or the Navy.
‘ The controversy between the top
brass of the services does not
slow down the operations at the
working level,” Allen said.
The Commanding Officer illus
strated this with several anecdotes
giving his experiences working on
various joint staffs composed of
members fom each of the ser
vices.
Allen particularly questioned
General LeMays statement that
the aircraft carrier was no longer
needed, as being too vulnerable of
attack from the enemy. The facts,
he said, speak otherwise.
Allen then gave a short resume
of his experiences. He: pM-served
on various joint staffs^jattended
War College, where j tdpire^enta
tives from all branWie? :of jth^^er
vic^s attended, and sejrypd on the
Airforce Intelligence'.'-; Tlje, latter,
■
he said, was a comparatively new
department. “There,” he said, “the
highest mutual respect and admir
ation was evident for each of our
country’s defense units. When war
comes along, you will find them
til co-operating.”
He concluded his remarks by
drawing an analogy of the situa
tion that exists between the Naval
Station and the town of Kodiak.
If there are any matters relative
to Base-Tbwn relations, anyone
wishes to have aired, he stated his
office was always open. “We seek
to co-operate,” he concluded.
Father Paul O’Conner, who is
in charge of St. Mary’s Mission,
St. Mary’s, Alaska, was also pres
ent and gave a short speech be
fore the group. See elsewhere for
more details on his interesting
speech.
The speech of the Arctic Priest
was followed by a short address
delivered by Maurice Gebhart, Ex
ecutive director of the Alaska
Housing Authority. Gebhart ex
plained the workings of the agen
cy of which he is director. This
committee has been meeting in
sessions in Kodiak most of this
wee|ji
T^f Agency jrtSkes .all the ini
tial pueparatmns forla program of
remijval of substandard housing
to m^Jce way for better housing.
"This urban renewal program,’’ (
the speaker pointed out,” contem
plates reusage of area? that are j
rundown. Old shacks and aband
oned houses are demolished, the
land cleared and fac:lities and a
services provided. The City in 0
which these areas are located then c
rezones the land so cleared, and c
the property is redeveloped by c
purchasers of the property. He
mentioned several cities in Alaska ,
who have had such programs ap- 1
proved, among them Fairbanks,
Ketchikan, Sitka and more recent
ly Juneau. With certification of the
"workable program,” Juneau now
is in a position to request an
HHFA grant of survey and pre
liminary planning funds to finance
surveys, appraisals and other
work leading to completion of the
program.
«More than 50 men attended the
meeting. Among visiting dotari
ans and visitors were the follow
ing:. Jess Ballard, Maurice Geb
hart. Father PjtuI O’Conner, Har
old Byrd, Nick Frost, Jack Edick
and John Edick.
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