European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 3 political figures annual ribbing april 11 features of the 1948 presidential the collapse of democratic Solidarity and the spirited rivalry for Republican were satirized last night at the Spring dinner foe Gridiron organization of Washington president Truman and 500 other including Many top attended the dinner at the Statler hotel and witnessed 3kitt by the club t also Dut on the Grill were the multimillion Dollar St Prussia pro the income tax the White House Balcony and the supreme alter his administration and his political prospects had been Wel Truman replied in kind with the traditional presidential Robert Taft spoke for the Equall singed by a Rule of the 63year old both speeches were off the record at the club dinners reporters Are never presidential possibilities present included Harold Arthur at her r Rush wait that Visso Joseph and Dwight Thomas Dewey of new York cancelled his appearance to Complete r campaigning in the Nebraska presidential the after dinner show satirized the search for a Republican presi candidate in a skit in a chinese laundry Man revealed As Herbert asked the reason for his the of the former president have you forgotten How they through a wringer in 1932 a character dressed in mandarin and representing Macar Arhur marched in to say he preferred the title available Idle Rood Ivha Garos head Lions me or reason being that of the Southern democratic revolt and the White House Balcony were jibe characters in costumes of the Romeo and Juliet period appeared on the when democratic chairman Howard Mcgrath himself As tru Manette and announced he was taking the Jiff of president Senate minority Leader Alben Barkley thank goodness somebody his the International situation was pictured in a skit which showed Secretary of state George Marshall and Walter ambassador to As a weary fire chief and a worn out battalion chief Back from the worst fire in by a paper hanging Pyro Mamac who had been playing with that Tough russian j they were just settling Down fro a quiet game of checkers when there came the sound of tremendous the Gridiron chorus dashed about the stage in singing of a round of conflagrations in Fin Ianc Sweden and chief Marshall was hitching up the horses when a policeman dragged in Uncle Joes boy from the yugoslav clutching s Box of matches and a lighted Tito 1 dont want to Jet the world on i just want Trieste Soldier of the week Clay Honor guard no says outfit is army Best Hai larger stalled speak a oui jockey Dinn by milked Murphy staff correspondent april Estel of Lucius clays Ito nor guard says with Assurance that his organization is jute Best in the american to Back up his the 40 Jearold Soldier from de says that after 16 years in the often attached to Honor wards and Drill Hes sure is with the army True or Stone tag been wifi clays Honor guard platoon Ever since it was organized it clays request in february help visiting vips the Honor guard does a Large amount of Drill but its main cities Are guard and orderly duties Tor visiting Stone says the Honor guard could tee Only volunteers who had clean were 5 11 and had is of Over with iese the platoons Unm Anding Richard and Stone interviewed arly 700 men during three months 41 50 applicants were apart from touring the i and participating in official the men spend from Luiree to four hours a Day practice sleek As a Guppy the uss a Fleet Type shown Dur ing recent streamlined for greater underwater it is called the Alaska air chief cites need for More bases 11 Joseph Atkinson said yesterday that military defences in Alaska Are who is commandant of the Alaska air said Fairbanks which has a is one air base that can handle the new b36 he said there Are two other alaskan Fields which Are potentially b36 he declined to name 47184 j75m isis20 it the Kurt Noum Irma i ton Sag and perfecting new formations j we eve d travel with Clay Estel Stone were the Best or signal corps men could be who served in the Pacific during the thinks the army is no place for a married he likes his Job because something new to do in men Are daily de in tailed for guard duty at the Omegus o1tuus to isolationist office directors building and at clays 111 South Africa election two men Are always sent As april 11 a ways orderlies whenever he takes six men were sent to Lon a general election wl11 held in Ion during Tine London conference South Africa May an official to act As orderlies for Clay and i proclamation of state George the election will be fought be tween prime minister Jan the platoon includes men from Veteran and Royall terms defense weak continued from Page 1 a direct contributing Factor to the expansion of truculent Ian ism in the East and to these insincere or misguided men must ascribed a goodly part of the blame for Czechoslovakia and More for the situation n which american soldiers and american civilians find themselves n Royall did not name any individuals in his he said that the isolationists of the late 30s succeeded Only prov Fig that there is no isolationism in the world to and outlined measures he regards As necessary for in the interest of preserving he of aiding the defense of other free nations As Well As America against must strengthen other of the world As Well As he cites need for Power he said nothing could strengthen the free nations determination to resist aggression More than the knowledge that in the event of a world War the greatest concentration of military firepower would be in the hands of staunch and Loyal we must demonstrate to the whole world that we intend to be firm in the cause of Freedom end democracy and that we have the Power to Back up that United press reported that Royall the Stark fact is that today our army is not big enough to carry out the defensive and offensive operations necessary if War should is not a combat Soldier in the army Secretary there Are Only two antiaircraft battalions in the United states where we should have occupation troops Are spread perilously thin without Avail Able we do not have the ground and Supply forces which could seize and hold even the protective bases near our much less establish and defend those needed to take the War to the Topper marries Jersey april 11 comedian to branches of the this Francois an outspoken i and Star of the Topper series of done purposely so that if i Smuts leads the United has been wed to Dorothy seeded for special Ahr patience a British 1 the War developed Aleutian is land bases have been All but abandoned an military construction in Alaska has shifted to the North Central regions of the Ter he the air Force at has 12 bases in Alaska manned by approximately Atkinson Are Eielson and Ladd Field near Nome and big the Yukon sector five in the aleutians Munak and dutch har and bases at Kodak and strength reduced Atkinson stated military strength was equal to the forces Here last year at this time but added it had been greatly reduced since the end of the especially the aleut the supporting services Are especially he our air transportation is reason Able but surface transportation is our weakest distances Are great and we Are severely Handi capped by Leek of storage maintenance shops and sure com b36 lands at fort Worth after 30hour test flight fort april 11 a b36 bomber landed Here after More than 30 hours in the longest test flight a plane of this Mammoth series has officials said it would have remained aloft but declined to disclose the exact time it was up or the distance it the plane shuttled between1 fort Worth and the West is in avy observes 48th birthday of submarine april 11 the Navy observes the 48th anniversary of its first submarine to j none Loo Happy that subs Ever were Navy leaders Are frankly Wor ried about new High Speed sub they Are the greatest threat in existence to carriers and other surface they Are hard to harder to the has been studying eap j lured German subs and so has the russian Navy is mostly and no one will guess How Many of them have the latest German but the Navy remarked any nation with effective Force of modern submarines has a Strong naval special Type reviewed the Navy reviewed plans for special Type submarines and said last drop of information was being squeezed from German sex from the Antisubmarine View the Navy it is apparent that the improvement in under sea vessels poses difficult problems in among the difficult finding a submarine that can avoid radar detection by staying submerged night and Day for thousands of planning an attack on a sub Marine that can go twice m fast As conventional destroying a submarine that can dive on third tremendously increasing the difficulty of planting a dept charge Wrt bin lethal distance of its Benton says Erp could stimulate Europe news flow april11 chief said tonight Marshall plan funds coat help increase flow us formation m he said the has prepared Resolution for the United nations conference on Freedom of information urging governments to Exchange and Tariff restrictions of news newsprint and presses As their currency Posi k adopted by the he Tare Resolution May be helpful in encouraging particularly under the Macsi hah to devote some of sheir Jor eign Exchange to the Purchase at pulp for presses and similar materials and United states does not intend under the Marshall to specify that countries use this Money for such but this will encourage them to give Apee Ial consideration to that Hays Calls draft necessary to supplement Aid program april 11 ins George Deputy military expressed pro found Hope last night that con Gress will adopt a draft Law As a necessary supplement to the rope an recovery la an interview the general said after six billion dollars in he Marshall Aid plan is a very Jig and we should be in a position to protect i do not know of a single thing that would be of greater assistance o the Erp than passage of the it is necessary that Erp lava adequate military the two things should Hays said passage of such a Law would have double it would be important in itself and it would enable us to mobilize swiftly if the general said German re porters always ask him the same question at news conferences How Many soldiers has the United states in Germany he said he always tells them he cannot answer the question on military Security and added but it is easy to see that what they really have in mind has the United states the strength to Back up its policies