PENTAGON PRESSED TO NAME MANPOWER COMMISSION

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• Publication Date: October 18, 1952
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Pentagon Pressi to Name
Manpower Commission
Senator Lyndon Johnson (D: Tex.),
chairman of the Senate Preparedness
Subcommittee, has written Secretary of
Defense Robert A. Lovett to inquire
about the status of the Manpower Com-
mission, which was first proposed on 7
July.
During recent weeks, Tics JOURNAL has
reported the difficulty which the Depart-
ment is experiencing in obtaining the
services of "eminent and qualified citi-
zens" to investigate the utilization of
manpower in the Armed Forces.
The fact that this is an election year
undoubtedly has contributed to the prob-
lem.
Secretary Lovett already has issued a
charter for the 11-member Manpower
Commission, complete text of which was
published in the 23 August issue of THE
JOURNAL.
Maj. Gen. Merrill B. Twining, USMC,
has been named staff director for the
Commission, but so far there has been
no announcement of the members, seven
to be civilians and four to be retired mili-
tary officers, a general officer or flag offi-
cer of the Army, Navy, Air Force and
Marine Corps.
Undoubtedly, Secretary Lovett will an-
nounce shortly the membership of the
Commission. A Marine Corps official di
rective states that the first meeting of
the Commission is expected to occur this
month, If this is true, the name of the
chairman and members of the Commis-
sion will be announced momentarily.
Following, is the text . of Senator
Johnson's letter to Secretary Lovett:.
Text of Letter
"My dear Mr. Secretary:
"On 7 July the Senate Preparedness Com-
mittee issued Its Fortieth Report, in which
we recommended that the Defense Depart-
ment establish 'a group of eminent and quail-
fled citizens' to study the problem of more,
efficient and economical use of military per-
sonnel. On 15 July you replied in a letter
expressing complete agreement with the pro-
posal and stating that you would proceed to
select the members of the Commission.
"It is now 7 October and upon the basis
of recent inquiries I understand that no
members of this group have been selected or
appointed. Indeed, I have run into disquiet-
ing reports that strong opposition to the
proposal exists within your Department to
bringing in 'outsiders' who might change es-
tablished procedures.
"In fact, it has been reliably reported that
an Important group within your organization
has said that a manpower study commission
will be appointed 'only as a last resort and
under extreme pressure.'
"Since better manpower utilization appears
to hold forth the only hope of reducing
swollen defense budgets, I would very much
appreciate from you a report on the progress
that has been made in establishing this man-
power study commission. I am aware of your
personal sympathy with this proposal and I
trust that we will be able to produce con-
crete results in. the near future.
"Sincerely,
"Lyndon B. Johnson, Chairman
"Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee."
Retired Pay Computation
The Comptroller General ruled this
week that the retired rank and there-
fore the retired pay of an officer is de-
termined by his election or non-election
under Section 415 of the Career Compen-
sation Act of 1949, as amended, to re-
ceive disability retirement benefits com-
puted under the laws in effect on 30 Sept.
1949.
The official digest of the decision (B-
103063) affecting Lt. Comdr. William A.
Leonard, USN-Ret., and others in the
same category, is as follows:
"An officer selected for promotion whom a
clinical board had found to be suffering from
a disease prior to a physical examination
given to effect such promotion and whose
subsequent disability retirement was for the
same disease may not, under section 402 (d)
of the Career Compensation Act of 1949, be
advanced to the grade for which selected
and receive the retired pay of that grade,
as said section authorizes an officer's dis-
ability retirement pay to be computed on
the rank to which he is eligible for promo-
tion only if the physical disability is found
to exist as a result of a physical examina-
tion given In connection with effecting a
permanent promotion."
Changing Station? Notify the Army Navy
Air Force Journal promptly to avoid missing
any issues.
1I9i l'my Navy Air Force Journal 191
18 October 1952
were traveling on a priority shipment.
"Dependents moving on priority travel are
authorized air transportation when the family
includes an infant between the age of 6
weeks and 5 months. However, dependents
on the non-priority basis, with. an infant
under 6 months, cannot travel until the in-
fant is six months old as travel is by water
transportation.
Early Application for Passport Urged
"The actual port call for dependents to re-
port to either San Francisco or Seattle will
be issued after the Seattle Port of Embarka-
tion has received the passports. Sponsors ap-
plying for their dependents' travel are urged
to encourage their families to apply for pass-
ports immediately upon receipt of travel au-
thorization so as to avoid unnecessary delays.
The travel authorization is air mailed direct-
ly to sponsor's dependent by Headquarters,
FEC.
"Primary responsibilities for dependent
travel and housing at the 29 installations
throughout Japan are as follows:
"Army - Crawford, Haugen, Younghans,
Sendai, Drew, Tokyo, Yokohama, McGill,
Zama, Gifu, Nara. Otsu, Kobe, Eta Jima,
Hakata, Mower, Wood and Chickamauga.
"Air Force -- Misawa, Johnson, Yokota,
Tachikawa, Nagoya, Bofu, Iwakuni, Mille,
Ashiya and Itazuke.
"Navy-Yokosuka."
Key members of the newly formed Armed Services Textile and Apparel Procurment
Agency are shown after Brig. Gen. Robert P. Hollis, Chief of the Agency Staff,
activated the Agency at 111 E. 16th St., New York City. Standing left to right: Mr.
George M, Clark, jr., Chief, Legal Office; Col. J. F. Howard, USA, Chief, Purchasing
Division; Comdr. E. D. Stanley, jr., USN, Chief, Budget & Planning Officer; Mr. Ar-
thur D. Baird, Chief, Public Information Office. Sitting left to right: Col. Paul I.
Doty, USAF, Deputy Chief of Agency Staff; General Hollis; Capt. H. T. Dinsmore,
USN, Chief, Services Division; and Lt. Col. M. C. Martin, jr., USMC, Assistant to the
Chief of the Agency Staff.
FEC Changes Policy For
Dependent Housing-Travel
The Far East Command has issued a
lengthy statement describing changes in
the policy for dependent travel and hous-
ing in Japan.
The announcement-text herewith-
follows disclosure in the 20 Sept. issue
of THE JOURNAL that a limitation of 500
families per month has been placed on
dependent travel to the Far East Com-
mand.
A Pentagon official said last month that
the wait for availability of government
quarters in Japan now extends from nine
to 15 months.
FEC officials said the basic change in
policy is from travel to Japan based on
availability of housing anywhere in Japan
to a policy of travel to Japan based up-
on availability of housing at or near the
duty station of the sponsor. In addition
to this basic change, the new program
provides for decentralization of control
to commanding officers of U. S. Installa-
tions in Japan.
Each Service will control housing at its
own installations. Sponsors of one serv-
ice who are stationed at an installation
of another service will be handled under
the same provisions as personnel of the
parent service on that installation. In
the Tokyo-Yokohama-Atsugi.-Zama area,
where many personnel of more than one
Service must be housed at one installa-
tion, the housing has been divided in
proportion to the strength of each service
in order to insure equality of treatment
for personnel of all three services. In-
stallation commanders will soon be able
to furnish the approximate waiting time
for their respective areas.
The statement continued:
New Method for Priority Lists
"Sponsors desiring to bring their depend-
ents to Japan will submit travel and hous-
ing applications to their respective camp,
post or base commander who will arrange
the applications in order of priority accord-
ing to the length of separation of the family.
Information is transposed to an individual
card for each sponsor which is then sub-
mitted to Headquarters FEC. Each two weeks
the station commander will report to FEC
the number of projected vacant houses for
which families can be brought to Japan on
the next priority list to be submitted. Head-
quarters FEC will then publish travel prior-
ity lists from the cards which have been sub-
mitted In order to bring dependents to Japan
for housing at or near the duty station of
the sponsor and in accordance with the pe-
riod of separation of the family.
"Due to the great difference which would
result in waiting times at various Army in-
stallations because of difference in the num-
ber of houses as compared to the number of
eligible sponsors at those installations, the
Army has allocated a percentage of housing
for voluntary interim housing at four Army
installations: Gifu, Otsu, Nara and Eta Jima.
In order to alleviate the critical housing
situation on Hokkaido, personnel stationed
on that island will be authorized dependent
housing at Camp Haugen and Misawa Air
Force Base. At each of the latter two camps,
a percentage of housing has been set aside
as housing for dependents of sponsors sta-
tioned on Hokkaido. The Air Force and Navy
have been authorized to establish interim
housing at installations under their control
if they so desire. Air Force personnel sta-
tioned at Misawa are also eligible to apply
for Army interim housing elsewhere. It was
emphasized that personnel on any priority
travel list subsequent to the October B list
will be brought to Japan for interim housing
only on a strictly voluntary basis.
No Change for Eligibility
"There is no change in the eligibility for
dependent housing. Eligibles continue to be
officers, enlisted men in the top three pay
grades and authorized civilians with the
Armed Forces of grades GS-12 and above.
"Personnel who are now in interim hous-
ing, or who travel on priority lists up to
and including the October B list and go
into interim housing, will be moved into
permanent housing In accordance with the
period of separation of the families, consider-
ing interim housing as continued separation.
Personnel who arrive for voluntary interim
housing will also be brought into permanent
housing in accordance with the period of
separation from families. It was emphasized
that the housing situation in Japan continues
to be acute, with only 40, per cent of the
required housing being available; some of
this housing is in areas where it cannot best
be utilized because of current troop locations.
"Present lists up to and including the Oc-
tober B list will fill up all housing becoming
vacant between now and 31 December 1952.
The first priority list under the new plan will
be the January A list for travel after 1
January 1953.
Spaces for Korea Returnees
"Korean returnees will continue to be In-
tegrated on travel lists; using experience
factors as a basis, each post will reserve
spaces on the new priority lists for Korea
returnees.
"There has been no change in the require-
ment that an individual must have 12 months
service remaining on his current overseas
tour or have an approved agreement for an
extension to include at least 12 months serv-
ice after the arrival date of his dependents.
"No change has been made in the private
rental policy. The acceptance of a. private
rental to bring dependents to Japan prior
to availability of government housing does
not affect the individual's position on the
permanent housing list. It was emphasized
that those personnel availing themselves of
early travel based on a private rental or of
private rental in lieu of interim housing must
have had the private rental facility approved
by the installation commander for structural
and sanitary standards.
"As in the past, dependents traveling on
a non-priority basis (those who are to live
in a private rental) receive orders to travel
at government expense the same as if they
Army Chief of Staff Tells
Operation Research Mission
Its activities long shrouded in secrecy,
the Army's Operations Research Office
this week received public attention as a
result of an address made on 16 Oct. by
General J. Lawton Collins.
The ORO is known to be having an
important influence on major Army pol-
icies and it is to be expected that Gen-
eral Collins' remarks will prompt fur-
ther inquiries about this activity.
The Army Chief of Staff told the
Carnegie Institute Society in Pittsburgh
that the ORO, headed by Dr. Ellis A.
Johnson and operated under contract
with Johns Hopkins University, now num-
bers more than 120 research personnel.
The ORO, said General Collins, "inte-
grates the resources of many of the-
uni-versities and industrial research organi-
zations of the United States for direct
work on new weapons and for the analy-
sis of problems of the training ground
and the battlefield."
General Collins continued: "Our re-
search is not limited to the physical
sciences. We are also making the best
use of the great advances in the social
sciences because we fully realize the im-
portance of the human element in com-
bat.
"The Operations Research Office and
its many collaborating universities par-
ticipate directly with the officers of our
General Staff in the most critical analy-
sis of the Army's operations. This honest
soul-searching is designed to bring about
the utmost efficiency as well as economy
In the management of the Army and
without regard to military or civilian
perspective-the truth is our only aim.
We seek thereby to choose the most mod-
ern and effective weapons for the battle-
field, which at the same time can be pro-
duced at the minimum cost and with the
least impact on our national economy.
We seek also to ensure that our, Army
personnel are trained by the most mod-
ern methods developed in educational
research, and that their morale and psy-
chological well-being-as well as physi-
cal well-being-are protected and pre-
served throughout their service in the
Army. Above all, we seek to guarantee
that the combination of men and ma-
chines for combat makes full use of
modern scientific knowledge so as to en-
sure victory with the least cost in Ameri-
can lives.
"This is the general form of our or-
ganization for correlating the efforts of
the scientist, the technician, the educator,
and the soldier in this modern age," Gen-
eral Collins concluded.
Col. Alford ABG C.O.
Col. David G. Alford has assumed com-
mand of the 806th Air Base Group at Lake
Charles AFB, La., after reporting from
the 809th Air Base Group at MacDiil A-
FB, Fla., where .he was Deputy Base Com-
mander. He replaced Lt. Col. Melvin H.
Slate, scheduled for an overseas assign-
ment in the near future.
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18 October 1,952
Maj. Gen Burress Named
To Command First Army
Maj. Gen. Withers A. Burress, who will
be 58 years of age on 24 Nov., has been
named to succeed Lt. Gen. Willis D. Crit-
tenberger as Commanding General of the
First Army at Governors Island, N. Y.
General Crit-
tenberger w iIl
retire on 31 Dec.
u p o n reaching
t h e statutory
age of 62.
General Bur-
ress, w h o ap-
pears certain to
be named for a
third star, has
been Command-
ing General of
the VII Corps,
U. S. Army in
Europe.
A graduate of
Virginia Military Maj. Gen. Burress
Institute in 1914,
General Burress was commissioned a see-
ond'lieutenant of Infantry in the Regular
Army err 30 Nov. 1916.
In July 1940 General Burress was trans-
ferred to the Operations and Training Di-
vision of the War Department General
Staff. In October 1941 he was named as-
sistant commandant of the Infantry
School, Ft. Benning, Ga. and in April
1942 was assigned to headquarters of the
Puerto Rican Department.
General Burress was appointed in Sep-
tember 1942 commander of the 100th In-
fantry Division, which he activated and
trained at Ft. Jackson, South Carolina.
He moved with it to the European theater
in October 1944, where under his com-
mand, it was in continuous combat from
1 Nov. 1944, until V-E Day.
After V-E Day, the 100th Division was
assigned occupational duties. and was de-
activated in January, 1946.
General Burress thereafter served suc-
cessively as Acting Commanding Gen-
eral, XXI Corps, 1 to 21 Sept. 1945; Com-
UNITED STATES ARMY
manding General, VI Corps to 28 Jan.
1946; Inspector General U. S. Forces, Eu-
ropean Theater, to 28 Aug. 1946; As-
sistant Chief of Staff, G-2, USFET, to 15
March 1947; Director of Intelligence, Eu-
ropean Command, to 1 May 1947; and
Commanding General, U. S. Constabulary,
until his return to the United States in
May 1948.
General Burress assumed command of
the Infantry Center at Fort Benning, on
1 June 1948. He was named commanding
general of the VI Corps, with headquar-
ters at Camp Atterbury, Ind., in January
1951. The following June he assumed
command of the VII Corps which, in No-
vember 1951, was assigned to United
States Army, Europe.
Engineer OCS
Fourteen men of Class 25 of The Engi-
neer Officers' Candidate School were
graduated at exercises 14 Oct. at Ft.
Belvoir, Va. Class 25 originally numbered
56 candidates.
Brig. Gen. Robert G. Lovett, division
engineer, East Ocean Engineer Division,
addressed the graduates. Col. Philip Y.
Browning, TEOCS commandant, pre-
sented the SAME award to the honor
graduate.
Co. D, TEOCS, of which Class 25
a part, is commanded by Lt. Robert
Mangones.
Those graduated
were :
Andereck, Edwin L
Angulo, Henry C
Bucko, Robert J
Bryner, Norman K
Cook, Thomas L, jr
Dayan, Maurice
Evans, Donald C
Hansen, Edwin L, jr
Hardy, Leonard Y
Lynn, Charles E
Mallonee, Benjamin S
Millies, Robert H
Owl, David L
Riddell, John F
Medical RTC Chaplain
Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Wayne M. Dauben-
speck has been assigned as Chief Chap-
lain of the Medical Replacement Train-
ing Center at Camp Pickett, Va.
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Election Returns to Troops
The Army Signal Corps' vast commu-
nications network will carry up-to-the-
minute election news to U. S. troops
throughout the world, beginning imme-
diately after the polls close 4 Nov., Secre-
tary of the Army Frank Pace, jr., an-
nounced this week.
This will be the Army's first attempt
to provide simultaneous news coverage
of a national election to the entire Army
through Signal Corps and Army Troop
Information and Education facilities.
U;,ing the services of the three major
American press associations the Army
wil. send election returns to 212 news-
papers and 72 radio stations which it
operates in overseas areas.
Commands Airborne Bn.
Lt. Col. Willis F. Lowery has been
named commander of the 508th Airborne
Regimental Combat Team's Second Bat-
talion at Ft. Benning, Ga. He replaces
Maj. Wesley D. Harris, who is enrolled
in the Air Ground Support School.
Colonel Lowery was formerly public
information officer for I Corps in Japan.
He later was aide-de-camp to Maj. Gen.
R. B. Woodruff and commanded the Third
Battalion of the 31st Infantry Regiment
in Korea.
Major Harris will be attached to the
Air Force Northeast Command, St.
Johns, Newfoundland, following gradu-
ation from the Air Ground Support
School.
3d Inf. Div. History
Publication of a 400-page history of the
"3d Infantry Division in Korea" is sched-
uled for 15 Nov.
The book, consisting of 50 per cent pic-
tures, will include 30 pages of color
plates, a brief history of each 3d Division
unit, color reproductions of all unit in-
signia, numerous maps, and a record of
the operations of the division in Korea.
Those desiring copies should send their
order with four dollars in postal money
order, personal check, or military pay-
ment certificates, for each copy to the
Custodian, 3d Infantry Division History
Fund, APO 468, c/o Postmaster, San
Francisco, Calif.
Col. Snodgrass USAREUR JAG
Col. Edgar H. Snodgrass, former staff
judge advocate of the Seventh Army, has
been named Judge Advocate of the U. S.
Army, Europe. He succeeds Col. Damon
M. Gunn, who left for the U. S. for new
assignment after serving as Judge Advo-
cate Eucom, later USAREUR, since Apr.
1949.
From July 1947 to June 1950, Colonel
Snodgrass was assigned to the U. S. Mili-
tary Academy's Department of Law as an
associate professor. He was next ordered
to Ft. Sam Houston, Tex., where he served
as Staff Judge Advocate of the Fourth
Army until coming to USAREUR 15
months later.
TRAIN JAPANESE
Some 5,000 Japanese supervisors employed
by the U. S. Army In Japan have completed
special management training courses.
Army Def a Ls Dartmouth
The Cadets meet Pittsburgh at West
Poi:lt today after bouncing back from
their loss to USC to take an amazing
37-7 win over Dartmouth last Saturday.
C Talking up 450 yards-almost equally
divided between the air and ground-
Army cracked across the goal line five
timos, completedfive perfect conversions,
and added a safety for good measure.
Sophomore quarterback Pete Vann
scot ed the first Army touchdown by div-
ing )ver the goal, and Lowell Sisson took
a 1C-yard pass from Vann to add the sec-
ond Army score. In the second period,
Mario Delucia ran 13 yards to tally, and
Fred Attaya made the final two Army
scores--the first on a 66-yard pass play
fror.l Vann. Attaya caught the ball on
the Dartmouth 25 and ran the remaining
dist.Lnce. His second score came after an
18-y ),rd gallop.
Slain was responsible for all five of
the Cadets' extra points.
TI e Army lineup:
Left ands-Sisson. Lapchick, Chance.
Left .ackles-Wilkerson, Lincoln, Hicks.
Left cards-Lunn, Krause, Paulekas, Harris.
Cente. s-Ordway, Stephen. Kramer, Megion.
Right guards-Ziegler, Ryan.
Right tackles-Doremus, Weaver, Kovacik.
Right ends-Mischak, Chamberlin.
Quart, rbacks-Vann, Fuqua, Shale.
Left I alffbacks--Attaya, Bell.
Right halfbacks-Wing. Hagan.. Manus.
Fullbs eks-Schweikert, Lodge, Delucia.
N(xt Saturday, 25 Oct., the Cadets play
Columbia at New York.
Do able Compensation Ruling
TI e Comptroller General ruled this
wee]: that the double compensation re-
striction does not affect a retired Army
offlc(r employed by a private corporation
seized by the Government under the Trad-
ing with the Enemy Act of 1917, as
ame: ided.
TI a official digest of the decision (B-
1104111) follows :
"T ie term any corporation' as used in
the t louble compensation restriction provi-
sions of section 212 of the act of June 30,
1932, as amended, contemplates corporations
which properly may be regarded as Instru-
ment Llitles of the United States and does
not smbrace wholly private corporations
whicl. have been seized by the Government
under ? the Trading with the Enemy Act of
1917, as amended, and therefore, said sec-
tion :!12 Is not applicable to a retired Army
office:' who accepts a position with a cor-
poration which has been seized and Is being
operated by the United States under the
Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917, as
amended, at a salary In excess of $3,000 per
annul n."
Heads Benning Unit
Lt. Col. Edward Bourke of Fayette-
ville, N. C., has assumed command of Ft.
Benn ing's 320th Airborne Field Artillery
Batta Ilion, part of the 508th Airborne Reg-
imen :al Combat Team.
Co. onel Bourke was an Instructor in
1945 in the former Airborne School at
Ft. Denning before going to Duquesne
University as head of artillery ROTC
train ng.
'Copters Arrive in Europe
A :lumber of Bell H-13E helicopters,
the f rst supplied to the U. S. Army in
Euro;)e, are now being sent to U. S. Tac-
tical Units in Germany.
The H-13E is one of the types of heli-
copters used successfully in combat by
the L N Forces in Korea.
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