The navy program

THERE are three main aspects of this great war problem: The Army, the Navy, and the war industry of this country. No one of those aspects can be forgotten if this tripartite organization is to function efficiently, smoothly, and to the end that we train a team to win this war. Colonel Buekema and I, however, are considering primarily the problem of the Army and Navy, but not for a moment do we, as responsible officers of the armed services, forget the other member of the team. The responsibility for training for war industry is laid upon another agency of the Government, the War Manpower Commission; but it is our responsibility to insure that our programs and whatever program the War Manpower Commission may develop integrate together, and that neither the Army nor the Navy usurp nor contract for nor absorb so much of the training facilities of the country as to prevent the third member of the team from having its proper opportunity to do its job. I should like to state that positively and affirmatively as the policy attitude of both the War and Navy Departments.