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The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
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On May 4 in Washington, Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz testified before the Senate Naval Committee, echoing Navy Secretary Forrestal's concerns over the proposed Army-Navy merger bill's defects, advocating for independent department status to strengthen national security.
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WASHINGTON. May 4. - Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz declared today the "basic defects" of pending legislation to unify the Army and Navy could be remedied to eliminate Navy fear of becoming the "weak link" in the national security chain.
Nimitz, appearing before the Senate Naval Committee, closely followed the testimony, occasionally word for word, which Secretary of the Navy Forrestal gave Wednesday.
Like Forrestal, he found fault with provisions of the proposed merger that would create a supreme Chief of Staff and reduce the status of the Army and Navy Departments to that of agencies.
"The basic defects... should be remedied by restoring the military and naval services to independent department status." he suggested.
"and by vesting in their secretaries all direct administrative responsibility and authority."
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Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz testified before the Senate Naval Committee, declaring that basic defects in the pending Army-Navy unification legislation could be remedied to prevent the Navy from becoming the weak link in national security. He followed Secretary Forrestal's testimony, criticizing the creation of a supreme Chief of Staff and reduction of departments to agencies, and suggested restoring independent department status with direct administrative authority to secretaries.