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Navy Will Dili Not loot Talk Falk to Demoted WASHINGTON tAP AP Secretary of the Navy John Warner has refused to talk with a atop atop atop top civilian cost controller about his abrupt demotion and has ordered that he appeal through the same admiral who is trying to steer him to a backwater job Gordon Rule a year a Navy cost monitor was ordered reassigned to a con con- consultants consultant's consultants consultants consultant's post last week after labeling as a mistake President Nixons Nixon's choice of Roy Ash to become the governments government's budget chief Ash formerly was president of Litton Industries which has been in dispute with the Navy over shipbuilding contract problems Rule long a spoken blunt critic of certain Navy contracting policies and practices had pinned considerable hope on appealing directly to Warner But the Navy secretary would not see him and directed Wednesday that Rule take his case through established establish l command channels The Navy made it clear that this means Rules Rule's fate rests for now at least with Adm Isaac Kidd Jr the Navys Navy's materiel chief It was Kidd who ordered Rules Rule's reassignment last week a day after the he cost monitor monita criticized the Ash appointment when ques ques- questioned questioned questioned by members of the Senate-House Senate Joint Economic Committee Rule who has been director of Navy pro pro- procurement procurement procurement control for 10 years said he plans to tomake tomake tomake make up his mind on his next move within the next several days but declined to indicate what options he is considering A career Civil Service official Rule is now on leave with pay pa He has refused to report to the job Kidd has tried to hand him him him-as as senior consultant to help modernize the curriculum at the Navys Navy's logistic management school The Navy r has said sal sand that Kidd acted to reassign Rule because he had lost confidence in Rules Rule's judgement Rule said Kidd tried to persuade him to retire but the year old Rule refused fused r He is still four years away from compulsory retire retire- ment Spokesmen for Secretary of Defense Melvin laird said the Pentagon chief cl ef is leaving the Rule situation to the Navy to handle Coupled with Warners Warner's rebuff of Rule the situation shaped up as a challenge to Sen William D and head of ci the Senate- Senate House Economic Committee who has demand demand- demanded ed that laird and Warner reverse any decision derision to get rid of or punish Gordon Rule said Thursday he will ask the Justice Department to pursue the possibility the Navy violated a law prohibiting the in intimidation in- in intimidation Intimidation of witnesses appearing before a congressional committee commit tee i C d ti tia a T. T S L Ji t Mea Men will williG go to 10 Mars Marl before they dley return to the moon MOOD Apollo 15 astronaut James Irwin told a news conference Wednesday I believe men will go farther than the moon probably to 10 Mars before we go back baek to the moon he said The recently concluded Apollo 17 moon mOOD mission marked the end of the Us U.s. Apollo series Irwin was in Israel with choirs from Texas Arkansas and Georgia for holiday concerts The beauty of the Judean Jadean desert reminds me d of the beauty of the moon the astronaut said UPI Telephoto
Object Description
Title | Columbia Missourian Newspaper 1972-12-29 |
Description | 65th Year, No. 89 |
Subject |
Columbia (Mo.) -- Newspapers Boone County (Mo.) -- Newspapers |
Coverage | United States -- Missouri -- Boone County -- Columbia |
Language | English |
Date.Search | 1972-12-29 |
Type |
Newspapers |
Format | |
Collection Name | Columbia Missourian Newspaper Collection |
Publisher.Digital | University of Missouri Library Systems |
Rights | These pages may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for distribution or publication. |
Contributing Institution |
State Historical Society of Missouri University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Journalism |
Copy Request | Contact the State Historical Society of Missouri at: (800) 747-6366 or (573) 882-7083 or email contact@shsmo.org. Some fees apply: http://shsmo.org/research/researchfees |
County |
Boone County (Mo.) |
Description
Title | Columbia Missourian 1972-12-29 Navy Will Not Talk to Demoted Employe |
Subject |
Columbia (Mo.) -- Newspapers Boone County (Mo.) -- Newspapers |
Coverage | United States -- Missouri -- Boone County -- Columbia |
Language | English |
Date.Search | 1972-12-29 |
Type | article |
Format | |
Collection Name | Is part of Columbia Missourian Collection |
Publisher.Digital | University of Missouri Library Systems |
Contributing Institution | State Historical Society of Missouri <br> University of Missouri School of Journalism |
Copy Request | Contact the State Historical Society of Missouri at: (800) 747-6366 or (573) 882-7083 or email contact@shsmo.org. Some fees apply: http://shsmo.org/research/researchfees |
Item.Transcript | Navy Will Dili Not loot Talk Falk to Demoted WASHINGTON tAP AP Secretary of the Navy John Warner has refused to talk with a atop atop atop top civilian cost controller about his abrupt demotion and has ordered that he appeal through the same admiral who is trying to steer him to a backwater job Gordon Rule a year a Navy cost monitor was ordered reassigned to a con con- consultants consultant's consultants consultants consultant's post last week after labeling as a mistake President Nixons Nixon's choice of Roy Ash to become the governments government's budget chief Ash formerly was president of Litton Industries which has been in dispute with the Navy over shipbuilding contract problems Rule long a spoken blunt critic of certain Navy contracting policies and practices had pinned considerable hope on appealing directly to Warner But the Navy secretary would not see him and directed Wednesday that Rule take his case through established establish l command channels The Navy made it clear that this means Rules Rule's fate rests for now at least with Adm Isaac Kidd Jr the Navys Navy's materiel chief It was Kidd who ordered Rules Rule's reassignment last week a day after the he cost monitor monita criticized the Ash appointment when ques ques- questioned questioned questioned by members of the Senate-House Senate Joint Economic Committee Rule who has been director of Navy pro pro- procurement procurement procurement control for 10 years said he plans to tomake tomake tomake make up his mind on his next move within the next several days but declined to indicate what options he is considering A career Civil Service official Rule is now on leave with pay pa He has refused to report to the job Kidd has tried to hand him him him-as as senior consultant to help modernize the curriculum at the Navys Navy's logistic management school The Navy r has said sal sand that Kidd acted to reassign Rule because he had lost confidence in Rules Rule's judgement Rule said Kidd tried to persuade him to retire but the year old Rule refused fused r He is still four years away from compulsory retire retire- ment Spokesmen for Secretary of Defense Melvin laird said the Pentagon chief cl ef is leaving the Rule situation to the Navy to handle Coupled with Warners Warner's rebuff of Rule the situation shaped up as a challenge to Sen William D and head of ci the Senate- Senate House Economic Committee who has demand demand- demanded ed that laird and Warner reverse any decision derision to get rid of or punish Gordon Rule said Thursday he will ask the Justice Department to pursue the possibility the Navy violated a law prohibiting the in intimidation in- in intimidation Intimidation of witnesses appearing before a congressional committee commit tee i C d ti tia a T. T S L Ji t Mea Men will williG go to 10 Mars Marl before they dley return to the moon MOOD Apollo 15 astronaut James Irwin told a news conference Wednesday I believe men will go farther than the moon probably to 10 Mars before we go back baek to the moon he said The recently concluded Apollo 17 moon mOOD mission marked the end of the Us U.s. Apollo series Irwin was in Israel with choirs from Texas Arkansas and Georgia for holiday concerts The beauty of the Judean Jadean desert reminds me d of the beauty of the moon the astronaut said UPI Telephoto |