Magruder & Chamberlin

Rear Admiral Thomas Pickett Magruder, reprimanded by the Navy Department and asked to make no more speeches as the result of his attacks on Navy inefficiency (TIME, Oct. 3 et seq.) , made a speech in Philadelphia last week -- a short speech meant not to be offensive. Among a few other things, he said: "I could make a speech here tonight that would bring headlines in tomorrow's papers. But I am not the type that seeks notoriety."

Another speaker on the same program was Clarence Duncan Chamberlin, transatlantic flier, who said: "When I returned to this country I was informed on behalf of the Secretary of the Navy that, unfortunately, my flight could not be officially recognized. That was all right with me, but a few days later I was told I must pay duty on the trophies given me by other countries. I know, however, that no matter what the officials do, the people of the United States are 100% back of me, just as they are back of Admiral Magruder."