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OAKLAND'S ONLY LOCALLY OWNED, LOCALLY 
^[[Oakland Tribune Tuesday March 21-1950]]
CONTROLLED DAILY NEWSPAPER
VOL. CLII

Funds Sent to Crommelin

Servicemen Send in Money as Evidence of Faith in Officer.
PIEDMONT, March 21. - Navy Capt. John G. Crommelin said today an informal "Currency for Crommelin" campaign has been started among servicemen who agree with his views on defense policies.

Crommelin has been ordered into involuntary retirement beginning April 1, because of his criticisms of the present unification system.

Now living at 221 Pacific Avenue, Crommelin told of the "Currency for Crommelin" campaign at Alameda Naval Air Station as he made a flight in an F6F fighter plane, probably his last before his enforced retirement.

HINTED AS SENATOR
Crommelin, who is being mentioned as a candidate for the U.S. Senate from his home state of Alabama, said he had solicited no money, but has received 21 $1 bills in the mail from servicemen supporting his views.

Crommelin said a Marine captain wrote: "Id like to stand up and be counted also."

A retired rear admiral, he said, sent $1 and commented he was "damned proud of you."

Crommelin said he would use the money to "advance my fight to get the services to co-operate as they should."

Of his possible candidacy for the Senate, Crommelin said he would run "if the people of Alabama want me to represent them."

WOULD AIM TO WIN
"And you can be sure I don't run without intending to win," he added.
Navy lawyers in Washington, D.C. took note of the political angle informally and expressed the opinion that Crommelin can [[next column cut off]]

Oakland Air Relics Gifts Acknowledged

Gifts of the Oakland Board of Port Commissioners to the National Air Museum of the Smithsonian Institution are acknowledged in the first annual report of the museum.

The aviation relics included the "Diamond" airplane, first airplane built in California, and its Kemp engine; the Wiseman-Cooke craft, which made the first air mail flight in the U.S. from Petaluma to Santa Rosa in 1911, and a pilot's control wheel from the cockpit of Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith's "Southern Cross," first to fly from the United States to Australia.

A flag insignia from the First Aero Squadron of World War I, cut from the fuselage of the plane he flew, was donated by Jay G. Bastow, assistant port manager.
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