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Commodore Jahnoke is a man not easily swayed, Hia opinions are his own and he arrived at them after careful and solitary contemplation. The long hours which he spends on his pier are more purposeful than merely attaining a sun-tan. For with the salt-sprpy in hia face. Commodore Jahncke considers man's part in the solar system. His faith is strong, simple and completely satisfactory to him. There Is, he is sure, a Supreme Being, He simply doesn't take much stock or waste much time on so called "doctrine? ? and he has no desire to change the course of another man's chosen beliefs. I dbn?t believe he'd lend a Missionary a barge to get to China for the purpose of saving souls to so-called Christianity, but I nm perfectly certain he*d use super-effort to alleviate human suffering anywhere ? anytime.
Talk about American Standards of Living leaves the Commodore cold. He is afraid that too much comfort is making us a nation of softies ? and there are new frontiers, new conquests and a need for strong wills and high courage and leadership. Deploring waste, Commodore Jrhncke would like to see conservation practiced, "They are cutting down the children of the forrest", he sputters "to create paper pulp that is, in turn, needlessly wasted,"
Abhoring wars pnd industrial cities created fcr tbe purpose of turning out the machinery of warfare the Commodore believes that civilized man should use his


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