Ad mir al ▁Mag r uder ▁re iter ated ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁tried ▁for ▁years ▁to ▁effect ▁econom ies ▁in ▁the ▁n avy ▁department ▁and ▁c ited ▁his ▁testim ony ▁before ▁a ▁special ▁commission ▁in ▁Washington ▁several ▁years ▁ago . ▁ ▁“ ‘ I ▁never ▁have ▁suggested ▁that ▁the ▁n avy ▁be ▁re organ ized ,’ ▁Admir al ▁Mag r uder ▁said . ▁I ▁merely ▁set ▁forth ▁what ▁I ▁believed ▁to ▁be ▁needed ▁re forms ▁in ▁the ▁service ▁and ▁nothing ▁has ▁occurred ▁to ▁sh ake ▁my ▁belief ▁in ▁the ▁justice ▁of ▁my ▁course .’ ” ▁ ▁On ▁ 2 6 ▁October , ▁Secretary ▁Wil bur ▁stated ▁that ▁the ▁recall ▁of ▁Admir al ▁Mag r uder ▁was ▁related ▁to ▁“ his ▁recent ▁utter ances ” ▁and ▁correspond ence ▁relative ▁to ▁his ▁published ▁criticism ▁of ▁the ▁n avy , ▁but ▁said ▁that ▁he ▁would ▁accord ▁“ ser ious ▁consideration ” ▁to ▁any ▁request ▁from ▁the ▁adm iral ▁for ▁an ▁investigation ▁of ▁the ▁episode . ▁ ▁Mag r uder ▁exerc ised ▁his ▁right ▁of ▁appeal , ▁and ▁requested ▁President ▁Cal vin ▁C ool idge ▁to ▁re voke ▁the ▁order , ▁through ▁a ▁letter ▁addressed ▁to ▁the ▁President ▁via ▁the ▁Secretary ▁of ▁the ▁Navy , ▁“ by ▁whom ▁it ▁is ▁to ▁be ▁forward ed ▁to ▁the ▁White ▁House ▁with ▁the ▁secretary ’ s ▁recommend ations .” ▁ ▁“ It ▁was ▁believed , ▁however , ▁that ▁the ▁President ▁would ▁hes itate ▁to ▁take ▁the ▁matter ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁naval ▁secretary ’ s ▁hands .” ▁ ▁Other ▁responses ▁Secretary