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Magazine Claims
US Misinformed
WASHINGTON (APi Avia
tlon Week Bin*! Sunday that Rus
sia ha* displayed over Moscow
aircraft bo advanced and «o nu
merous It lia* shocked "even the
top level and the moat knowl
edgeable military aviation lead
er* in the Pentagon."
The uaually well-informed mag
azine thus Joined the argument
tliat ha* been raging the pant
week over how sluing Soviet all
power i*.
Moat of the military and civil
ian official* who have expressed
an opinion have agreed the Red
air strength 1h growing but they
disagree widely on whether the
Ruaaianx aie ahead or behind the
United Stale*.
Report* Helen*ed
The Pentagon itself touched
off the dispute by releasing in
telligence report* which indicate
Russia has increased her lead
over the United States in num
ber* of supersonic jet fighters.
Aviation Week said every Am
erican should be shocked by the
Soviet air giowlh and also by
"what appears to be a deliber
ate deception practiced against
them by some of the highest civ
ilian officials in their govern
ment" in not disclosing what
planes flew in the Russian air
show in late April and early this
month.
The magazine referred particu
larly to statement* hy Secretary
of Defense Wilson that Russia is
developing a "defensive air force”
and that "We give the Russians
credit fur having aircraft, that
they just don't have.”
Aviation Week said the Air
Force'* 137-wing buildup sched
uled for completion in 1957 is
now regarded as obsolete in the
face of the fast growing Rus
sian air power.
The article by Robert Hotz.
editor of Aviation Week, said top
military men are shocked by:
1. The way Soviet progress has
virtually wiped out the techni
cal superiority formerly held hy
the United States.
2. The lack of adequate intelli
gence on details of the Russian
air program.
3. "Consistent misinterpreta
tion of what intelligence has
been available by the top civil
ian heads of the government
who actually determine U.S. mili
tary policy."
Hotz said President Eisen
hower should "tell the American
people the complete story of the
Moscow air show and what it
means to the future of this coun
try."
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US Health Authorities Await
Advice on Vaccine Campaign
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WASHINGTON (API Gov
ernment health authorities main
tainor) an attitude 'if caution Sun
day hh they awaited fresh ad
vice which could determine how
aoon the nation’s anti-polio vac
cination campaign gets stalled
again.
Specialists in the field are con
ferring today on the findings of
a team of experts who have in
spected the manufacturing and
testing processes of vaccine pro
ducers.
Their conclusions possibly
could result in still tighter safety
US Troops May
Set Up Italy Base
ROME i APi Italian newspa
pers said Sunday U.S. occupation
troops to be pulled out of Aus
tria may be asked to set up bases
in Northeastern Italy if a Rus
sian-proposed “neutral” zone is
established.
There has been no official con
firmation of these reports.
Informer) sources said the Aus
trian independence treaty which
will leave that country in a neu
tral position and reports that
the Russians would like to have
a neutral Yugoslavia emerge
from forthcoming talks in Bel
grade between President Tito
anil Soviet leaders may force
Western defense planners to re
vise their blueprints.
These informants said any new
U.S. bases in Italy would have
to be decided on in Washington
and at NATO headquarters in
Paris after Italian approval.
The Communists arc already
firing protests against further
establishment of U.S. bases in
Italy and stepping up demands
for making this country neutral
in the cold war.
Forum Features
'East' Basketball
“Basketball in the Far East”
will be the topic of tonight's Uni
versity radio forum on KOAC
at 8:30 p.m.
W. J. Robert, associate pro
fessor of business administration,
will lie moderator. Panel mem
bers include Bill Borcher, bas
ketball coach. Orville Lindstrom.
University business manager,
and Howard Pago, co-captain of
this year's basketball team.
standards for the vaccine al
ready given to nearly six million
youngsters. Any move in this
direction would have a delaying
effect on th<- drive to inoculate
children of the moat susceptible
ages this year.
The on-and-off vaccination
campaign slowed down again last
week when the Public Health
service temporarily stopped
clearing vaccine already pro
duced.
Rep. Scott IR-Pa.i told a TV
radio audience on the American
Forum the vaccine was released
about two months earlier than
might have been justified be
cause of "a publicity stunt."
Released on Birthday
Without identifying the person.
Scott said "an advertising man"
decided “the birthday of the late
President Roosevelt was a fine
day to announce the Salk vac
cine" because of Roosevelt's
work in the polio campaign.
The congressman obviously
meant the vaceine was released
on the anniversary of Roosevelt's
death, April 12.
Dr. Thomas Francis, Jr., who
headed the staff which com
piled the Salk vaeeine report,
said in reply to similar criticism
recently that it was “pure co
incidence" the report was made
on the anniversary of Roose
velt's death.
Francis, of the University of
Michigan, said the report ojig
inaJly was scheduled for release
April 1. The report was post
poned. he said, when it became
apparent it could not be com
pleted by that time.
Scott said Secretary of Wel
fare Hobby is "doing a terribly
difficult job” well and much of
the confusion was caused by
“sometimes foolish conflicting
statements" by others than Mrs.
Hobby.
Surgeon-General Leonard A.
Soheele confirmed late Saturday
that a group of experts, includ
ing manufacturers' technicians,
would review findings of the in
spectors at a meeting here to
day.
But Scheele. who has empha
sized a better-safe-than-sorry
approach, specified in his an
nouncement that the group’s
recommendations will be "advis
ory.” He gave no indication when
his own decision on the next step
would be announced, saying only
it “will be made as soon as pos
sible.
Salk Misses Session
Eh'. Jonas E. Salk, developer
of the vaccine, will miss today’s
session. A Health Service spokes
man said the University of Pitts
burgh scientist sent word it
would be "impossible” for him to
be here. Salk has sat in on pre
vious discussions of testing and
manufacturing problems.
Chinese Reds Building
Air Base by Formosa
TAIPEI. Formosa 1AP1 The
Chinese Reds were reported Sun
day to be working 30.000 labor
ers a round the clock to add an
other air base to their growing
ring of jet fields within striking
distance of Formosa.
Tatao News Agency said the
base was at Changting. 280 miles
west of Formosa. Russian ex
perts were repotted directing the
work on the huge base, which
will be capable of handling every
type of plane.
Tatao said the Communists al
so have finished a smaller jet
airfield at Kienow. 220 miles
northwest of Formosa. Tatao.
which claims mainland under
ground contacts, said no jets had
yet been reported based at Kie
now.
By Tatao's account, the base at
Changting would be similar to
the one recently finished at Lu
kiao. 220 miles north of For
mosa. Lukiao is reputed to be
the largest air base in all Red
China.
Underground Hangars
To protect it from air attack,
the Changting base will have un
derground hangars, fuel storage
and repair shops, the agency re
ported.
Chanting also is within range
of the second major Nationalist
offshore island holding—the Mat
sus, 120 miles northwest of For
mosa. Kienow is 120 miles west
of the Matsus.
The Communists also have
been reported finishing work on
air strips at Foochow, only 40
miles from the Matsus.
The relative calm in the For
mosa Strait area was broken
Sunday by a heavy Red shelling
of the Quemoy group, the De
fense Ministry said.
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