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Hiis&; Also Has Air
Defense
(Editor note: Much has been
heard in Washington the past few
week about air power, and the
need for maintaining a strong air
force to fight off an attack and
mount an assault on the' enemy.
There is another side to the picture
How are the Russians fixed to de
fend their own and satellite' key
points? What do they have to do
to carry an air war to our shores?
In this exclusive interview with a
high Allied air officer, you learn
that Russia too has its problems.
Big ones, he says).
By CHARLES C LANE
' PARIS (2) Airdefense, a prime
Washington concern these days, is
an even bigger problem in the
Kremlin. J
That is the measured judgment
of a high Allied air officer. In fact,
he believes, recent Russian peace
gestures have been partly motivat
ed by Moscow's awareness that the
protective umbrella for Soviet skies
is full of holes.
Put another way, the situation
adds up to this:
"You think you're scared, how
do you think the Russians feel?"
The key Allied airman, who
asked that his name be withheld,
makes these main points in an
anaylsis of Russia's situation:
Needs More Planes
It hasn't got enough planes to
defend the 4,000-mile long Iron Cur
tain, let alone defend prize targets
in the interior; productively, there
is over-concentration on the MIG-15
jet fighter which lacks radar and
' therefore is virtually useless
against night attack.
(In comparison, here are points
concerning t U. S. air defense
stressed bf Gen. Hoyt S. Vanden
berg, chief of the U. S. Air Force,
in opposing a cut of five billion
dollars in department funds:
(1. Russia's light jet bomber
fleet is growing rapidly, could hit
any point in Europe within an hour
and "quickly jeopardize" UN posi
tions in Korea: 2. The TU-4 medium
bomber (an improved version of
the American B-29) could A-bomb
any U. S. target on a one-way
flight; 3. Long-range U. S. bombers
like the B-36 and 6-52 will always
be limited in number, so it's neces
sary to have medium bomber bas
es near Iron Curtain targets.)
Geographical Problem
Here's how the Allied air officer
analyzes the geography problem
facing Russian defenders along the
4,000 miles stretching from the
Arctic to the Caspian:
"Compare their position with
England's in 1940. The Royal Air
Force had to defend at air front
of about 1,000 miles.
The enemy was coming from on
ly one direction, the East. And with
1,000 fighters the RAF just barely
won."
He estimates Russia probably has
2,000 fighters' assigned along the
Iron Curtain frontier a much thin
ner defense than England had but
equally important, attack could
come from many directions:
With Moscow as a measuring
center, the U. S. Air Force base in
Thule, Greenland, is 1,600 miles
distant; North Africa, 1,400 miles;
Suez, 1,200; Turkey, 800, and Eng
land 900. By comparison. New York
is 4,400 miles, Chicago 4,500, Los
Angeles 3,200 from nearest Russ
bases.
Reds Have 21,000 Planes
Altogether, the air officer says,
the Soviet Air Force has about
21,000 planes, of which 60 per cent
are deployed west of the Urals,
the mountain chain which Russians
themselves think of as an admini
strative as well as geographical
dividing line in their cast country.
"This means there are about 13,
000 planes of all types based in
European Russia and the satellite
countries." he states. "About 40
per cent, or 5,200, of these planes
are fighters of which about 3,200
are; -believed to be jets MIG 15s."
1 Recent testimony and state
ments by American officials have
estimated the total U. S. Air Force
at "more than 20,000" planes, de
ployed in 106 wings (divisions) at
home and abroad.
(There has been no report of
how many are fighters, how many
bombers, how many transports. It
is believed that Russia has a higher
percentage of jet planes than the
U.S.)
S Forces In Germany
There are three Soviet tactical
air forces in East Germany, the
officer's analysis discloses "no
doubt thought of in terms , of sup
port of ground troops, if and when
there is action."
'There are vital targets in the
Oregon Solon
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WASHINGTON More roll-
call votes in Congress probably
would result in better legislation,
believes Rep. Sam Coon, first
term congressman from Oregon's
second district.
Summing up impressions of his
first six months in Congress, the
Baker Republican recalled at least
one instance in which a represent
ative from another state voted one
way on a standing vote and then
reversed himself on roDcaU a- few
minutes later.!
.Also, Coon says. Congress seems
to do a lot of talking on non-controversial
bills, and could take a
tip from the Oregon Legislature,
in which he served one term as
senator before coming to Congress.
"In Oregon, Coon explained,
"we made short work of the non
controversial bUls."
Congress compared to the Leg
islature? Coon ' says they , are
juite . comparable," although it
was like "moving from the minor
-leagues to the majors."
' : Re-election? Coon hasn't made
Sav
Impr
: J.
Headache
interior to protect," he says, and
cites as examples the uranium
mines of East Germany, the arm
ament mdusties of Czechoslovakia,
oil wells and refineries in Ruman
ia, naval ports on the Black Sea, oil
jnft?natinn. at Batum on the Black
Sea and at Baku on the Caspian,
the port of Astrakan on the Cas
pian, the Volga River locks used to
transport oil northward to industri
al centers, armament plants in the
Urals, the ice-free port of Arch
angel, ocean-going submarine base
at Murmansk and such key cities
as Leningrad, Moscow, Stalingrad
and Kiev.
The distances, even to Ural tar
gets "are within easy roundtrip or
shuttle bombing range of the piston
engined B-29 and B-36 or such new
jet bombers now in production as
the British Valiant and the Ameri
can B-47 and B-52," the officer
points out.
Salem Man to
Lead Beaver
Marine Detail
A Salem man has been chosen
to lead the Oregon Beaver pla
toon of the U. S. Marine Corps,
slated to leave from Portland
July 1;
The new Marine recruit is Gary
Richard Holt, 19, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. W. Holt, 2275 N. Front
St Marine Recruiter Sgt. Robert
Wilson explained that selection
of the leader was based on scores
accumulated in intelligence and
leadership I examinations. Holt
graduated from Salem High
School this year.
Sgt Wilson said that forma
tion of the Beaver Platoon from
Oregon has been such a success,
drawing 22 men from Salem
alone, that Marines are planning
on forming another similar pla
toon, tentatively scheduled to
leave for training in August The
present platoon is composed of
about 80 Marine enlistees from
Oregon. Prior to their departure
from Portland by military air
craft, the new Marines will be
entertained as guests of the city
for two days.
Searchers Fiijd
Missing Pilot
LA GRANDE, Ore. IB A pilot
missing overnight on a flight from
Ontario, Ore., to Prosser, Wash.,
was sighted uninjured Saturday be
side his apparently undamaged
plane in a meadow 40 miles south
west of here.
He was Merlin W. Root. 28,
Prosser, who apparently had to
make a landing there Friday even
ing. Search pilots said that only
engine trouble or the softness of
the meadow appeared to keep him
from taking off again Saturday.
A ground party started in for
the scene.
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4o7 Court
KPs to Attend
Speech Meet ;
In Portland '
Ovml Salem members of the
Knights of Pythias are planning to
m in pnruina jnns xi iar me
nine-state, sectional speech tour
nament for youtns on a mgnway
afotv cuhiect. t
r Regional winners from North
west states and provinces wm Tie
frw fhiiiM to ro to the national
lodge-sponsored contest linals at
St Louis in August
Among the regional winners in
the Portland competition will be
Anttmnv McPeak of Grants Pass
who won the round held in Salem
In May.
Hodler Named
Candidate for
Postmaster
porttjind tm The candidate
r Unitnnmikh Cmmtv Renuhlicans
for the Portland postmastership is
Albert M. -Duke ' iioaier, ron
land attorney.
The . county central committee
vntMl to suDDort Hodler. . who
played football at Oregon State
College three years, ana iaier at
tended Notre Dame, where as
freshman coach he had under him
the "Four Horsemen" of the 1924
Notre Dame varsity.
The job was left vacant by the
death of Dr. E. T. Hedlund.
New Eiiglanders jr
Lead National
Doctor Ratios
MONTPELIER, Vt W May
be New Englanders aren't just
born rugged.
According to a recent survey
by Schenley Laboratories, Inc.,
Vermont has 434 practicing phy
sicians to care for the state's
medical needs. That's one physi
cian for every 870 persons. This
ratio places the Green Mountain
state in the nation's top 10 states
in number of "active M. D.s per
resident
New York is number one with
one physician for every 628 per
sons. Other high-rating states include
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Colo
rado, California, Illinois, New
Jersey , New Hampshire and
Pennsylvania.
Rhode. Island ranks 12th and
places five of the six New Eng
land states in the top 12.
Researcher Prepares .
Frogs' Kinsey Report
AUSTIN LB Dr. Frank Blair
is making tape recordings of the
mating. calls of frogs and toads.
The University of Texas scsientist
is trying to find out why several
species of frog can live close to
gether without much interbreed
ing.
He is testing a theory that a
frog of one species is left un
moved by the mating calls of
other species.
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