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On Decision Making McNamara Talks Back WASHINGTON L Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNa mara, whose decisions have been challenged in some con gressional quarters, Saturday night defended his decision making philosophy. "The secretary of defense and I am talking about any secretary of defense must make certain kinds of decisions, not because he presumes his judgment to be superior to his advisers, military or civilian, but because his, position is the best place from which to make those decisions," he said. In a speech prepared for the American Society of Newspaper Editors, McNamara continued: "This same kind of argument applies when economic interests affected by defense decisions generate, as they inevitably will, political pressures on de fense officials. Such pressures are an intrinsic and necessary part of a democratic political process. 'Duly ... to Stand Up' "There are a good many ad vantages in forcing public offi cials to listen to people outside their own staffs who do not chare their views and assump tions. But it is the duty of gov ernment officials, representing the national interest rather than any smaller interest, to stand up to these pressures where what is asked cannot be recon ciled with the national inter est." At another point, McNamara said "You cannot make deci sions simply by asking yourself whether something might be nice to have. You have to make a judgment on how much is enough. I emphasize judgment because you can't even be sure yourself, much less prove to others, that your decision was precisely right to the last dol lar even to the last billion "'AslT X - Ha W&W tasap ? m. , wm var s-" p? '"'Hjl dollars. But the decision has to be made." In his prepared text, McNa mara made no reference to the debate over charges of news management by the Pentagon. In talking about "the problem of decision-making in the De fense Department," McNamara touched upon such controversial decisions as that in the contract award for the TFX warplane, the cancellation of the Skybolt missile program and the with ered RS70 reconnaissance-strike airplane. He discussed also some of the results of his management and rearranging of the Pentagon's military and procurement pro grams. More Competitive Contracts Among other things, McNa mara said actions in his cost-reduction program so far would bring about an ultimate saving of over SI. 9 billion and that by fiscal 1967 these reforms would save $3.4 billion a year. 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After the 2 to 4 p.m. inter views a dinner meeting of the Oregon section of the American Camping Assn. will be held. Prospects The dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m. and Miss Joan Kleinkc, a graduate assistant in art edu cation at the university will speak on "Arts in Camping." Eighth Phone Tr- ttr. ,. w . . . A,', EUGENE REGISTER GUARD, Sunday, April 21, 1963 Page SA That Day of Confusion Is Coming Up Again By NORMAN RUNNION Of the United frets International WASHINGTON Whit time is it? You're eating breakfast and your watch says 10 o'clock but the 11 a.m. news is on the radio and you've just missed church. Y'ou take i plane from Washington, D.C., to Norfolk, Va., and arrive five minutes before the hour you left. Your train pulls into New York's Grand Central Station at 3 p.m. But outside on 42nd Street it's 4. What time is it? Next Sun day, April 28, it will depend entirely on where you are. That is the semi-annual day of confusion marking the switchover in some places to daylight saving time. The trouble is that it's only In some places. Twenty-eight states and the District of Columbia observe daylight saving time during the year. Fourteen of these have it in operation throughout the state; the other 14 have dif ferent rules for different areas. Elcvch of the 28 have daylight time from April to the end of October; the re mainder terminate it in other months. Private groups and somo branches of the federal gov ernment would like to see somo of this confusion ended. The House Commerce and Finance Subcommittee has several bills before it which it hopes to merge into one ac ceptable piece of legislation dealing with uniform time standards. Twice before, the federal government has regulated daylight and standard time, in the first and second world wars. Daylight saving timo lasted for only two years in the First World War. The law was re pealed partly because of tho violent protests of farmers, who said their cows were giv ond Olive, Eugene DI 3-1621 ing milk an hour after the milk trains passed by. The idea for daylight time actually stemmed from the days before there were any trains at all. Benjamin Frank lin, who thought of so many things, came up with the idea of daylight saving time when he was U.S. minister to France just after the Ameri can revolution. He figured that Parisians unnecessarily burned candles for 1,281 hours in spring and summer. He wrote that "it is impossible that a wise people make use of unhealthy and ex pensive candles when they can have for nothing the beauti ful and pure light of the sun." Parisians laughed him down. With the exception of the two wars, control of daylight time has been left up to the states, with resulting nation wide confusion. Convicts Win By Holding Guard Hostage NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. 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