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Air Force To Step Up Production
In View of Recent Russian Gains
Washington (U.R) The Air
Force said today it will step up
production of some of its latest
r'anes in view of recent Rus
sian air power gains.
Chainnan Richard B. Russell
(D-Ga.) of the Senate Armed
Services Committee, disclosed
these plans after high Air Force
officials had briefed the group
cn U.S. and Russian air power
Russell said Air Force Secre
tary Harold E. Talbott "indi
cated there would be some ac
celeration of our program."
Need More Bombers
Asked if that meant stepping
up production of such planes as
the jet B52 intercontinental H
bomber, Russell said, "I don't
think there is any question about
it."
Democrats have been question
ing whether the United States is
still superior to Russia in air
power. Defense Secretary Char
les E. Wilson asserted Tuesday
that it is. Russell told reporters
that the "important thing now
is to get on with our production
of planes."
He said he believes the Air
Force should give manufacturers
the facts about the danger facing
the United States in order to '-get
them on their toes" in turning
out more planes.
Two Shifts Advised
Russell said he had "heartily
recommended" that airplane
manufacturers step up their pro
duction by going on at least two
shifts a day.
Russell said Congress stands
ready to give the Air Force any
additional sums it may feel are
reeded to boost plane produc
tion. Sen. Henry M. Jackson earlier
had called for an increase in air
force goals to cope with what he
called the alarming increase , in
Soviet warplane production.
The Washington Democrat, a
member of the Senate Armed
Services Committee, said the Air
Force's present goal of 137 wings
by mid-1957 is "already obsolete
in light of recent Russian advances."
Burke Choice Shows
Need for Younger Men
Washington (U.R) Rear
Adm. Arleigh A. Burke's rock
etlike rise to top man in the
Navy demonstrated today the
administration's belief that at
omic age war planning is for
younger men.
Many an old admiral was
sputtering over the sudden ele
vation of the 53-year-old World
War II combat leader to be chief
of naval operations, succeeding
Adm. Robert B. Carney who will
retire on April 15 at the age of
60. President Eisenhower Wed
nesday jumped Burke over the
heads of five four-star admirals,
21 vice admirals and 64 rear
admirals.
Senate Okay Appears Certain
Senate confirmation appeared
a certainty, but not until Burke
had been closely questioned on
his major role in the "battle of
the B36" and Navy "revolt" of
1949. The Navy men tried un
successfully to prevent Air Force
thinking on strategic bombing
from becoming a national policy
known as "massive retaliation."
But they turned attention on
the Navy which today is build
ing the kind of forces they said
it should have.
Navy Secretary Charles S.
Thomas told reporters today that
Burke, now commanding Atlan
tic Fleet destroyers, was his per
sonal nomination because of his
"age, experience and combat rec
ord." Burke will be jumped from
two-star to four-star admiral,
something that has happened
only three times before in naval
history. He will stand second
only to the late Adm. Forrest
Sherman as the youngest naval
chief ever.
Thomas gave his "word of
honor" that Carney's retirement
had no connection with the ad
miral's celebrated prediction in
March that war might break out
in the Formosa area by mid-April.
Mr. Eisenhower publicly dis
puted that prediction. Carney la
ter denied he had specifically
pinpointed a likely date for Far
Eastern hostilities.
Thomas said modern war and
the long hours put in by military
chiefs require younger men at
the top. He brushed off any sug
gestion that Burke's nomination
will create morale problems
among the 90 seniors officers
passed over.
He said Burke, a hard-driving
officer nicknamed "31-Knot" for
the way he sped about the Pa
cific in destroyers, was univer
sally respected in the Navy and
other services.
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Of Vaccinations .
Next Week Possible
Washington (U.R) Scien
tists, drug manufacturers and
government officials set out to
day to devise a practical safety
plan for Salk vaccine which
would permit early resumption
of the nation's inoculation pro
gram. An informed source said
enough Salk vaccine may meas
ure up quickly to the govern
ment's tight new safety stand
ards to permit partial resump
tion of the program next week.
'Move Ptly Fait'
The Public Health Service
said the committee "can be ex
pected to move pretty fast" in its
batch-at-a-time check of vaccine.
It will review vaccine already
produced but not yet released
as well as vaccine produced in
the future.
The new standards, it was un
derstood, mainly call for a major
increase in the volumes of the
samples of vaccine to be tested
at various stages during produc
tion. One source said the volume
of samples tested in tissue cul
tures and live monkeys would be
increased about twenty-fold.
At the same time, industry and
health service officials met to
discuss the standards further and
try to decide how they should
apply to each manufacturer since
they are a guide to production
and do not spell out every step
the manufacturer must follow.
Dr. Leonard A. Scheele, U. S.
surgeon general, described the
new standards as additions and
extensions of tests previously set
up by the health service. Anoth
er source said they are "not drastic."
But Homer O. Fritsch, execu
tive vice-president of the Parke
Davis Co., Detroit, said he and
other producers feel the revisions
are not acceptable "as presently
written." -
Both Fritsch and Dr. Betty Lee
Hampil, director of virus re
search for Sharp & Dohme, Phil
adelphia, said the manufacturers
were given only "tentative" spe
cifications. Standards Art Firm
But a Public Health Service
spokesman said the standards
are firm and the government "in
sists on the standards it considers
necessary."
An official of one company
said his firm "is still hopeful the
final standards will be realistic."
The clearance committee will
report directly to Scheele, who
has the final responsibility for
releasing vaccine.
The committee was scheduled
to review first "frozen" stocks
of the Wyeth Laboratories and
Pitman-Moore - Co. which were
rechecked recently by health
service scientists but not re
leased. Rechecked stocks produced by
Parke Davis and the Eli Lilly
Co. were released following a
similar recheck. Officials of the
two firms told newsmen that to
gether they have more than
3,500,000 more doses awaiting
clearance.
State Vaccination
Program Declared
Moving Along Well
Portland (U.R) The State
Board of Health said yesterday
that Oregon's Salk polio vaccina
tion program was moving along
as well as could be expected con
sidering overall confusion over
the vaccine.
Health office figures showed
that 74 per cent of Portland pub
lic school children were inocu
lated during the first day of the
program and 66.6 per cent of
Multnomah county first and sec
ond graders got their shots dur
ing the second day.
Based on Sign-upt
The percentage figures were
based on the number of children
who signed up for shots, not on
total" enrollments in the schools.
However, the board pointed
out that accurate figures were
hard to obtain because of the
many factors involved. At one
school, 50 children were absent
with measles and at' another, 19
had moved before the vaccina
tion program began.
9,000 in Lane County
In Eugene, the Lane County
Health Department reported an
estimated 9,000 boys and girls
in the first four grades will have
been inoculated by tomorrow.
Dr. Madeline Marr, city school
director said there had been a
net loss of less than 10 per cent
from the total number who at
first were scheduled to take the
shots.
In Albany, however, cancella
tions were reported much higher.
The same was true of some east
ern Oregon towns near the Idaho
border.
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Youths Thwarted
In Wedding Plans
Vancouver, Wash. (U.R) Two
teenagers from Oregon who tried
to obtain a marriage license in
Vancouver were returned to
their homes by their parents yes
terday. Sheriff Clarence McKay of
Clark county said John S. Mar
tin, Harbor, Ore., would be
turned over to Oregon authori
ties on a warrant from Gold
Beach, Ore., charging child
stealing. He was picked up in
Vancouver on a charge of con
tributing to the delinquency of
minors.
McKay said Martin had
brought the children, a 16-year-old
boy and a 14-year-old girl
from Brookings, Ore., to Clark
county to be married. They had
been away from their homes four
days before they appeared at
the Clark county courthouse and
applied for a marriage license,
McKay said.
A suspicious marriage clerk
refused to issue the license.
ONTARIO VOTE SET
Vale (U.R) The Malheur
County Court has set June 30 as
the date for rural residents of
Ontario to vote on a road dist
rict proposal.
Printer Strike Idles
Newspapers in France
Paris (U.R) A Communist-led
printers strike left Paris and
several other French cities with
out newspapers today.
The 24-hour news blackout
was called by the Red-bossed
General Confederation of Labor
(CGT) in protest against a Na
tional Assembly decision to dis
cuss a bill making it no longer
compulsory for printers to reg
ister with the union.
The city's major morning
newspapers were unable to pub
lish. The European edition of the
New York Herald Tribune was
among the newspapers affected.
The strike was 'to last through
tonight and was expected to pre
vent publication of evening
papers.
Burke Plans Cruise
Norfolk, Va. (U.R) Rear
Adm. Arleight Burke, named by
President Eisenhower to be
come chief of naval operations,
today made plans for a cruise
aboard the atomic-powered sub
marine Nautilus. s
Burke said his first objective
in preparing to assume his new
command next Aug. 16 pending
approval of his appointment
would be to familiarize himself
with the atomic submarine.
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