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MIS-RANGE MISSILE
Washington The Defense
Department leadership, and
more particularly the able new
Under Secre-
t a r y, Reuben
Robertson, is
showing signs
of taking Sov
iet progress in
the world wea
pons race with
a real serious
ness which is
long overdue.
The signs
are of various
rooefih Alo sorts, but all
point in the same direction. For
example, something like an arm
ed truce has at last been arrang
ed in the bloody, internecine
war that the Army, Navy and
Air Force have been waging ov
er the so-called mid-range mis
This is a guided rocket of ap
proximately 1,500-miles range. It
is important in itself; and it may
prove to be even more import-'
ant as a precursor of the true
ultimate weapon, the ballistic
rocket with true intercontinental
range. The Soviets successfully
tested rockets of about 1,500
irtfles range considerably more
than a year agJ, and are now
believed to be producing them
in considerable quantities. '.
In this country, however, the
mid-range missile . has been
hopelessly entangled in one of
our customary inter-service dis
putes. The Air Force maintain
ed that a mid-range missile was
a mere interim weapon, and that
effort should be concentrated on
the far more difficult intercon
tinental missile. The Army and
Navy pointed out, quite correct
ly, that one had to walk before
one could run, and that building
this interim weapon was likely
to be an important and maybe
an essential step on the road to
getting the ultimate weapon.
But the Army and Navy want-
ad mid-range missiles for their
own use; and this at once rais
ed the passion-charged issue of
roles and missions.
So the fight continued until
the Pentagon at last began to
face the grim fact that the Sov
iets now have a substantial lead
in missile development. As a re
sult of this fact-facing, a mid
range missile project is now to
ba started, within the larger
framework of the Air Force ef
fort on long-range missiles.
I port, Robertson has been im
I pressed by the need that has
long been obvious the need
to set up an organization com
parable to the Manhattan Dis
trict project to speed American
missile development.
It is too much to hope, per
haps, that there will be a new
Los Alamos laboratory which
will preside over, coordinate and
urge forward the whole vast job
of missile development. But ef
forts are on foot to free th work
from the dead hand of "chan
nels," to centralize the work a
little more, and to pool the re
search assets of the three armed
services much more completely
than has been the base in the
past.
In the same fashion. Under
Secretary of Defense Robertson
has also tackled the crucial
problem of "lead time." It takes
this country eight years, or
thereabouts, from the decision
that a new airplane type is need
ed to the actual production of
the aircraft. In contrast, the Sov
iets took only four years to get
their "Bison" long-range jet
bomber into quantity produc
tion. In other words, Soviet lead
time is only half as long as Am
erican lead time.
In order to lessen this very
heavy handicap, certain import
ant changes in American pro
curement procedures have al
ready been made. For example,
orders have now been given to
jettison the "fly-before-buy" rule
for aircraft procurement, which
the Republican defense leader
ship introduced with sneers of
scorn for the wastefullness of
their predecessors. Perhaps more
important still, Under Secretary
Robertson has formed a special
committee under his chairman
ship to study the fantastically
cumbersome and costly process
by which this country now t gets
new weapons, and to prepare
proposals for a root-and-branch
reform.
OJTHE same unhappy process of
fact - facing also seems like
ly to produce another kind of
progress in the missile field. Un
. der Secretary of Defense Rob
ertson has, recently returned
from a careful tour of inspec
tion of all the scattered Ameri
can missile projects, research
establishments and controlling
headquarters. According to re-
THE movement, in short, is in
the right direction.' Fact-facing
is always the essential pre
liminary of effective action. Un
til last spring, when "Bisons,"
"Badgers" and "Farmers" ap
peared in large numbers in the
Moscow skies, the notion that
Soviet lead time could be short
er than American lead time was
always pooh-poohed at the Pen
tagon as perfectly ridiculous. .
The idea that Soviets were
ahead of us in missile develop
ment was pooh-poohed until re
cently in just the same fashion.
In this case, the turning point
seems to have been reached with
the historic special report pre
pared -for the. National Security
Council by a group of experts
under the chairmanship of the
president of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology,. Dr.
James Killian. The experts said
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By
Roscoe Drummond
Washington Sometimes a
pretty fantastic idea gets so
widely circulated that it begins
t" look better and more prob
able than it really is. I have
Waldport Blast
Believed Aimed
At Island Seals .
Newport, Ore. U.R) A ter
rific explosion which rocked
Waldport, Ore., early Friday
morning was apparently intend
ed to exterminate the seal popu
lation of Mays Island in Alsea
Bay, state police said yesterday.
Police said an investigation
revealed that a large charge of
dynamite, perhaps 2Vi cases, had
been set off on the lower end of
the island, which has become a
haven for a growing colony of
seals in the past several months.
Head Out to Sea
No estimate was made of the
number of animals killed, but
Waldport residents said between
50 and 75 seals were living on
the island. Surviving members
of the colony headed out to sea
following the blast.
Residents of Waldport, which
is largely a commercial and
sport fishing town, have com
plained to the State Fish Com
mission in recent months about
the seals, terming them a nuis
ance and a destroyer of fish.
Police said most Waldport resi
dents expressed approval of the
bombing, but denied knowledge
of who was responsible for it.
the Soviets were very far ahead
indeed.
But while facts are being fac
ed; and the movement at the
Pentagon is now in the right di
rection, one great question re
mains. Will the really painful
thing be done? Will the resourc
es and money be made available,
to overtake the Soviets where
they have passed us in the race?
(Copyright 1955 New York
Herald Tribune Inc.)
Grange
Shady Cove Grange
The Shady Cove Grange will
hold its regular social Grange
meeting Wednesday, Oct. 26.
with a potluck dinner at 7 p.m.
The officers are requested to
attend as a practice will be held
preparatory for visitation night
at Live Oak Oct. 27. Cards will
be placed during the evening.
Live Oak Grange
The annual booster night was
observed at Live Oak Grange
Thursday, Oct. 13. Members and
friends attended a potluck sup
per prior to th booster night
meeting.
After a brief business session
the visitors were invited, to see
the; Grange opened with the
seating drill of officers and pre
sentation of the flag.
Lecturer Frank Hall present
ed a varied and interesting pro
gram, including talks by Past
Masters Carl Christenson and
Cassie Golding. The Mothersing
erS under the direction of Mrs.
Carl .Christenson gave a series
of musical numbers and a com
edy skit entitled "I Like Moun
tain Music." They were, accom
panied at the piano by Mrs. Ver
lie Babcock, who also played for
the dancing which followed the
program. Pitt Penney presented
a comedy skit.
Upper Applegate Grange
Upper Applegate Grange met
for a regular business meeting
Oct. 14 in the Ruch school cafe
teria. State Deputy Roscoe Roberts
and Mrs. Roberts were present.
The chaplain reported that
she had received a lettef from
John Dutton saying that he was
much improved.
The members were distressed
to hear that Clarence Meyer,
known among us as "Dock", for
merly a member of this Grange,
has had a stroke. A letter re
ceived from Mrs. Meyer states
that he has been ill for some
time and it is indefinite as to
whether he will be able to work.
Changing the location of the
Grange hall was .discussed. A
resolution was submitted by the
resolutions committee favoring
acceptance of a plot of land of
fered by Harlan Cantrall, and
erecting a hall thereupon.
It is expected that a. vote will
be taken at the Oct. 28 meeting
to determine, the location of the
new hall.
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come onto such an idea numer
ous times in recent d?-s in dif
ferent parts of the country. It
comes up in conversation with
people who are not in politics
and I have heard it earnestly
discussed by some Republican
politicians.
The idea is:
That early next year Mr.
Eisenhower will resign.
That Vice President Nixon
should take over the "duties
and office" of President for the
remainder of the term.
That this would give the Vice
President the opportunity , to
show whether andor iow well
he could handle the White
House with all its authority and
prestige behind him.
That, on the assumption Mr.
Nixon would take good advan
tage of the opportunity, he
would thus earn the Republican
Presidential nomination and, as
a result of being in the lime
light .of the Presidency, Mr.
Nixon would give the Republi
cans the best chance of winning
next year's election.
it isn t going to happen.
T HAVE checked on it at the
two sources which count and
it can be said without qualifi
cation: That President Eisenhower is
not going to resign.
That Vice President Nixon
wants no part in any such pro
cedure. There are those who suggest
that if Mr. Eisenhower feels he'
will not be well enough to serve
another term, he might feel
er be persuaded to feel that he
is not well enough to serve the
last year of his present term.
They suggest that the country
ought, to have the services of a
full-time President during 1956.
They suggest that by giving the
Presidency to Mr. Nixon for a
year Mr. Eisenhower would al
most certainly avert a bitter
intra-party contest for the Presi
dential nomination and would
give Mr. Nixon such a build-up
as to enhance tremendously his
prospects at the polls next No
vember. That fact is that without the
Sunday. October 23. 1955
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Vice President's consent in
deed despite his known views
to the contrary Mr. Nixon's
over-eager, wishful - thinking,
wishful-planning admirers in
southern California are plant
ing and nurturing the idea that
Mr. Eisenhower would do the
country or at least the Repub
lican party a great service if
he would resign.
rpHESE arguments do not ap
- peal to President Eisenhow
er. There is no provision in the
Constitution which authorizes
him to pass the Presidency along
to someone else if he gets tired
of it or tired in it. He knows
that the American people want
the man they chose for the-
Fresidency and nobody else
to serve a3 long as he is capable
cf serving. He would not con
sider using the device of re
signing his office for a partisan
purpose, that is, to pre-empt the
Presidential nomination for a
particular candidate or to build
up a candidate for election.
The President doesn't favor it.
The Vice President doesn't
favor it.
It isn't going to happen.
11R. NIXON knows the best
w a y he can advance his
own cause is to discharge his
Vice Presidential role with
breadth of view, care and tact.
On the basis of his address
to "The New York Herald Tri
bune" forum this week, it is
evident that no one sees more
clearly than Mr. Nixon himself
that, now that he is within reach
of the Presidency, he must es
tablish himself as "the Vice
President of all the people" and
as a political leader whose first
duty is not to "the narrower par
tisan interests of his party.
Mr. Nixon has cancelled all
purely partisan political speech
es. And in his "Herald Tribune"
forum address it struck me as
noteworthy that he turned to
the words' of a Democratic
President Woodrow Wilson
to portray America's leadership
in the cause of liberty and
peace; in praising Democratic
support for a bipartisan foreign
policy in the last session of Con
gress, he was careful to bring
in Sen. Lyndon johnsonoas well
as Sen. Walter George.
Coyright. 1955, .
New York Herald Tribune Inc.
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