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4 Russia Cutting American Air Power Lead By Pouring Men, Money, Materials in Effort By CHARLES CORDRY United Press Correspondent Washington (U.R) Russia has been able to whittle down Americans air power lead by lavishly pouring men, money and materials into the effort since World War II. While the living standard of the Russian people has been kept depressed, the standard of military power has been pushed increasingly higher. While the worst housing shortage in Eu rope has persisted, the biggest air force in the world has been built. By leaps and bounds, the So viets created and expanded the economic, industrial and scien tific strength that underlies modern stir power. These developments are in the Twining to Appear Before Committee Washington (U.R) The Senate Armed Services committee will a:.k Gen. Nathan F. Twining en Tuesday to declare whether he and Defense Secretary Char les E. Wilson are at odds over relative air power of the United States and Russia. The Air Force chief of staff also will be questioned behind closed doors on whether what he saw in Russia has altered his previous worried views on Red air strength. Chairman Stuart Symington (D-Mo.)- of the Armed Services subcommittee on air power, charged earlier, after hearing Wilson, Twining and other wit nesses, that there were "direct conflicts" between Wilson's op timistic claims "for American air strength and that of Air Force leaders. After an 80-minute conference with President Eisenhower Thursday Twining told newsmen he did not think there was "any conflict" although "there may be some difference of judg ment on what's what." Marine Planes Crash In Close Formation Chicago (U.R) Two of four Marine Cougar jet planes flying in training formation collided in flight Saturday, killing one pilot whose plane crashed in an area of new residential ' construction at suburban Glenview. The second pilot nursed his plane to the Glenview Naval Air station and landed with out in jury. The pilots, neither of whom was immediately identified, were marine reservists on a weekend training mission. Dead line Sunday Classified 1 noon Saturday: 10 am Monday fori.. - lQ, Afonday; otherdays 5:30 oreviousday. cl- ln iyoO. spotlight now because of the Senate air power investigation and the Russian visit of Gen. Nathan F. Twining. Air Force chief of staff. For almost a dec ide military men, particularly airmen, have been warning a sometimes skeptical nation what to expect. But even the airmen have been startled more than once by the rapidity of Russian advances. Won't Settle Controversy The Senate inquiry will not settle the controversy whether Russia may overtake and sur pass U.S. air power in a few years. Neither the Eisenhower administration nor its Demo cratic critics, nor the worried airmen, are likely to change their minds. But the investigation appar ently has swept away any doubt that the once "backward" Rus sians are serious competitors. Air Secretary Donald A. Quarles summed it up when he said the Spviets have greater numbers of aircraft and are outpacing America in "rate of progress" in production and technology. Despite that, Quarles is confi dent personally that the Rus sians will remain second best in quality. By Consent Only On the production side, Rus sia has stayed ahead in numbers by American consent. This country can outproduce the So viets any time it chooses. The air power inquiry has testimony thst the American aircraft in dustry now is running at only 25 to 50 per cent of capacity, and could speed up as required. Russia is not believed to have that sort of ready, excess capa city. U.S. industry built 13,150 planes of all types last year. Of these, 8,400 were for the mili- Court of Appeals Judge Takes Oath San Francisco (U.R) Fred erick G. Hamley, former chief justice of the Washington State Supreme Court", was sworn in today as a judge of the Federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The 52-year-old jurist replaces retiring Judge Homer T. Bone, also of Washington state. Hamley, a native of Seattle and a Republican, served as water department superintendent of Seattle and as city councilman. He was appointed to the state j supreme court in 1945 and be- I came chief justice in 1955. Hamley reportedly was spon sored by Washington Gov. Ar- thur B. Langlie, with whom he ' served on the Seattle City Coun- ! tary services, including about 5. C00 combat types. There prob ably will be smaller military output this year because of the changeovers to new models. Ac cording to the authoritative new book "Soviet Air Power" by Richard E. Stockwell, Russia built 13.800 aircraft of all types last year of which about 60 per cent were combat planes. These estimates mean that Russia has built something like 3.200 more warplanes than America last year. Stockwell says the Soviet output will rise substantially this year following the 1955 changeover to new models. One of the biggest issues in the Senate inquiry has been whether the United States is building enough B-52 strategic bombers fast enough. Mailer of Policy Lt. Gen. C. S. Irvine, Air Force production chief, agreed with subcommitte chairman Stu art Symington (D.-Mo.) that U.S. failure to build as many B-52s ss Russia builds Bison jet bomb ers is "a matter of policy and not U.S. productive capability." The "real concern" of airmen, as Twining told Congress last winter, is that the Soviets are putting more men and money into this battle of the labora tories than we are." They thus are "closing the quality gap" on which America relies to offset Soviet numerical superiority. No Longer Dependent The Russians no longer can be considered at all dependent on captured German scientists and engineers of whom 2.000 to 3,000 were taken to Russia aft er World War II. The prodigious output of MIG-15 jet fighters in the late 1940s and early 1950s estimated at 15.000 planes proved Russia has mastered mass production techniques and was becoming a big threat in the technological race. They got to be so good that they allowed many Germans to go home, a move that has provided the West with valuable information sources. The United States had a big lead 10 years ago, Quarles says. But the Soviets now are gradu ating scientists and engineers at a "very faster rate" than -we are. And they already have achieved a "rough numerical equality with us." Monday, July 9, 1958 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS Washington New Interior Secretary Fred A. Seaton, on Demo cratic charges the Eisenhower administration has given away some of the nation's resources to private industry: "If we've given anything away ... it certainly was not intentional." Westbury N.Y. Mrs. Betty Weinberger, mother of kidnaped Peter Weinberger, in a television appeal to the kidnaper: "Once again, in desperation, we appeal to you who have our taby. We beg you to lei us have some word." Bangkok, Thailand Vice-President Richard M. Nixon, on whether the U.S. should accept Red Chinese Premier Chou En-lai's invitation to carry on talks on the Asian situation: "Until we see changes in the Peiping Chinese government I will not discuss possibilities." Grand Canyon. Ariz. David Halperin, spokesman for the Air lines Pilots association, on the air disaster that took 128 lives: "We are fully aware that the basic cause of this accident is di rectly attributable to the completely inadequate and obsolete air traffic control system." New York Kentucky Gov. A. B. (Happy) Chandler, on his choice for the Democratic presidential nomination: "My favorite is Chandler of Kentucky." 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