Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 10, 1956, Image 6

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Newspaper Page Texto O ' c oo c o CJ o SIX MTBFCD (0SOOn MAIL TF.IBUKB O o SHI Monday. December 10. 1958 Fresh Approach Felt Essentia! To Curb Plane Building Delays o said, interviewing more than sent to the manufacturers o o for . grams. Industry executives who were . And others dismissed it as more Kgen Work On Exercise Cause Stiff, SSte Central Authority, On-Spot Decisions in Recommendations i ) c o d r ii th t Cr A aeries of iu : enemy. And then let industry ;l"';ft;,;r'cAT"i-:;on help the .intelligence agencies V-airh imperils r nation! ac unty.) tvaiuate this: Industry leaders 600 officials of the DeDartment i their information. Also there were suggestions interviewed bv the committee "committee paper work." In any case, the 'report itself has been placed under officinl security wraps. Tht puzzlts the industry executives. Some ak, of Defense and executives of about 30 aircraft manufacturing and research organizations. In August of this year it made its These included suggestions for j to improve and heighten the sta-1 and who ha'd received the Rob more concentrated Pentagon and j tUre, prestige and authority of j ertson report recommendations Air F orce attention to the op- officers assigned to aircraft pro-1 expressed varied reactions. None Hustle fgin Take St.o Joseph Aspirin, fa e eat aspirin reTief money efe buy. Used W millions without stomach upset for head ache, eold'caia. 100 tablets 49c. erational requirements of the jects, and to consider extending country's air arms, intensified the duty tours of such officers by policy review of requirements i so they would not be ordered for new weapons and more at-1 off to other assignments just as of them felt that the committee had come up with any fresh ap proach to the problem. Some felt that the suggestions amounted to little more than proposals for "tightening up" here and there. findings to Secretary of Defense Wilson. About six weeks later some was it because of ioo much emt barrassing detail? Action is whatthey want. (Copyrifht, 1S5S, New Yoek Herald Tribune, Inc.) CO proposals taken from the re- tentiop by the policy-makers to they were becoming familiar port were briefly digested and long lead time in technical pro- with the programs. o o TCROBET s. bird nd rOfl LI4BZRT Nqv forkHerald Tribune q Newi Service q Washington Can anything be Odone to endthe cwlays that im O PrJ today0-f.nis0couatry'i po oiii,' ion (if morn w."p!anes? he aircriftandu-try says, yes great deal. o q it rt- its leacfcrs warn, by G crenf.ng moij "study . commit t5" in Washingtouanti by ac O riifrlating more voluminous pYgtagon '(rpportK" and piousiy O wordca "directives" crt trte sub O Jcct. Te pIAe-makers intu' 'that a tith Approach is essential. Ani tt the point f attack n5t be on Pentagon and Air -4 ore Decision? red tape and "paper work." They say the axe mib'0 b'o uscd.O A Dumber of hii,'!".-raniiing of- f-'srs in the Fefitagon liave ajdowith the industry men in QOf the-record conversations. Xhehree ht-products of bti- reauccucyp-in'iycisions, red tape . and excessive paper work are i by lilt the biggest causes of de lays the military aircraft pro CvrcnienPprQBram, according to ACiilusty executives in all three Cmajos. Lvcont-hes, airframes, elec- O triyrtvs systems and jet engines. ; r' - . .7. . T, , 1 u O O o Chioi Recommendation! i ney f. e their views in in- OteS.e'.vs from the East to the West Coast during e sixweek survey 4nio delays in the desiga. development and "production of critically needed war planes. Ther oejief recommendations jyin hich there was virtually onaniiawj agreement among I ay that intelligence agencies are . overlooking . source material iv.hich could vitally help it ob i tain a picture of the nature of ! the potential e.nemy's advanced technological programs or direc- j tion of activity. At a time when technological breakthroughs! i might top tiie -balance of power, j they say, this becomes a vital j matter. . ; The indastry has various other ; suggestions to offer, but the I i above embody the main points for first action toward yielding j most effective results irr cutting j i down "lead time'' for new war-, 'planes. Blame for the three major , faults of indecision, red tape and I ; unnecessary paper work was j generally ascribed by industry executives to the rapidity with which the Air Force has expand ed during'its comparatively brief existence as a separate service: ' and to the inherent bureauacy of the military system. j Many industry men pointed out. however, that the same bu reaucratic evils are always in truding into their own industries ae these grow larger, but indus try has learned to cope with them. This is done, they empha sized, by the same method they urge for the Pentagon and Air rce: that is. by centralizing BIG FREE PARKING LOTS (EmdDcciE'inEiffim SJXTH AKD m STREETS 6PEB 7 DAYS A g JJEE&USITIL & h for Live MODERN i mm ptw.i CANNE TIMELY SU the BUSY CHRISTMAS IS SHOPPER - Live ECONOMICALLY - SAKE TIME AMD D & FROZEN FOODS Along with Christmas Shopping and Other Holiday Preparations the women of the house is pressed for time more than at any other season. So why not make your work easier by serving one of the many Heat and Eat Foods Now At Your Groceteria. authority at the top and then i delegating it to the right places down the line. The industry is not alone in criticizing the Pentagon and the Air "Force for indecision, red tape and oceans of paper work. Many persons in positions of re sponsibility In these official areas share industry's opinion and would, they have indicated, o tf.em are asfollows O O t? Ce.Uraliye decision-mating i weicome reforms autnority witnin the Pentagon Secretary of the Air Force and Aij Force to insure action Donaid Quarles was asked about O Pla- of present delays. This i tne industry complaints, and dis (fiiear slashing through the mul- cussing the point made on in lipticity ci committees and study suli icient delegation of author- jj-oupcwnica now noia a great itv to override red tape, he said Your HEAT and s r TIME and WORK SAVER AT C (-fipal f responsibility but little ; O authority fop originating and ac Oelcrping programs. ' G t. Assign to eclv aircraft pro i or the company working Q onit an of fic"e with the power A tooiiake on-th-spot decisions on sll bi basic policy and. budget Olcs'6ons- Tnis w'Suld end much of the present buck-passing and delays in the fower-echelonsup-qO erv$ion of mth'facturing pro- I. il wuu.u j;avc iiiojul ricajglan!P cost decisions to the O Pg050"! tream-lincd decision center in Washington?' - 3. HaVeotl Air Forcelimit rtse largely to the "what" of it.Ourcraft desigei objectives and allow the m:oiufacUy;crs more freedom to devise he "how" of niakm,? the planes to these spe-- j'ltied objectives. Mttust HavS Fteedoan that was "maybe valid.' Unbounded Power Lacking But, he added, the Air Force doe not have unbounded power o delegate authority, since it has to be guided by the Defense Department and Congress "in the framework of the international scene." Quarles also said that the Air Force does not have in its ranks as many "czars" as the aircraft industry seems to want in decision-making positions. (One manufacturer pointed out in re ply that the Air Force has in stalled as head of its intercon tinental ballistic missile pro gram Maj. Gen. Ben Schriever who has wide decision-making power of the very kind urged by the aircraft industry. The same thing could be done, the manu- GROCETERIA Individual Frozen IV1EA PIES 29" 4:T From Our Own Kitchen I : GROCETERIA French FRIES 9-oi. 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FinieUer. who was fici gnWps who ten are un- Sccretary o the Air Force from eqmred to tjlv.se them lg50 ,Q lgg3j said that eircraft O- o.V ""'7' ilead time is no new problem Jorc authority should rigorous- j it an j WM constant. cciTures from filtration from - Finlctl said ,hat th Ajr i.e -creerj bureaucracy of, , O.e.r jver echelon Specif cal-! proBrams" to carrv out lf iey say thH new warplane j snn; .. .... . rnna' h, proci.fement policies designed to . " - the " belief that the DeniliSOtl'S speed ut plane production, i . j-.- . . iIwIllllJI! 9 rViouRh put into effect with good , However, like Quarles, Results, .re new tl.atened with , indicated doubt jf ..givi , Oo , r. l i blank check to aircraft manu Swanson Frozen TV Dinners rwil fXA 0k Ysv Coffee 1 , . atef . If You're Net Trading At .o 1 J I D The Groceteria You're j d50 -D' Paying Too Much v 9IC DC M.D. Powder Room o 9?T'-'. 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Inter-. hitiOcCO near-mcKference were f ullowd by O'holler-a n d-yell'' peaks cf urgencye which in turn ,-jtapereu off again. Kesirch an development is, cfOour.-. hinged to funds which ("one.d proies. Pentain of S?cials often say that Congress iV9;ore interested in "hardware" O fran in test J'ibes. or in a more distant. BuK Rogers research F-Hm than in a short-range developmental project for the nearer ?Liture. The plane?makers say O.at th United States' sur ifli0al is linked with technological sgvagL-Cof both,a:d that Con gress xall "guy survival u i:e situation is presented right. O b. Allolv idustry j help sup O plen-nt the nation's intelligence CHfort 'iy .iowir.e I'.at .nd wi-ire ?o 'ok for 9echnoIoS;ical lrjSimauoa Soout the potential o6 O o o facturers would solve all lead time problems. A Defense Department spokes man gave assurances that the problem is regarded in the Pen tagon and Air Force as a "very serious issue." . 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