HERALD AND NEWS; Klamath Falls. Ore.
Sundav. Dec. 13. 1959
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Pentagon Planning Risk To Clip Russ Leadership
By RAY Cno.MI.EY
WASHINGTON (EA The De
fense Department has decided to
take a series of calculated risks
for now in an attempt to catch
up with the Russians in defense
later.
This is (he situation as Thomas
Gates picks up the reins as Sec
retary of Defense from Neil Mc
Elroy: Take it easy on actual inter
continental missile production for
the time being. Let the Russians
get well ahead (or the next three
years if they have a mind to.
Use the funds saved in a des
perate hurry-up attempt to leap
frog over the cumhersome-to-firc
Atlas into superior missiles.
Go more slowly than expected
on building elaborate new systems
for defending the U.S. Specifi
cally, hold off pn actual produc
tion of the multi-billion-dollar
Nike-Zeus anti-missile defense pro
gram. Instead, put the money into re
search speedups in" order to de
velop a defense system less likely
to be obsolete before it's, installed.
Take it easy on the production
ef today's conventional "obsoles
cent" Army, Navy and Air Korce
weapons and clamp down on the
size of U.S. forces. This will lower
the U.S. ability to handle brush
size wars. Where possible, substi
tute military aid to allies in an
attempt to get them to use their
own lunds to build stronger forces,
handle more problems locally.
Use the lunds saved by holding
back on some major typos of wea
pons to develop and equip small
er U.S. forces with some new type
and some unconventional weapons
now on the drawing boards.
The Atlas intercontinental bal
listic missile lakes too long lo fuel
and fire, say Pentagon strategists,
lis fixed bases are easy for the
Russians to pinpoint for a sneak
attack.
The Atlas will be built in some
numbers for specialized missions
and lo get the U.S. by for now.
Rut first priority will go to the
Minuteman, now scheduled lo be
ready by The Minuleman
program will get all the funds it
can absorb.
The emphasis on Minuteman Is
because of cheapness, reliability
and mobility. Key Pentagon plan
nersAir Force, Navy and Army
now insist privately no missile
system will be of much use to
the U.S. unless it's mobile, so its
launching site can't be mapped in
advance by the Russians. Plans
call for the Minuteman to be in
stalled on special railway cars.
These new decisions, it's under
stood, also mean a speedup in
Polaris, the intermediate range
1.500-mile missile that can be fired
underwater from submarines.
The first Polaris submarine mis
sile system should go into opera
lion some time next year. Addi
tional units are targeted one every
four months indefinitely. That's
because a Polaris submarine can
be hidden and moved.
Both Minuteman and Polaris
have additional advantages. Good
as the first ones appear likely to
be, scientists see Vide possibilities
for making sizeable improvements
in range, reliability and in bomb
carrying capacity on future mod
els. The missile men are also work
ing on research that would turn
these two missiles or others into a
family of missiles, thus making a
very limited form of "mass pro
duction" possible. Military men
think, for example, that the Min
uteman, now designed as an in
tercontinental missile, could be
modified into a 1,500-mile type.
Polaris, an underwater - fired
missile, could be used as an ac
curate land-based 1,500-mile wea
pon. Interchangeably, the dream
of the Pentagon, would reduce
costs tremendously. This is essen
tial if enough of these expensive
weapons are to be made to "sat
urate Russian targets in case of
var.
But how then does the U.S. get
by in the crucial 19B1 lo 1.-K3 pe
riod when the Russians can get
well ahead of the United States
in intercontinental missiles if they
desire?
This is the Pentagon theory:
By bolstering the U.S. Air Force
with an ample supply of Hound
Dog missiles with atomic war
heads. They theoretically will en
able U.S. strategic B-52 bombers
to stand off M miles from target
and "knock out" Soviet de
fenses belore moving in to drop
their bomb loads. If necessary
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some B-S2s could be kept in the
air, ready to go, at all limes.
Add that lo the Atlas lCBMs
the U.S. does make, the interme
diate range missiles based on Tur
key, Greece and Britain, the
Navy's carrier-based bombers.
With all this the Pentagon bs
lieves it can get by.
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DOWN THROUGH THE CHIMNEY with a bag full of
treats, Santa Claus still arrives at Montagus by way of the
traditional entry. Here he rehearses for the big annual com
munity Christmas party for boys and girls of Montague and
lurrounding communities Friday, December 18, at 7:30
p.m. in the Montague auditorium. Photo by Betty Dow
New Ike Doctrine Seen;
Chances Of Success Good
NEW DELHI, India (AP)-Less
than three years ago the Eisen
hower Doctrine boomeranged. To
day it seems highly likely a new
Eisenhower doctrine is emerging
and this one has every chance
of being a rousing success.
The message brought by the
American President to India plus
the impact of his personality may
prove in the long run a big help in
mending U.S. fortunes in areas
where they have been sagging.
The new Eisenhower doctrine is
suggested in salient points of his
pronouncements in India.
These are the U.S. stands for
peace and genuine disarmament,
determination to help friends
against aggressors, need for peo
ple-to-people contacts, need for
recognition of world law and,
most important in this area, the
rSed for a massive "noble" war
against hunger.
'Since the end of World War II
Asians', Africans and Middle East
erners have exhibited a strong
bond springing from common his
tory, common woes and common
problems.
The leaders of these areas un
derscored this four years ago in
Indonesia where they created
what they called the Spirit of
Bandung in the city of lhat name
The Eisenhower Doctrine was
proclaimed after the Suez crisis
as a warning to the Communists
against armed intrusion in the
Middle East. But the Arans
just attacked by Britain, France
and Israel complained "V
suffer from cholera and Dr. Ei
senhower offers to treat us for
measles."
Finally there was a dangerous
Middle East blowoff sparked by
the little Lebanese civil war in
19V), bringing U.S. troops to Leb
anon and British troops to Jordan.
Many Arabs and Asians called
that Western imperialism.
Egypt's President Camel Ahdel
Nasser used every means to pro
mole what he called Asian-Afri
can solidarity. The Communists
were swift to offer support, advice
and sympathy.
Two men stood out as Asian-
At ah leaders: Nehru of India.
Nasser of Egypt.
feeling among nations emerging
from colonialism. The reasoning
went this way: the United States
was an ally of the colonial pow
ers and often sided with them
when the chips were down for
fear of damaging NATO. Thus,
tnere were undercurrents in the
Asian-African solidarity idea of
resentment against the United
States.
Soviet Premier Nikila Khrush
chev had all along been taking
advantage of such a notion,
coursing all over Asia, offering
solicitude, arms and economic
help to the Arabs, playing big
brother to all colonial and ex-
colonial peoples.
Nehru, a symbol of anticolonial
ism to Asians and Africans,
echoed Khrushchev's peaceful co
existence phrase and frequently
seemed to scold the West for per
sisting in a posture of strength.
A change set in after Eisenhow
er accepted Khrushchev as a U.S
guest and Red China began bellig
erent gestures toward India. Now
India has given Eisenhower an
enormous welcome as a symbol
of its hopes.
The unprecedented Eisenhower
welcome in Asia indicates the
Asians want to believe he stands
for peace and lhat Asians still
look toward the United States
hopefully.
Jobs In Oregon
Hit Fall Mark
SALEM ( API-Employment In
Oregon last month was at the
highest November level in history
the state Department of Employ
ment said Friday.
It said 6."5.100 persons had jobs,
or 16.800 higher than a year ear
lier, and 37.300 more than In
November, 1137.
Total unemployment was 30.100,
which was 10,400 fewer than a
year previous.
BAUDOIN ACCEPTS
LISBON, Portugal UPI) -
King Baudoin of Belgium has ac
cepted an invitation to visit Por
tugal, the government announced
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