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centers" be set up, charged with
the development Of joint doctrines,
tactics and techniques, joint train
ing and joint testing OF equip
ment."
The proposal was objected to in
the committee by the Navy and
Air Force representatives, and it
next will be considered by the
three-service operations deputies
of the joint chiefs, Gen. Collins
said.
One of the joint centers would
deal with the problems Of amphib-
ious warfare, he explained, but
the idea would be that the chief
Of naval operations would be in
charge OF this center and pre-
sumably he in turn would desig-,
nate the commandant of the Ma
rine Corps to assume that re-
sponsibility."
Questions Marine Claims.
Gen. Collins made plain that
he didn't like the Marines claim
that they constitute 1.-The Nations
only emergency force in readi-
ness"
He said he had inspected
American troops stationed in
Europe, which would be i'm
mediately under the gun in
event of war. as we'll as Army
forces in Japan and Okinawa.
Il will guarantee that they are
ready today" he said.
He told the committee he had
conferred with Gen. Macarthur
while in Japan.
He assured me that unif1cation
is working well in his theater,"
Gen Collins reported. land that
he is squarely behind Secretary of
Defense johnson in his efforts to
carry out the unifcation law"
Hearings to End Saturday.
Chairman Vinson said he hopes
to conclude the public hearings
Saturday with testimony by De-
fense Secretary johnson and for
mer President Hoover.
Gen. Bradley. in his usual calm
tones, but in bitter language, con-
demned Navy leaders for not ac-
cepting basic strategy decisions Of
the Joint Chiefs.
He spoke Of open rebellion"
and "self-appointed" martyrs in
calling for some retraction" of
Navy charges that the other serv-
ices have refused to accept the sea
service into full partnership in
defense planning.
And he said infinite harm" had
been done national security by the
public airing of the Navy's COM
plants.
Gen. Bradley's statement was
in striking contrast to the re-
straint which has marked most of
his public utterances.
mo Time for Fancy Dans."
This is no time for Fancy Dams
who won't hit the line with all
they have on every play, unless
they can call the signals" he de-
clared. Each player on this
team-whether he shines in the
spotlight of the backfield or eats
dirt in the line-must be an all
American.
II believe that the public hear
ings of the grievances of a few
officers who will not accept the
decisions of the authorities estab-
lished by law. and charges as to
our poor state of preparedness,
have done infinite harm to our ma
tional defense. our position of
leadership in world affairs, the
position of our national policy.
and the confidence of the people
in their Government"
The role of the Navy is not be-
ing under emphasized, he said, but
the conditions of a conflict with
the one possible enemy-Soviet
Russia-dictate that the principle
Navy job would be anti submarine
operations. -
The reason the Navy isn't get
ting along with the other services
at upper levels is that the Navy
doesn't have enough high-ranking
officers with proper conception
of fighting war against an enemy
based on huge land mass, Gen.
Bradley told the committee
bluntly.
No Island Hopping.
Any future war would not fol-
low either the "island-hopping"
pattern Of the World War II Pa
cif1c campaigns or the large-scale
amphibious landing plan Of the
European invasions, he predicted.
AS to the Nays dispafage-
ment of the Air Force B-36 inter-
continental bomber and its con-
cept of strategic bombing. Gen.
Bradley said: -
Along with MANI others, I,
believe that the atomic bomb,
which has been derided, and the
Air Force Strategic Air Command,
which has been denounced. have
contributed to the avoidance of
war during the last couple Of
years.
"This combination has been, in