Evening star., 1951-08-14
Senator Hill Sees Peril
OF Sneak Atomic Raid ,
Cites Red Air Power
By the Associated Press

Senator Hill, Democrat, of Ala
bama, has warned the Senate
there is great danger" Russia
might become over-optimistic and
launch a surprise atomic attack
on America.
This warning was pointed up by
Senate information that Russia
has out-stripped the United States
in pilots and planes and has a
20,O00-plane air force and a 4
million man ground force.
These estimates of Soviet
strength were contained in a staff
memo covering highlights of re-
cent conferences in Paris between
nine-member Senate Foreign
Relations subcommittee and Gen.
Eisenhower and members of his
staff.
The memo. which bore no Off
cial stamp and originally was in
tended to be confidential, said
RuSsia's 10000 aircraft "all are
in better shape than a few years
ago"
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North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion air commander. emphasized
the very substantial" superiority
of Russian air strength in Eur
ope over that of the Allies.
Senator Hill told his colleagues
the Military Appropriations Sub
committee of which he is a mem
Der had been informed the Rus
sions may outstrip total Ameri-
can military power unless we in
crease our efforts"
Noting that the United States
retains superiority in atomic
weapons and in inter- continental
bombers, Senator Hill declared: /
Every month our margin of
superiority in long-range air power
decreases. as Russian air strength
is relentlessly built up. If the
trend continues, there is great
danger that Stain. like the die
tators of the past, will move to
exploit Russian air superiority and
will attack us in the belief that
he can overwhelm us in the air by
combining force and surprise"
Need Seen for German Aid.
Meantime, 1t. Gen. Alfred
M. Gruenther, Gen. Eisenhower's
chief of staff, told the House For
eign Affairs Committee that the
participation of Western Germany
is very close to being a must"
in any successful defense of West
ern Europe.
Gen. Gruenther's testimony was
made public yesterday. He ap-
peared before the House commit /
tee recently in closed door session.
Gen. Gruenther said NATO
planning is going ahead on the
assumption Western Germany will
be brought into active partner
ship. He also expressed belief
that an attack by Russia and her
satellites on Yugoslavia might well
touch off World War III.
Eisenhower Quoted.
Gen. Eisenhower was quoted in
the Foreign Relations Committee
staff memo as having told the
visiting Senators that the most
important intelligence" the United
States could have now would be
to know if the II men in the
Kremlin were motivated "by doc
trinaire MarXiSm or their desire ;
to maintain themselves in power" /
Other Eisenhower viewpoints were
reported as follows:
/. The most important task be-
fore the United States is to con-
vince European countries of the
threat they face from the Reds ,
and to get them to do something .
about it.
2. If the United States becomes
IAN isolated island" what it is
spending now on defense would
be only "chickenfeed."
3. If the job of rearming West
ern Europe is dragged out it will
fail. If the job isn't done within
a reasonable time, sit can't be
done and we'd better get out"
A. Europe doesn't understand
the delays in getting American
equipment. However, neutralism is
on the down grade and a great y
majority of the French would I
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