Evening star., 1952-11-16
3 Who Want 10 Quit
Top Defense Posts
Persuaded 10 Wait
By John A. Giles

Dy Jonn ~. 1ileS
Three top Defense Department
officials already have sought to-
leave their posts before inaugu-
ration day, it was learned yester-
day.
Navy Secretary Kimball, AS
sistant ecletary of Defense Anna
M. Rosenberg and Munitions
Board Chairman John D. Small
have expressed a desire to resume
their civillan occupations on jan
uary l. rather than wait until
January 20.
So far however. Secretary of
Defense Lovett has persuaded all
to remain on their jobs until they
can break in their successors.
All the civilian officials at the
Pentagon from Mr.. Lovett down,
President-elect Eisenhower as to
their successors, but none believes
an immediate drastic shakeup is
in the of6ng.
No Political Heat.
This belief is based on the fact
that Gen. Eisenhower has been
closely associated with the mill
tary establishment for years and
has worker with many of its Off
cials. Toe there has not been
the intense political heat on De-
fense Department officials from
Capitol Hill.
Mr.. Lovett and the service Sec
retaries-Frank Pace, jr., Army;
Mr.. Kimbal' and Thomas K. Fin
letter, Ali Force-apparently have
no plans fol staying ON and pro-
fess to be standing by to break
in their successors when desig-
mated.
There still is persistent specula-
ton that Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge, who was defeated in his
bid for reelection in Massachus-
sets, will be the next secretary of
defense if he wants it. The names
of Gov. Dewey of New York, an
other early Eisenhower supporter,
and John J. McCloy, former High
Commissioner in Germany and
one-time assistant Secretary of
War, also are mentioned.
Eisenhower Influence Seen.
However, there is some feeling
at the Pentagon that the new
President will exert strong in
fluence over military strategy and
policy no matter who is named
defense chief.
The days of Franklin D. Roose-
velt are recalled. Having had Navy
connections, he is said to have
sent back more Navy promotion
lists for reconsideration, for ex-
ample, than any other President.
Thus, the new defense secretary
may be faced with some old service
loyalties and interests on the part
Of Mr.. Eisenhower.
There are % top civilian officials
In the Pentagon with Presidential
appointments. They in turn ap-
point a large number of special
assistants. heads of boards and
committees, etc. Presumably most
of these will be changed under
the Republican administration.
There are total of 1,334,353|
defense employees, 1882 of them
In Civil Service and the balance
wage board workers. 1t is not
believed that too much change
will come about in these jobs.
In addition to Mr.. Lovett, and
the three military secretaries,
other civilians with Presidential
appointments are Deputy Secre-
tary William c. Foster and As
sistant Secretaries w. j. Mcneil, !.
Mrs. Rosenberg and Charles A..
Coolidge
Many May Be Asked to Stay.
Others are Munitions Board
Chairman Small, Chairman WAL
ter G. Whitman of the Research
and Development Board, Chair
man Robert LeBaron of the
Military Liaison Committee to the
Atomic Energy Committee, Direc-
tor Joseph Fowler of Supply Man
agement Agencies and Frank
Nash, assistant for International
Cao,,r;fu AFairc
Presumably a number of these
will be asked to remain, at least
temporarily
Each of three military depart
ments also has an underSecretary
and two assistant secretaries who
are appointed by the President
with Senate confirmation.
The undersecretaries are Earl
D. Johnson, Army; Francis P.
Whitehair, Navy, and Roswell L.
Gilpatric, Air Force.
The assistant secretaries are:
Army, Francis Shackelford and
Fred Korth; Navy, Herbert r.
Askins and John F. Floberg; and
Air Force, James T. Hill and Ed
win V. Higgins.
Joint Chiefs Due for Change
The new President also will be
confronted with shakeup in the
Joint Chiefs of Staff soon after
taking Office.
Gen. Bradley's term as Joint
Chiefs chairman will end next
August Is and that post is ex-
pected to be rotated to the Navy
The names of Admirals William
M. Fechteler, now Chief of Naval
Operations, and Robert Carney.
commander of the Eastern Allan
tic and Mediterranean. have been
mentioned for the chairmanship.
Mr.. Eisenhower is said to have
favored Admiral Carney as his
successor as supreme commander
in Europe at one time and he has
been closely associated with him
in the past. Admiral Fechteler's
term runs out in 1855.
The Army and Air Force chiefs