The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-05
By JACK BELL


WASHINGTON " = Sen. Henry
jackson lD-Wash) declared today
the American people are worried
about the state If national defense
and stand ready 10 continue pay
ing high taxes 70 hUild il up.
''If the Republicans think they
must cut taxes In orcer to please
the people. they are mistaken, "
said Jackson, . former member
Of the Senate-Hnus Atomic Ener-
~ Committee.
His statement. ID an interview,
was In harmony with an assertion
By Rep. w. Sterling Cole lR-NY),
now chairman Of the committee.
that he is ready TO surrender"
the principle Of balanced budget.
Cole was asked on an NBC tele-
vision interview yesterday II the
American people would favor
trying TO balance the budget Il
they knew the truth about Rus
sian atomic development.
mo. indeed, they would not" be
replied.
Russia's atomic progress partic.
ularly the Soviet claim Of mastery
over the devastating hydrogen
bomb-~ran through the statements
Of Cole and Jackson, as well as
other Washington officials, over the
weekend.
Mobilization Director Arthur S.
FlemmIng, in the most positive Of
fetal appraisal Of the H-bomb stu
alton to date, said in quarterly
report to President Eisenhower:
"Soylet Russia is capable Of de-
iIvering suddenly and without
warning the most destructive weap-
on ever devised by man on chosen
targets In the United States"
He told a news conference yes
terday that be meant thermonu-
clear weapons - the hydrogen
bomb.
Sen. Symington (D-Mo), onetime
secretary of the Air Force, said
in New York speech yesterday
that Americas atomic advantage
Is vanishing rapidly.
The great bulk Of our defense
chips should be placed on our ca
pacity for instant and devastating
atomic retaliation.
Jackson sided with Symington,
saying In an interview:
1.-THE Russians have the hydro
gen bomb, just as we have, and
the big issue now is deliyerability
Of the bomb. We have got to have
q bigg Air Force &c carry the
bombs because there are more pr.
mary atomic targets In Russia
than there are in the United
States
Like Symington, Jackson COM
planned that the Eisenhower ad.
ministration appears to be think
ing more Of balancing the budget
than Of building up defense forces.
Il think the people are willing
to continue to pay high taxes to
build up our defenses and are defi-
nitely worried about the state of
those defenSes," Jackson said.
Trimmings report to Eisenhow-
er said American mobilization
must be geared Ito either deter an
aggressor or. II we should be at
tackled, to enable us to fight and
win
He said Russia is set on world
domination .hy suhvcrsion il pos.
sible, by violence II necessary"
Such violence, he said, could take
the form Of local aggressions along
the edge Of the Sovie, bloc, or of
an attack on key American cities
with "the most destructive weapon
ever devised by man"
When asked BY a reporter at his
news conference il he meant "ther.
monuclear weaponS"-the scienti.
fic tag for the hydrogen bomb
Flemming said, .'Yes
II was the first official assess.
ment to 60 that far The Atomic
Energy Commission has spoken of
Soviet tests Of thermometer
device"
Flemming was questioned on this
point later. He said he had moi
intended ito add anything to the
statements made by the Acc chair.
mani feel that all official pro-