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Speaking up for the Navy was
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, chair
man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
He told a Detroit audience that
important deficiencies" exist in the
defense program. He pointed to the
Pacific, where. of course, the Navy
plays leading role.
Admiral Robert B. Carney, Chief
of Naval Operations, made the re-
quest specific. The Navy, he said,
needs new atomic-age ships, capable
Of delivering atomic missiles and
protecting itself from attack.
And in New York, Gen. Lemuel
c. Shepherd. jr., Marine Corps chief.
described new amphibious warfare
techniques. They involve generous
use of helicopters, landing large
numbers of men over a broad area.
But the helicopters co not exist,
nor are there plans to buy them.
For the Air Force :.
The most articulate spokesman of
the week was a former Secretary of
the Air Force. Thomas K. Finletter.
He put the case for air power in q
new book called Power and Policy"
Mr.. Finletter has long been the
Air Forces favorite philosopher
but he is pie-in-the-skyer and an
eggs-in-one-baSketer to the other
services. He demanded last week
that the Government make up it's
mind what type of defense it must
have and then go get it. We can't
afford everything we want, he
pointed out.
The policy urged by Mr.. Finletter
advocates overwhelming air power
enough, he said, to discourage Rus
sia from starting war and enough
to destroy her fighting ability if
she does, He wants this power con-
centrated in the NATO area.
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Continental defense also shared
the weeks spotlight. One signifi-
cant step forward was taken. Cam
ada and the United States agreed
to build a third radar chain across
North America. The first, almost
completed, is just north of the
United States. The second extends
across mid-Canada. The third will
be above the Arctic Circle.
The new chain will help give
American cities what the continent
tai defense spokesmen have pleaded
for: A warning time of several hours
If Russia launches air strikes over
the short polar route.
One of the leaders in the fight
for a stronger continental defense
has been Physicist Robert j. Open
heimer. He questioned the morality
and effectiveness of dependence on
atomic annihilation as a defense
and urged that more money be
spent on new defensive measures,
such as the radar chains.
Bomb Dispute
Last week Mr.. Oppenheimers
views again were blasted in public,
this time in book, "The Hydrogen
Bomb" by James Shepley and Clay
Blair, jr. They said Mr.. Open
heimer and other scientists helped
delay the H-bomb effort for four
years.
When asked to comment last
week, Lewis l.. Strauss. chairman
of the Atomic Energy Commission.
said he had tried to stop publication
of the book, although he is known
to be critical of Mr.. Oppenheimer.
too. Former Acc Chairman Cor
don Dean said the book was untrue
and "a libel"
Mostly the new furor served to
arouse the atomic scientists again
the men who have been appalled,
by the uses to which their brain
children have been put.
So went week Of argument over
defense priorities-an argument
likely to last as long as ceiling
nxists m defense amending