Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-18

Reviews Nays Role
transgressor time to reflect and
keep from transgressing. When
the feet moves and shows its
flag--it gives pause to an az
gressor. The risks Of all-out
war are so great today, It Is
just as well that q would-be
aggressor is given time to re-
consider what he Is up to In
stead Of being panicked into
action from which there Is no
retreat. Also our fleets can
quickly counter all-out attacks
because they operate overseas
close to potential trouble areas.
It is difncult to plan an attack
against q feet at sea because
| It Is always on the move.
@. Aren't the Soviets now be-
ginning to recognize the psy-
Geological effect Of the Navy?
A. The Soviet iieet Is getting
bigger and the Soviets are ex-
panding their operating areas.
The Soviet naval ships are GO
ing to sea more often. The
Soviets also realize the infiu-
ence Of ship visits showing
the nag. we used to call Il. and
still do.
@. Hasn't there been con-
siderable movement Of Soviet
naval ships lately, through the
Straits. the Black Sea, the
Mediterranean?
A. Yes, there has been. and
even more than that. The So
viets have sent several cruisers
to Albania. They sent Q cruiser
from the Black Sea through
the Straits Of Gibraltar and
around to the Baltic. They
have moved q drydock from the
Black Sea into the Mediter-
ranean.
@. Where are the submarines
which the Russians gave the
Egyptians going to be stationed?
A. Apparently in Alexandria.
That is where they are now. ]
hear they are flying the Egyp-
tian nag now-of course, still
with Soviet crews. They win
train some Egyptian crews. and
have. as q matter Of fact. al
ready trained some Of them.
Indication Of Expansion
@. Is this an indication Of an
expanding Soviet navy and It's
growing activity?
A. Yes. there are other things
to note which are Important.
Take their merchant marine.
They are commencing TO char
ter out their ships. Their mef.
chant ships are plying the world
trade routes between free ccun-
tries, not necessarily Just be-
tween the Russian bloc coun-
tries. the way they used to.
Q. Are they still building sub
marines?
A. They are building sub
marines. all over, yes.
@. What have they done
about nuclear submarines?
A. They are still trying to
build them, but I don't know
that they have completed any.
@. What about our Navy?
VIII It 60 in more and more
for nuclear-powered ships?
A. Nuclear power win be ire
mendous and it win be getting
better and better. What we have
got to do and what we are try
ing to do all the time Is to eval-
uate how much It costs and
what the country gets for It's
money. We want to increase the
fiexibility of nuclear power
ships. BY that I mean we want
to reduce the shielding. make
the power plants smaller and
have less equipment. Above all
We want to reduce the cost.
Question Of Cost
@. Why is the cost 50 great?
A. Largely because Of. the
completely Of the machinery,
partly because Of the rise In
prices and partly because Of the
natural desires of the people
who do the designing to want TO
get the very best equipment.
How we can get the cost down
Is something that has us con-
cerned. A good. sound economy
is just as important to the ma
tional security as military hard
ware-in some ways, more Inn
portant.
@. Recently there has been
talk about the need Of greater
unification Of our armed forces,
particularly the necessity Of
putting everybody in one uni
form. What is your reaction to
such q proposal?
A. I'm not in favor Of Il, be-
cause 1t won't work. In the FIRST
place, the head Of such an or
ganization will not know all the
things that he should know, so
he will have to rely upon q stan.
He has to set up professional
advisers who will give advice
: freely-but they will. not be ac-
countable for the consequences
Of their advice. II their advice
Is good, he does well. II their
advice Is not good, he doesn't
do well. Another thing you have
to keep In mind is that compe-
tition is important. Economy,
efficiency and progress-all de-
pend upon competition within
each service--as well as among
services. It Is the lifeblood OF
our military effectiveness.
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