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professions. Several Of the 20
formerly held high Government
posts.
DR.. Henry A. Kissinfer. as
sociate director Of the Harvard
Center for international Al.
fairs. Is director Of the Rookie
feller special studies project.
Nelson A. Rockefeller. former
special aide to Presidents TTu.
man and Eisenhower, Is chair
man Of the overall panel ol
IS members, four of whom also
served on the military study
group. Robert B. Anderson anc
DF. James r. Killian served In
the overall panel until theil
appointments as Secretary Of
the Treasury and special as
sistant to the President. re-
spectively.
Pentagon on Spot
The panel on military prob
lens lists among It's recon-
mendations for bolstering oui
defense posture many Of the
things the Eisenhower admin
istration and certain members
Of. Congress already have pro-
posed--such rs modernizatior
Of the Strategic Air Command's
striking force and an increase
inl bases for an adequate dis.
persal: higher pay for service
men: construction Of q missile
Submarine force: more money
for anti-suhmarine warfare and
retearch and development and
closer ties with our NATc
allies.
But the recommendation
likely to draw most attention
involve the Pentagon command
organization. both civilian and
military.
The report urges that the
Secretary Of Defense be given
direct authority over all re-
search. development and pro-
curement and the power to
cancel and transfer Army. Navy
and Air Force. programs with
their appropriations.
u further recommends that
the Secretary be given a special
fund for research and develop
mfnt programs at the Defense
Department level.
Suggest More Authority
The Rockefeller panel also
calls for q more powerful
chairman Of the Joint Chiefs OF
stan. who would become, in
effect. a single chief. as an
other of the basic change:
needed Ito correct the inef.
ficiency and duplication Of ef-
fort growing out Of interservice
rivalry"
Although the chairman o.
the jos would be more power.
full under the above proposals.
he would still be subject Il
civilian control by the Secre.
tary Of Defense. who would b.
sort Of a deputy commander.
in-chief. and the President.
Under the present setup, ths
chairman has no vote in tbs
deliberations Of the jos. wher
there is divergence Of opinion
among the service chiefs. h
seeks unanimity through com.
promise. He reports the re.
sults-the unity or division
to the Secretary Of Defense
who presumably asks the chair.
man for his own views.
Clay Helped In Editing
Gen. Lucius D. Clay. former
top American military com.
mander in occupied Germany
and now chairman Of the boart
Of the Continental Can Co. l,
a member Of the Rockefeller
overall panel. He was one Of
the five individuals on the com.
mittee which edited the mill.
tary report. His thinking or
the Pentagon reorganization 1!
understood to have had a ma.
jor influence on the final rec.
concentrations.
IN a telephone interview with
The Star. he said he "very
strongly" approved the PANEL
Reorganization proposals. HI
said 1t was absolutely essen
tial" that the Secretary Of De,
Tense be able to transfer fund
to projects he deems most i'm,
poftant II he Is to function
properly.
Gen. Clay said that the Sec,
rotary should be given a ''ver!
substantial long range research
establishment Of his own" ant
asserted that the Chairman o
the jos must be a real chic
with the unified commander
reporting to him.
While the Clay influence wa
felt particularly in the Penta
gon reorganization recommen
dations. the ideas and these
preached in DR.. Kissingeri
widely discussed book. "Nuclea
Weapons and Foreign Policy
shine through much Of the re
mainder of the report. This l
particularly true in the panel
concern with the need for mo
bile and versatile striking force
for limited warfare.
Says U. >. Is Losing Lead
The panel finds that tn
United States is rapidly losinl
its lead over the USSR in tn
military race" but said tina
probably for the next two year
we will still have a superiorit!
in strategic striking powe
which would enable US TO de
liver q crushing reply to an!
Russian attack.
Unless present trends ar