Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-14
GA Head Sees
No Sudden
/. Shift in Russia
BY j. A. O'LEARY
Star stan Writer

AlleH w. DulleS, DlIeCUOr OF
the Central Intelligence Agency.
does not expect any sudden or
massive resistance by the Rus
sian people to the Kremlin
policy Of denying them goods
and comforts in order to con-
centrate on military produc-
ton.
Neither does he see any evil
dence that the alliances be-
tween Russia and Red China
and other parts Of the Com
munist bloc are coming apart.
In one Of his rare public APP
pearances yesterday. the intel
ligence chief stated the need
facing this country to increase
its own industrial growth to
keep ahead Of the Soviet Union.
He was the first witness at
House Senate Economics Com
mittee hearings on the relative
strength Of the Soviet and
United States economies.
Reds Want "Breather"
Mr.. Dulles testified that Pre-
mier Khrushchev wants a pc
Rod Of co-existence to help
Russia achieve its goal of over
taking the United States as an
industrial power. He said the
Russians hope to do this by
1910.
IF the Soviet industrial
growth rate persists at eight or
nine per cent per annum over
the next decade, as is forecast,
the gap between our two econ
omies by 1870 will be danger
ously narrowed unless our own
industrial growth rate is SUBJ
stantially increased from the
present pace" said Mr.. Dulles.
This country's in dus tria !
growth has been running at
about 4 to as per cent a year.
Senator Javits, Republican of
New York, asked Mr.. Dulles
why he used the word dan
gerously" in referring to the
1910 forecast.
The witness replied that he
used it because If the Russians
achieved their goal without any
increase in our in dus trial
growth, the amount of produc-
ton they would have available
for military expansion would
be so great as to require the
United States to put a great
deal more into national defense.
Mr.. Dulles had emphasized
earlier that the Russians are
able to expand their military
hardware, missiles and space
programs by holding down the
manufacture of consumer goods,
which form the backbone of the
American economy.
Senator Javits wanted to
know if there is any way the
Free World can cause Russia
to divert more of its production
to consumer goods.
Mr.. Dulles said increasing the
flow of travel between Russia
and the United States helps by
enabling many Russians to see
and want consumer goods.
But Representative Boiling.
Democrat of Missouri. presid-
ing, suggested this is not a kind
of pressure that would cause
any sudden or massive change
among the Russian people.
Mr.. Dulles agreed with Mr..
Boiling. He said that since the
death Of Stain. there have been
signs that the Soviet govern
ment will have to make some
concessions to the people in
consumer goods. But he said
the hope for the future lies
more in "a form of evolution
rather than revolution"
Cites Allied Advantage
Senator Javits raised the
point that one asset on our side
is that the alliances among the
free nations are stronger and
that the economic power of our
allies is more dependable than
Russia's' allies. He asked Mr..
Dulles to re-assess his testi-
mony on that basis.
Mr.. Dulles said that was an
important point and he would
make such a re-assessment in
consultation with the State
Department. He said there is
no doubt that the industrial
growth of our allies in Western
Europe and Japan has been
probably as great as in Russia.
But he said he regretted to
add that at present the Com
munist nations seem fairly
we'll knit"
As to the possibility of some
crack in the alliance between
Russia and Red China, he said
there are more elements that
keep them together at the pres
ent time than there are that
would separate them. He added.
however, that Russia views Red
l.