Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-07-27


dictatorship would have gloat-
ed. had it been capable of this
great achievement!
Vast Missile Progress
This Nation did not have a
single long-range ballistic mis-
sile in 1858, and no real effort
to produce such ballistic mis-
siles was under way. The total
expenditure in this field by the
previous administration during
its entire tenure was less than
81 million.
Promptly after the close of
World War II, the Soviet Union
began concentrating on missile
development, but the present
administration, entering ONCE
in 1858, had to start practically
from scratch. And what have
we accomplished?
We have developed a whole
family of intermediate and in
tercontinental ballistic missiles
Missile squadronS are opera
tional in Western Europe. Our
first operational intercontinent-
al ballistic missiles have gone
into place. The whole effort
becomes more and more eff
clent and is being accelerated
The American space satel-
liteS, now providing answers to
great scientific problems, were
ignored during the previous ad-
ministration. In this kind of
scientific exploration we now
lead the world.
Army and Marines Updated
The Army Of the United
States, which was sent into the
Korean War, was but a slightly
updated version of the Army
with which we fought World
War II. Since then, the Army
and the Marines have been re-
organized and re-equipped to
fight under every conceivable
condition. New man-carried
guided missiles and nuclear-
capable rockets are giving the
foot soldier a vastly greater
power than even that of a big
bomber Of World War II.
Fellow Americans: The United
States today possesses a mill
tary establishment of incalcu-
liable power. Combined with
the strength of our NATO,
SEATO and other allies, the
free world is prepared to meet
any threat, and, by its retalia-
tory strength, to face any po-
tential aggressor with a mighty
deterrent.
Over all these years we have
given priority to the Nations
security above other purposes
and programs.
But, in addition to all this
competent military, scientific
intelligence and State Depart
ment stats keep daily touch
with changing international
conditions as we'll as new pos
sibilities for the technical i'm
provement of our forces.
Recommends New Methods
! I have time and again an.
nounced my purpose Of rec
ommending to the Congress.
new methods and, where neces.
sary, new appropriations tt
meet new situations and take
advantage of new opportuni.
ties for increasing our security
Vigilance will never be relaxed
All this has been brought
about by vigorous and imgina-
tive leadership, the genius Of
our scientists, the skill of oul
armed forces, and by the sac.
rifices of our people. To belittle
the might, prestige, pride ano
capabilities of these groups does
such violence to my sense Of
what is right that I have diff
f1culty in restraining my feel
ings of indignation.
The world knows that this
awesome strength is main.
tanned for one principal pur-
pose: TO make war so COM
pletely unthinkable that any
would-be aggressor will not dare
to attack us. With such a de.
terrent and defensive power
we have the opportunity tt
work patiently toward the time
when we can gradually trans.
fer production from arms tt
the true needs of mankind. This
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