Evening star., 1960-08-08
CONGRESS
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presiding for the Vice President
tried to refer it to the Armed
Services Committee. But Sen.
ator Morse. Democrat of Ore.
gon, said it was so broad In
scope it affected the work of al
Senate committees and OBJ.
tanned a unanimous consent
that all be permitted to study it
The President also demanded
sound fiscal, policy and chal-
lenged Congress to provide ad-
ditional taxes if it goes beyond
! his spending goals.
The, President said he ha,
ordered defense spending
stepped up as a result of con
tinuouS appraisal of changing
Communist tactics" Observers
here regarded it also as evidence
of his recognition that the
Democrats were preparing tc
take the initiative in this session
of Congress. His revision OF
defense plans also followed
demands made at the Republic
can convention by Gov. Nelson
A. Rockefeller Of New York fol
acceleration of the defense
program,
More Carriers Deployed
The President said he ha.
ordered the military services tc
take the following steps admin
'istratively, without the need Of
any congressional action:
Deployment of additional air.
craft carriers to the Sixth anc
Seventh Fleets.
Retention of BAT medium
bombers and their accompany.
ing tankers which had beer
scheduled for retirement.
! An increase in the tempo Of
operation Of the Strategic All
Command and further dispersal
| improvement and expansion
of the readiness of ground
forces by increasing the scope
OF strategic field and airbornt
exercises.
Mr.. Eisenhower said he also
has directed expansion of GER.
tain long-range programs, in.
cluding strengthening of the
capability of SAC to conduct 6
/ continuous airborne alert. HI
said more money will be applied
to undermining Army combat
equipment, the military airlift
and development of the BIZ
and the reconnaissance satel.
lite Samos.
POlaris Program Increasing
The President triumphantly
reported the recent successful
testing of the Polaris submarine
missile and said:
The time is now right tt
increase the scope of the Po'
laris program and five insteac
of three more submarines have
been started this fiscal year
Furthermore. I have directed
the development of a much
longer-range version of tn,
Polaris missile, which will givt
America a weapon of ever
greater versatility, power ane
Iinvulnerability."
The President said thes'
steps will be carried out with
available resources. He con
tinued:
Total resources are ade
,quate, although a modest in
crease in military personne
and in operation and main.
tenance funds may prove to b.
necessary to carry out tn,
readiness measures. If such al
increase should be required,
shall promptly request the nee
essary funds"
Once again Mr.. Eisenhowe,
assured Congress this country
military power is second tt
none and will be kept tha
way"
House Still Absent
Only the Senate was on hanc
today to receive his message
with the House not scheduled
to return for another week.
Attracted by the prospect o
seeing the two presidential
candidates - Senator Kenned,
l and Vice President Nixon =
performing in the same arena
crowd f1ocked to the Capito
early today. Long before tn
t Senate met at noon the wait
: ing line for admission to tn
: public galleries extended dow
t two flights of stairs in the Sen
: ate wing.
t The Eisenhower message ais
contained surprises in the fiel