ATTACHED IS A LISTING OF THE MEMBERS OF THE DEFENSE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE BRIEFING ON TUESDAY.

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• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
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• Publication Date: January 24, 1958
• Content Type: MEMO

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Defense Subcommittee
of the
House Appropriations Committee
Mahon, Goorge H. (D.. Tex.). Chairman
Skeppard, Harry R. (D.. Calif.) Wigglesworth. Richard B. (R.. bias 4
* Thomas. Albert (D.. Tex.) Scrivner, Errett P. (R.. Kane.)
Norse11. W. F. (D.. Ark.) Ford. Gerald R. Jr. (R.. Mick.)
Whitten. Jamie L. (D.. Wee.) Miller. Edward r. (R.. hid.)
Andrews. George W. (D. Ala.) Oetertag. Harold C. (R.. N. Y. )
Sikes. Robert L. F. (D.. Fla.) ? Badge. Hamer H. (R.. Idaho)
Rilay. Jobs Jacob (D.. S. C.) ? Laird. Melvin R. (L . Wig.)
Flood. Daniel .7. (D. ? Pa.)
it ? Boyla. Charles A. (D.. Ill.)
* Recently made members of the Subcommittee
? ReceaUy made a member of the full Committee
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654 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ? HOUSE
meat who orders less than an all-out
effort in these critical areas fails in his
(Cduty.
Now, how did we get ourselves into a
situation of this kind? I am not going
to try to assess the blame, although that
is becoming a popular pastime Just now.
What is more important is for us to pull
together and get our ox out of the ditch.
. I want to state very positively I ant dis-
appointed with the delays in Pushing
ahead after the present eituation became
known. I am seriously concerned with
what appears to be a lack of information
In the high places in our Goverrunent on
what is happening in the world. We have
a very costly intelligence system. Its ex-
penditures have almost no congressional
screening or control. Yet it apparently
has not been capable of obtaining com-
prehensive, up-to-the-minute informa-
tion for our Government on world events.
On every major crisis we appear to be
the last to find out what is going on.
Mr. MAHON. Mr. Chairman, will the
gentlemen yield?
Mr. SIKES. I yield.
Mr. MAHON. I think the gentleman
might agree with me that perhaps there
Ii certainly more than a grain of truth
In what appears to be the assertion of
Mr. Allen Dulles. the Director of Central
Intelligence. It is indicated in the morn-
ing Paper that he has reported many
things to the Government with respect
to the peril which has confronted us, but
the people responsible for decisions have
net been willing to listen to him and take
action as a result of what he has reported.
That was the import of what I read in
the morning paper. Hut.it seems to me
there is a lot of truth in that, because I
think the Intelligence Service has made
many reports which have gone unheeded.
and therein lies a danger. I understand
Mr. Dulles in the future is to polish these
presentations up and add charts and red
arrows indicating the danger areas.
Maybe that will enable us to interpret
his reports more carefully. I believe the
? CIA has done a better job than it has
........ received credit for.
Mr. SIKES. I do not know whether
-the major crises that have occurred in
recent years have been reported to the
people in high places in our Government
or not. I have evidence they were not.
But if our officials knew of those grave
conditions, then they failed to impart
their knowledge to the Congress and to
the American people, and they failed to
take advantage of repeated assurances
that the Congress will give all the help it
can by legislation or by appropriation.
I cannot believe that has always been the
MM. If they knew of these things I say
again there was no inkling to the Con-
gress from the agencies of the adminis-
tration of the impending breakthrough
by the Russians in the satellite and mis-
sile ilelds as late as August 30,1957, when
the Congress was still in session. That
was just a little more than a month be-
fore the first sputnik was launched. Yet
even after it was launched there ap-
peered to be little apprehension among
Government officials of the seriousness of
Soviet progress.
I call attention to the fact that 45
days after the first sputnik was launched.
when this committee met to seek the
facts on the missile program, the full go-
ahead on our missile and satellite pro-
gram still was entangled in the Penta-
gon maze. The services then had not
been told to go ahead and expedite this
program as fast as they could. Now, 3
months later, we have this moderate re-
quest for funds. The Pentagon tells us
that the state of the art will not permit
a proper and orderly use of additional
funds. That does not speak very well for
the state of the art in this country when
you consider that all we hope to do at the
moment is cut down the lead which the
Russians appear to have; when you con-
sider that Congress repeatedly has voted
the money requested for_researchsend de-
velbeepentsend that leswhefisknow-how
originates.
Mr. FLOOD. Mr. Chairman, will the
gentleman yield?
Mr. Silt-ES. I yield.
Mr. FLOOD. Of course the gentleman
Is aware of these fantastic and sometimes
arbitarary and absurd performances at
the Bureau of the Budget, getting in the
way of the Secretary of Defense and of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff, even exercising
what amounts to a veto over the acts of
Congress.
Mr. SIKES. I am fully aware that
the Bureau of the Budget has frequently
Impeded congressional attempts. to bol-
ster the national defense.
You have already learned what this
bill contains and I shall not detail it
again. I de not need to tell you in the
House of Representatives that morale
Is down in this Nation, or that our Pres-
tige is down abroad. I do not need to tell
you that America must move ahead,
must recapture the initiative; cannot
afford to be second best. The race
is to the strong. Russia knows our
weaknesses. The world knows our
weaknesses. Perhaps the American peo-
ple know them least of all, but the Ameri-
can people want action today.
The Congress today must base its ac-
tion en the information giren to us by
those who rare Considered experts. We
have depended on these sources of in-
formation in the past and sometimes
they have been inaccurate. We have no
other choice but to follow the best ad-
vice we can get. We can however insist
that every possible step be taken without
interservice bickering and jealousy to
put America out in front in the shortest
possible time.
I said this is not a crash program. I
believe there should be a crash program
where there is a sufficient knowledge to
justify working around the clock to im-
prove our defense posture. This appro-
priation bill will help. It will not do all
of the Job or even a substantial part of it.
This much is sure, we cannot match
Soviet military forces man for man or
even weapon for weapon. Theirs is a
controlled economy which can ignore
domestic civilian needs: our economy
cannot and would not, except in direst
emergency. We must therefore rely
principally upon one or more major
deterrents to war which the Soviets fear
so greatly they will not risk conflict
We must follow through to the per-
fection of those deterrents to aggression
ias fast as we can with every action and
January
every dollar that is needed to insure
that America goes out in front and stays
in front just as long as danger threatens.
Mr. WIGC;LESWORTH. Mr. Chile -
man. I yield 30 minutes to the gentle-
man from Michigan Mir. FORD).
(Mr. FORD asked and was given per-
mission to revise and extend his re-
marks.)
Mr. FORD. Mr. Chairman, as we all
will recall. last May there was a con-
siderably different atmosphere in this
Chamber when we were considering the
fiscal 1958 military appropriation bill.
The atmosphere, in my opinion, is in-
finitely better today than it was, for ex-
ample. on May 29 of 1957. Perhaps the
situation is something like the oft-
quoted comment in reference to the
weather: if you do not like the
weather, wait a minute. If you do not
like what the Congress did in May, June,
July. and August of 1957 in reference to
military appropriations. if you will wait
a minute I think perhaps some errors
may be remedied and changes made.
It is not often I disagree with my very
good friend and extremely able col-
league. the gentleman from Florida, in
reference to military appropriations, but
I think it is fair and proper to say in
light of what he said just a minute ago
that in this supplemental appropriation'
bill for the Department of Defense, there
is over a billion dollars for ballistic mis-
sile detection systems, the acceleration
of the Atlas, Thor. and Jupiter ballistic
missiles program and the acceleration of
Use Polaris ballistic missile submarine
program. This bill does provide for the
urgent acceleration of those programs.
I think it is also fair and Proper to say
that within the last week or two deci-
sions have been made which give to the
Army the authority to proceed more rap-
idly with their Nike-Zeus program, which
Is an anti-missile missile Program. In
addition. the Air Force has been told to
proceed in the same way with their Part
of the anti-missile missile program, the
radar detection system. 'personally feel
these programs are Proceeding well and
rapidly.
Mr. SIKES. Mr. Chairman, will the
gentleman yield?
Mr. FORD. I yield to the gentleman
from Florida.
Mr. SIKES. I have the very greatest
respect for my able and distinguished
have worked very closely together for
Colleague from Michigan. He and I
years for a stronger defense and I re-
spect him in every way. However. I do
want to quote to the gentleman a state-
ment by Secretary McElroy supporting
my position. I refer to a statement on
page 2 in the report which accompanies
this bill.
The report says:
This is not In any way a trn ISSO dup-
plemental. It does not rapremst resubmis-
sion of requests for purposes heretofore
budgeW and dented either in fiscal 1958 or
any prior year.
At the same point Secretary McElroy
Is quoted as saying:
The Programs covered by the imppiemen.
tel request are all part of the IMO budget
kit have been advanced Into nasal year 1988
In order to get them underway as quickly as
possible.
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