BIGGEST QUESTION AT PENTAGON, ENVIRONS IS WHO WILL SUCCEED GEN. OMAR BRADLEY

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Biggest Ouestlon At P ergo , Env
Is Who Will Succeed -8en.Omar Bead
The 6i , bilfitpn dollar qucs[ion ter job qf ;preventing serious c
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iro who Wit succeed Gam. In 01 x wit}~23, a f 4-6b itseSf than
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bac1Fthe chief executive's opinions9
a pes.;to the chiefs. tt is a job i
c fo rare tact, and the air
be sins m.
israaiey -ab .;l,~~...w.. ~. ..~ navy man or
chiefs .of staff?" Boosters of a
chairman of the e at
The consensus is that it will not c naval age, eit
be .an aTmy nkan, old army man dawn of the atomic naval lf
certain' that.the late Adm. S er-
as the post rkas c:cxstea; lour an able boss of the country's ast
That
oes out in August
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military establishment., Ther is
leaves the a1'r force or navy very no question in Washjngtoll hu that
though the
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ng,
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n
much
Sh man yrpnld have mac~ea len-
army feels that old arixty;,man Eis .io4 "halrman
m4yn .wee, whoa n,;ina G a~ s ces-
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on` cit
may, tLxrn has-..back tux
undexstandmg that the pt s uld sion b~..._Adm. tech di not
necessarily make echtele a
be rotated in the ifitprestiof unifi?
cation. One hears frequent; reports goad gruff man, the olio all
that hel brink in his pld friend cchhaarr an,ampions Ad A rr1. navy Rad for
' f ho
send felloow worker, Gen. l Gruen- went to Korea .with ]tt wee
thee. and ]- his host qn file yoy of
Very mucli in the fixing is the fielefia frty~ti _5 to
long tour of duty as chief of staff [ t he had nevert& a ZPii,
of the air force is coming to an ,chip cr edence The Silafti-over
Vandenberg is' well. below t]u 11iac oicis sup ort of a nt{v,ii h c,c k
mandatory retirement .Se of 63, dco of Red Mina, h6weiver, is be-
i eV hove hurt' the admiral's
d 30 years of militai y
h
h
,
a
as
beet;
ebiv
makipg the big 1
members of the ,joint cAleis wno
might b in line for the coveted
job.
He served in Moscow ,for six
months during World ;Was II has
bead of a x i1ssion to the U.S.S.
after the wax he was director
has a""jot
chiefs longer , that} bAs;?, opposi
air force life has coveted. the f
range of operations, , light a
p sonal pl oti~cipation to teacn
The air forceha,i long ;been
,-used of boastfulness and arr
sonnetimes,not ?without comp]
chief of staff, will not approve"any
spect cular 8>,pport of jhis bid.
ning .Jpe" would vin hai+fds' down
He 7san inspired speaker.
For, the T st two yea
top chiefs' fie together,
national secrtrity act, th
chairman. The Navy fought the re-
vision of the law which created the
as a
staff.
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