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Ike to Report
On Security to
U. S. Thursday
Complacency Hit;
Johnson Plans
Searching Inquiry
By John G. Norris
Staff Reporter
The White House an-
nounced last night that
President Eisenhower will
make a TV-radio report "of
major importance" to the
Nation Thursday evening on!
"Science and Security."
This development followed
an announcement by Senate
Majority Leader Lyndon B.
Johnson that a "searching in-
quiry" will be launched in the
Sena.te late this month into
"all aspects of the United
States missile and satellite
programs.
The Texas Democrat de-
clared that "ways must be
found" to speed the lagging
American missile and satellite
efforts and "convert" some
Pentagon target dates from
operational readiness in the
1960s to the 1958-60 period.
There was a clear sugges-
tion of cause and effect be-
lween the comments of Sena-
tor Johnson at an hour long
jam-packed news conference
and the President's decision
to address the people from
the White House Thursday
night.
Mr. Eisenhower already had
announced that he w ould
speak on the -same subject
chosen for Thursday at Okla-
homa City Nov. 13. The talk
apparently had been sched-
uled to allay anxiety and criti-
cism throughout the country
stemming from recent Rus-
sian scientific and military ac-
complishments, notably the
launching of two Russian
"moons."
The President's speech will
fall on the 40th anniversary of
the Russian Communist revolu-
tion. which is to be celebrated
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with great pomp, and possibly
punctuated by announcement
of other Soviet successes in
science. At the same time, Mr.
'Eisenhower canceled a press
conference scheduled for _this
morning, at which he would
have been quizzed on the im-
portance of the USSR's latest
I achievement and what the Ad-
ministration is doing to coun-
ter it.
White House Assistant Press
Secretary Anne Wheaton ex-
plained the President "wanted
to talk to the people (and)
reach a larger audience im-
mediately." The Oklahoma
City speech, which will be
made on another topic, was to
have been the first of a series
of "chins up" addresses on
American defense, science and
foreign policy.
"May Be Critical"
Senator Johnson suggested
that the inquiry, to be con-
ducted by his Senate Pre-
paredness Subcommittee,
"may be critical, if criticism
is justified" of the Defense
Department and other Admin-
istration officials concerned
With the missile and satellite
programs.
He said that the aim of, the
investigation is not to lay
"blame," nor "put anyone on
trial" nor find a "scape-goat."
Nevertheless, the Senate Dem-
ocratic chief made it plain
that "where errors were
made, they will be brought to
the attention of the American
people.
"The Russians have handed
us a technological defeat and
a propaganda defeat," John-
son declared. "The times call
for bold leadership from
strength and feeble denials of
the facts of life ,will not
strengthen us.
"We must hasten action
that assures our friends that
the Free Society can retain
the lead in the Space Age . . .
"One thing I think is clear
is that a conservative ap-
proach to the Space Age with
not guarantee American lead-
ership."
"The recent Russian
achievements are truly, re-
markable. The Russians are
ahead of us. This does not
mean we must panic over our
own lagging program. panic
never produces any answers.
Prpgress is going to result
only by bold decisions taken
by cool heads."
Johnson disclosed the plans
for a Congressional inquiry
into the Administration's con-
duct of the missile and satel-
lite programs following a seven
and a half hour gentagon
briefing given him and two
other ranking Senators by
Defense chiefs Monday.
The Senate leader said that
his news conference comments
man of the Senate Armed
Services Committee and Sen.
Styles Bridges, Senate Repub-
lican Policy Committee chair-
man and a ranking member of
the Armed Services Commit-
tee.
The Texas Senator would
not comment on the long se-
cret briefing, but concern was
expressed on Capitol Hill at
what was called the "compla-
cent" attitude of Pentagon
leaders,
It was reported that Demo-
cratic Senators were dis-
turbed over what was called
an attitude that "'Sputnik
might have been a good thing
after all." The feeling in Con-
gress was that this was no
way to look at a major United
States "defeat."
Family of Missiles
While reserving judgment
on where the blame should lie
and -what to do, Johnson said
we must do more than produce
a "family of missiles" to de-
tend the Nation. Even more
important, he said, is to in-
crease the training of "a fam-
ily of engineers and scientists
to save our Country."
He advocated Federal sub-
sidizing and other encourage-
ment to the education of en-
gineers, and said that every-
one must "take a new look
at our attitude toward educa-
tion and educators."
The Senator said that a
"crash" program to produce
an intercontinental ballistic
missile might not solve the
problem facing the Nation.
Foy if Russia gets ahead in
technology, by the time the
ICBM is ready "it might be
obsolete."
In promising A "national
approach rather, than a par-
tisan approach" to the inquiry,
Johnson said the country
should remember that Govern-
ment officials have faced dif-
ficult and complex problems.
They may have made mistakes,
he said, but this dees not mean
they have been stupid, negli-
gent, unconcerned or hostile
to the national interest.
Johnson said the inquiry
will be handled) by his seven-
man Senate Preparedness Sub-
committee, a sub group of Rus-
sell's Armed Services Commit-
tee. Members are Sens. John
B. Stennis (D-Miss.), Estes Ke-
fauver (D-Tenn.), Stuart Sy-
mington (D-Mo.), Bridges, L.ev-
erett Saltonstall (R-Mass.) and I
Ralph E. Flanders (R-Vt.).
But all 15 members of the
parent committee are ex-
officio members of the sub-
committee and are invited to
participate, Johnson stressed.
He said that the 'subcommit-
tee will decide to what extentl
the hearings will be ,closed or
open. Also, he skid, some
hearings will be held at mis-
sile test centers, with other
Democrats on the group pre-
siding in some cases.
There was a strong pos-
sibility that in his Thursday
speech, the President will map
new United States moves to
overtake Russia. These moves
could involve more spending
on scientific research and new
legislation.
There was speculation _that
the President might disclose
some new achievement or
move in the missile field, such
as the appointment of a mis-
siles "czar." Retired Army
Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther has
been mentioned in this con-
nection. Mr. Eisenhower, who
seldom stays late in his of-
fice, was at his desk last night
until 8:25 o'clock conferring
with Assistant .Sherman Ad-
ams and Arthur Larson, for-
mer chief of the United
States Information Agency
and now the President's ad-
viser on psychological war-
fare.
Mr. Eisenhower has been
holding emergency confer-
ences with his scientific, budg-
et and defense advisers since
Russia launched her second
satellite Sunday morning.
The 30-minute address will'
be carried live over the CBS
radio and TV networks at 8
p. m. ABC will have a delayed
telecast at 10:30 p. m. and
NBC at 11:15 p. m. Mutual
Radio will broadcast the ad-
dress at 11 p. m. and ABC and
NBC did not specify times
for radio broadcasts. ?
Earlier in the day, President
Eisenhower Met with his Cabi-
net for two hours in an un-
usual Tuesday ,session. As
they left the meeting, Cabinet
members were silent about
what was discussed.
The White House had said
Monday the objective was 'to
consider the legislative and
spending programs for the
year ahead. These are pro-
grams certain to be influenced
by Russia's continuing
achievements in space.
The same subjects are pro-
grammed for discussion at
Friday's regular Cabinet meet-
ing.
had been checked in advance
with his two coninanions at ? _
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Johnson Orders Missile ProlA
By Chalmers M. Roberts
Staff Reporter
The 75 or so newsmen, who
jammed into Senate Major-
ity Leader Lyndon Johnson's
little gallery floor office at
the Capitol yesterday, heard
the formal announcement of
a "searching" Senate commit-
tee probe into missiles and
satellites. And they were told
it would be run by a subcom-
mittee headed by Johnson him-
self in a bipartisan manner.
The reporters came away
with something else, too. For
it was apparent that Johnson,
the supreme Democratic tacti-
cian, had scented the prevail-
ing winds and found them aus-
picious.
The simple fact is that the
Democrats believe they have a
political issue of major.impor-
tance?what they see as the
Administration's military lax-
ity and complacency in the
face of Soviet advances which
have alarmed the voters. Tues-
day's election .returns may
have been too skimpy to prove
that thesis but they certainly
did nothing to disprove it.
And, importantly, here may
be an issue which could pull
the Democrats together after
the disastrous division con-
jured up by Little Rock.
Despite anything President
Eisenhower can s a y in his
series of speeches, beginning
tonight, the Democrats now
an be counted on to pound
away at the defense issue.
And from all indications the
inter-service feuding in the
Pentagon very likely will pro-
vide grist for that mill.
What neither the Adminis!
tration nor the Democrats as
yet have, howeve r, is any
agreed position beyond those
of defense or attack. It is all
very well, for instance', for
Johnson to call for "bold lead-
ership" and to say he is not
out to ,find a "scape-goat." And
it will meet only half the issue
to force the Administration to
"convert" Pentagon missile
target dates from the 1960s to
1958, '59 and '60.
Basic to the problem of what
to do tdday is the question of
how far the United States is Anglo-American retur n
the close World War II ty
of relationship in favor
a NATO-wide relationshil
Even though Dulles has no
indicated publicly that he h
dropped his first thought
somehow tying together al
the 50-odd allied nations, he
is running into intra-Admin-
istration troubles over closer'
NATO cooperation alone.
prepared to go in tying to-
gether the agglomeration of
nations with which it has one
form or another of military
alliance. The first big test will
come at the mid-December
North Atlantic Treaty Organ-
ization meeting in Paris to be
attended by the President.
For the Administration, this
is a pefiod of feverish prepara-
tion. Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles . 'is searching
everywhere for ideas. Yester-
day he called in half a dozen
leading Democratic thinkers.
When British Prime Minis-
ter Harold Macmillan was here
last month, he harked back to
Winston Churchill's proposal
of a decade ago for common
Anglo-American- citizenship as
the desirable end.
Dulles agreed that theoret-
ically some form of federal
union among, the Atlantic na-
tions now makes sense. But
he believes such a major
move is not now in the realm
of possibility. And he rejects
the British idea of an initial
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President Seeks Support of Policies
plans to move up his first
radio-TV speech to tonight.
The acting White House Press
Secretary, Mrs. Anne Whea-
ton, said yesterday she did
not think Johnson's remarks
played a part in the switch.
And from Republican Sen.
Styles Bridges of New Hamp-
shire yesterday came a formal
proposal for a "missile and
satellite program coordinator."
He said he was "deeply con-
cerned at the over-all prog-
ress" and he declared that "we
would stand in mortal danger
in the very near future if we
allowed the present situation
to prevail."
Bridges, Johnson and Armed
Services Committee Chairman
Richard B. Russell (D-Ga,)
spent more than seven hours
Monitay at a Pentagon brief-
ing. Bridges stated his con-
cern more directly than did
Johnson but the Democratic
leader clearly shared' it and
more so.
The GOP Senator also said
which he felt the United
States is "ahead," should be
made available "both to our
forces and to the atomic war-
fare-trained forces of NATO
and Baghdad Pact areas."
This was the strongest sup-
port yet from a ranking Sen-
ator to an idea the Adminis-
tration is expected to discuss
when the President attends
the NATO meeting in Paris in
mid-December.
The unprecedented "A to Z"
bipartisan legislative call in-
cluded 18 Democrats and 17
Republicans from the Armed
Services, Foreign Relations,
Foreign Affairs, Appropria-
tions, Finance, and Ways and
Mean? committees. This
would indicate the President
expects to discuss the cost,
budget, and tax implications
of the weapons program and
proposals to share nuclear
weapons with allied nations.
Dulles' conference with the
seven men who served in
the Truman Administration,
?.
though not all Democrats, was
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fair by one of the group. He
was Paul H. Nitze who served
as chief of the State Depart-
ment's Policy Planning Staff
under Dean Acheson and now
is president of the Foreign
Service Educational Founda-
tion. Spokesman Lincoln
White said he didn't know
whether Dulles had invited
Acheson to any conferences.
Others in the group wer e
former Army Secretary Frank
Pace Jr., now president of
General Dynamics Corp.; Wil-
liam H. Draper Jr., former
Army Under Secretary and
special ambassador, now with
Mexican Light & Power Co.;
Nelson A. Rockefeller, who
served in various capacities
under both President Eisen-
hower and Mr. Truman;
George W. Perkins, until re-
cently the United States rep-
resentative to NATO; Charles
M. Spofford, former deputy
American NATO representa-
tive; John C. Hughes, former
American NATO representa-
How much pooling of Free
World brains and military po-
tential takes place is likely
to provide an index of accom-
plishment. On this issue the
Democrats who so far have
spoken are far from .united.
But before the issue is put
to the Democrats in Con-
gress, the Administration it-
self will have to get together.
Adm. Lewis L. Strauss, the
Atomic Energy Commission
chairman wtio is Mr. Eisen-
hower's chief adviser on such
matters, has put it in writing
that his approach. will be this:
It does not make sense to
withhold from our allies in-
formation .already available
to our potential enemies.
This sort of stance, of course,
is anything but one of cooper-
ation an'd it is not at all what
the British and the others
seek.
Nor is there allied agree-
ment. Macmillan spoke
while here of interchanging
information on a basis of
available resources, a formu-
la in which Britain would
gain the most. But Dulles
wants an exchange on the
basis of need to include all
NATO nations. Strauss' for-
mula is far less than either
of these, however.
Only some five weeks re-
main before Mr. Eisenhower
?and his 14 NATO counterparts
gather in Paris. By that time
Sen. Johnson's hearings
should be under way, though
behind closed doors. So far,
there are no plans to take any
Congressional leaders to .Paris
though they will meet with
the President before he takes
off.
As of today, the Republican
Administration is struggling
to get its ducks in order, the
Democrats smell political
blood and are out to get it
and another period of strain
for what is termed America's
bipartisan foreign policy ap-
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Some Missiles ,
By Chalmers M. Roberts
Staff Reporters
Secretary of State John
oster Dulles yesterday conH
eded that the Soviet Union
'in some respects" is ahead
f the United States in mis-
ile development.
And during a press confer-
ence discussion of the miskile-
satellite problem, Dulles saidf
there is "no possibility" of
again attaining or maintaining!
the weapons advantage the
United States had in the early
years of American atomic and
hydrogen bomb- development.
The "steady growth" of
Soviet weapons capabilities,
he said, with efforts chan-
nelized into this one field has
made inevitable steady Rus-
sian progress. Later, 'in reply
cto a question, Dulles said he
had spoken too narrowly in
saying all Soviet effort had
gone into military weapons.
The West may have
passed up an opportunity to
negotiate our differences
with the Soviet Union.
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R,ather,it has gone into scien-
tific and technological work.
He added he did not think
America wanted that kind of
"unbalanced society" because
this Nation achieved great-
ness through enriching the
, life of its people.
I Confers with Sen. Johnson
The Seer eta r,y met with
tnewsmen shortly after an un-
rscheduled hour-long confer-
ence in his office with Senate
Majority Leader Lyndon John-
son (D-Tex.). The Senator, who
later revealed the meeting,
said it was at Dulles' request
and that the Secretary earlier
also had been in touch with
him by phone.
Dulles expressed confidence
that the United States can
catch up with the Soviets in
the missile race. And he said
it would be "helpful" to Amer-
ican foreign policy to have the
United States demonstrate it
can successfully fire space mis-
siles. He added that it would
be desirable to have American-
made intermediate ballistic
missiles stationed not only in
Britain but "elsewhere" .as
part of .the Western defense
system.
Asked whether the launch-
ing of Sputnik Ii altered the
American view of satellite
military significance, Dulles
said it did not. But he added'
that reports so far available
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fpge 1 consultation. One reporter told
?writ Dulles that the p
rocedure
? slowed down the press confer-
Dulles Admits Re Arms ams ence. Another said it would
seem to confirm the Soviets
have a "very considerable"
'propulsion system and that
they have a "capability to
Ii a v e" intercontinental mis-
siles. He left as unanswered
whether the Russians have the
ICBM in production and he
said they had not demon-
strated they had solved the
atmospheric reentry problem.
Points to Need of Unity
Dulles related the Soviet
weapons progress to the prob-
lem of welding the Free
World's alliances by saying
that "where the danger of
standing alone is so great,
there is an increasing tend-
ency to draw together."
As to the forthcoming North
Atlantic Treaty Organization
meeting in Paris, Dulles said
he felt "quite a lot" can be
done in the way of closer sci-
entific cooperation under the
present atomic secrets laW. He
added that he hoped the
NATO nuclear stockpile plan
would be in shape for sub-
mission in concrete forth at
the December meeting, to be
attended by President Eisen-
hower.
The Secretary said he had
thought of trying to draw to-
gether or unify the various
pacts which the United States
has with more than 50 allies.
But he felt that would be
"over ambitious" at this point
and it would be "somewhat
better" to stick with the cur-
JOHN FOSTER -DULLES
. . . concedes Soviet lead '
idea of a collective security
force. He had earlier used that
term. He said he was sure it
was possible to create closer
military arrangements among
the allies without a political
merger. The question, he
added, is whether nations in
peacetime will voluntarily ac-
cept international m ilit ar y
colitrols they accepted during
the last war.
Rejects Red Proposal
be creating a precedent for all
Cabinet members. 0 1 y at
possible" to negotiate disarma- temporarily at least, a request procedure
ment in an 82-nation meeting that newsmen give their names
such as the Soviet Union has and organizations when asking
proposed. He said he did not
know whether the present gap
in East-West proposals could
be bridged but he was certain
it could not in such a gather-
ing of all the United Nations
member nations.
? The downfall of Soviet
Marshal Georgi Zhukov was
an exercise "of personal
power" by Communist Party
boss Nikita Khrushchev. Zhu-
kov apparently did noCcare to
accept the degree of party con-
trol Khrushchev wanted in
the Red army. Quite possibly
Khrushchev "moved to fore-
stall" a military dictatorship.
? The Sovitt outcry in the
Middle East ffray have been a
"smokescreen" for some sort
of "adventurism" in foreign
affairs. Dulles noted that the
Presidential conferences is the
questions at his press confer-
ence.
The request was announced
by Spokesman Lincoln White
a few minutes before Dulles
appeared. Newsmen, c a ught
unawares by the move, imnie-
diately asked Dulles for the
reason. He said that giving
names was the procedure at
Presidential' press conferences
and, besides, some newsmen
seemed to like to get 'their
names in the papers.
When he was told that the
State Department Correspond-
ents Association had not been1
consulted, he agreed to put off
the matter until the next press!
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had charged the Marshal with it
"adventurism" and he added
that the only adventurism *-
had been the Soviet outcry
over Turkey and Syria while
Zhukov was absent in Yugo-
slavia and Albania.
Dulles said there still is
danger in the Middle East.
While the Spviet charges have
"collapsed" because they were
not substantiated, that does
not mean the independence of
the Arab states is secure, he
added.
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