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Military Fears Lag
In 'Small War' Plans
By L. EDGAR PRINA
Star BUfl Writer
For the first time since the "new look” and "massive re
taliation,” America’s national security policy Is under serious
fire from our top military commanders.
They contend there is a big gap in our policy—that the
United States has ho real military-political program for de
veloping Its limited war capabilities. ______
The specific criticism being
voiced persistentely in high t
Government councils by Army t
Navy and Marine Corps leaders.
If not by the Air Force, is this: <
Although the United States ,
now has an effective deterrent ]
to all-out nuclear war, there
is a continued over-emphasis ]
on the Nation’s capability In -
this area. <
At the same time, there Is 1
an Insufficient emphasis on
bulding and forces <
for the much more likely small i
war.
This, It is understood, also i
was the consensus of the out
standing group of scientists,
Industrialists and military offi
cers who attended the Navy's
secret symposium on “war in
the nuclear age” at the Naval
Ordnance Laboratory last week.
Policy Studied
The question of limited war
■policy and forces (primarily
those of the conventional type)
Is being studied with Increasing
intensity in the Government.
It is expected to rank high
on the agenda of the four-day
super-conference called by De
fense Secretary McElroy at the
Marine Corps Base, Quantico,
Va., beginning Thursday. More
than 175 of the top brass, in
cluding members of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff and overseas
unified force commanders, and
ranking civilians in several
Government agencies, will at
tend.
There is a key problem with
in the thorny limited war pol
icy question:
How can we maintain the
deterrent to all-out war (the
ability to destroy the Soviet
Union even if we are hit by a
surprise attack) and still have
enough money to build and
equip conventional war forces
to discourage Kremlin-inspired
brush fire conflicts or to win
them if they are started?
Have Answer
Army leaders have an an
swer and urge Its adoption.
They say reverse priorities and »
spend more money for our
small-war capability and less
for such expensive but pure'v
defensive items as continei •
air defense and early-warn. .?
systems.
They advocate further that
the limited war forces should
be maintained in the same alert
status and combat readiness
as that of the Strategic Air
Command, currently America’s
principal, all-out retaliatory
arm.
Other requirements for an
adequate limited war program
considered vital by the Army i
are these: , j j
1. There'faiust be advanced
joint plann&g, both in Wash-!
ington and in the overseas
commands, for this type con- j
diet.
2. We must maintain an ef
fective military aid program,
earmark personnel to expand
American military missions in
the event of hostilities, and pro
vide our allies with tactical
atomic missile support.
3. We should set up well
stocked supply depots near vari
ous world trouble spots so our
ready forces can react rapidly
to aggression. It has been esti
mated that with such depots,
the Army could put a full air
borne division from the con
tinental United States into com-
bat within two weeks. The fleet
Marines carry all their weapons
with them and are prepared to
fight on arrival,
4. The Army must have mod
ern air and sea transportation
for its limited war divisions be
cause speedy reaction time
might mean the difference be
tween victory and defeat.
Navy and Marine comman
ders generally agree with the
Army position although they
feel they now have a substan
tial capability for handling
trouble of a fairly limited na
ture. They reason this way:
Kremlin Knows
The United States for some
time has had the definite capa
bility of destroying the USSR
in a retaliatory attack. The
Kremlin knows this. Neverthe
less, it has not prevented the
Soviet from prosecuting the
cold war relentlessly or from
provoking small wars, revolu-
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tions, riots and other forms of
violence.
What the United Btatea must
do, therefore, is to put its mas
sive retaliation capability into
proper perspective. This means
we should not build up an "over
kill” capability for all-out war
—destroying Russia once is
enough, they say—even though
this might mean decisions:
1. Not to build great numbers
of Polaris ballistic missile sub
marines, potentially the dead
liest strategic weapons system
of all.
2. Not to increase substan
tially the numbers of SAC air
craft although it remains vital
to keep Improving the perform
ance of SAC’s planes and mis
siles and the defense of its
bases.
The Air Force is not nearly
as concerned about limited war!
as are its sister services. It!
feels that SAC has been and is
an effective deterrent to both;
total and small wars. It there-:
fore concentrates on SAC, a
force most military men agree!
would not be very useful in a 1
limited war.
Secretary McElroy has indi-;
cated he takes still another,
position. At a recent news
conference he said that Amer
ica now has a “very fine”
limited war force, but the
trouble is “we have done a very
poor job” of telling the Ameri
can people about it.
Whether the Army, Navy and
Marine Corps can convince him
otherwise may be determined
in the coming weeks.
President Plays
Full 18 Holes
With Sore Arm
GETTYSBURG, PA., June 14
(IP). President Eisenhower
played 18 holes of golf today:
despite a slightly sore left arm.
The President got a small
pox vaccination recently in an
ticipation of his July 8-10 visit
to Ottawa, and the resultant
soreness appeared to bother
him a bit.
He called to his doctor. Col.
Walter Tkach, just before
starting his second nine holes
at the Gettysburg Country
Club. Dr. Tkach hurried over
and applied medication to the
vaccination area.
The discomfort apparently
wasn’t serious because Mr. Ei
' senhower went right ahead and
iplayed the second nine holes.
He was smiling and chatting
when he finished.
The doctor said later the sore
spot was hewing nicely.
Mr. Eisenhower, here for the
weekend, played as usual with
1 neighbors and old friends, re
! tired'Brig. Gen. Arthur S. Nev
ins and George E. Allen.
President Eisenhower had no
‘ further announced plans before
] his return to the White House
: tomorrow or Monday. His wife
' and their four grandchildren
‘ are here with him as are the
youngsters’ parents, Army Maj
" and Mrs. John Eisenhower.
4 Children Die
In Home Blaze'
PHILADELPHIA, June 14
(£>).—Four children burned to
death early today as fire swept
their West Philadelphia home.
Five others in the household
escaped through windows and
over a porch roof. The crack
ling flames beat back efforts of
a frantic mother to re-enter
the two story home and rescue
her son.
The dead were identified as!
Lindiva Watson, 9, son of Mrs.
Ruby Watson, 43, and three
grandchildren of Mrs. Watson,
Nathaniel Fisher, 3; his sister
Ruby, 2, and Knohayne Fisher,
6 months.
Fire investigators said the
fire apparently started in liv
ing room furniture and burned
undiscovered for some time.
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