Bartlett Kicks Off
Investivation of
Alaska Defenses
WASHINGTON, UP>—An inves
tigation of Alaska’s military sit
uation will be made because of
statements attributed to the area’s
commanding general, Senator Bob
Bartlett said Wednesday.
Bartlett said he talked with the
heads of two Senate committees
about statements made in his pres
ence by Lt. Gen. Frank A. Arm
strong, commander of U. S. forces
in Alaska.
Bartlett said Armstrong, speak
ing at a dinner in Anchorage, de
scribed Alaska’s defenses as vul
nerable.
Bartlett said concern was ex
pressed by Senator Richard B.
Rusell <D-Ga>, chairman of the
Senate Armed Services Committee
and Senator Lyndon Johnson <D
Tex>, chairman of the Prepared
ness Subcommittee.
Bartlett said he was assured the
Preparedness Subcommittee will
start staff work immdiately “and
look into the matter thoroughly.”
Bartlett said he sat next to
Armstrong at the dinner last week
when the statements about Alas
ka’s situation were made. News
paper accounts of Armstrong’s
tatements, he said, were “ex
tremely accurate.”
“The statements threw Alas
kans into a turmoil,” Bartlett
j said. He said he hoped that there
would be a report on this “most
serious matter” before Congress
adjourns.
Earlier. Senator Gruening urged
the Senate that an investigation
be made on the basis of the state
ments attributed to Armstrong.
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